Ending gives me hopes

Today is New Year's Eve.

The word "New Year's Eve" reminds me of that awesome movie I've watched ... 4-5 years ago, on New Year's Eve with my single friend.

I still love that movie, I should rent it and watch it maybe over next New Year's Eve night.

2015 was HUGE. It has been so dramatic, I would say it was 4 years put together in one year.

My 2015 has started off with snow.

I got up at 5, headed straight out with a camera, found out it was snowing...

It's safe to say, it was snow storming.

Traveled down to the harbor, where I wanted to see the sunrise.

Obviously, couldn't see a thing and saw many people waiting at the ferry terminal sleeping or walking around.

Apparently, the ferries couldn't depart due to the heavy amount of snow.

When the sun shined through and the sky went all beautifully translucent, I swore to god I will benefit someone this year, I will work hardest I can ever do.

And it really did make me believe it was going to be an amazing year, and it did, end up being an amazing year.

It was snowing on the way or snow was blocking the way or something and.. we were stuck in the bus for 15 hours on the way back to Tokyo.

I love night rides, it didn't bother me at all and I rather enjoyed the view from the window as I could see - Mount Fuji, Beautiful sky and bird, snow... on every other suburbs.

I've started instagramming in April,

I almost forgot what I have done in 2015 but instagram is a great way to keep track of it.

 Instagram was the breakfast I ate to inspire myself in every morning.

It really opened my eyes wider and made me feel so comfy to be connected with incredibly inspiring people.

 As always, I was melting in summer but it's a good memory now.

I am really cold-tolerant but heat impacts me so badly.

I just can't walk outside when it's... humid.

Simply, humid, and warm.

I think I have taken photos of girls this year as well.

Properly got back to painting.

Been so workaholic that I couldn't get manythings done this year, possibly.

But really it was a great time to start/restart everything I was staying away from for a while.

So I can go accelerate harder in 2016.

Boxing day lunch with grandma♡

She looks like Christmas! Cute red overcoat.

I have been asking her about my genes.

Apparently our family has a thick artistic blood flowing.

It's really either.

Hater or Euthusiast.

My grandma is a calligrapher so looking to collaborate her calligraphy into painting next year.

None of my family members is a coffee enthusiast.

I am the only one with espresso flowing in my veins.

Now I miss coffee already.

I will pour one as soon as I wake up tomorrow morning...

First cup of coffee of the year!

Started taking photos from rooftops or high places,

"ONLY" to keep my friends away from Japan missing Tokyo.

- http://instagram.com/annakirishimaphoto

And it's been quite successful!

I have been getting "Aw, now I miss Shibuya!"

Come back~ Come back~

Anyway, 2016 will start in a few hours and it will be a wild year.

Thanks for reading my blog, staying in my life and spending time with me.

I am so happy to have lived 2015 and hoping to spend more time with you.

May your holiday and new year be filled with love and miracles!

With a lot of love

Anna Kirishima

Shoeholics are...

Recent purchase list...♡

As I said long ago, somebody told me before that Yves Saint Laurent does the best pink.

So I always chase after the best pink.

And when I am after pink lipsticks I always go back to YSL.

Volupte Sheer Candy

No 9♡

Blush Volupte 2 Seductrice♡

The pink on the cheek looks really natural and glowing♡

When we were young people always said people who own a lot of pairs of shoes are sexually frustrated..

Or whatever, that rumor was going around a lot.

Are they? wait, are we?

Anyway, this pair of lacy high heels from RANDA ( Japanese shoe shop ) are just wonderful.

They first felt a bit strange but they are perfectly fit now and I just wish high heels were a part of my body.

Ah we gotta love perfect high heels♡

♡

Anna

Happy Happy Happy♡

My Instagram photo is featured in Stylr.com

and their Instagram♡

You sure can buy this awesome marble iPhone case from iPHORIA♡

iPHORIA : Website

iPHORIA cases are so pretty though♡

It's been 2 months since I started instagramming and...

I gained 500 followers *cries of happiness*

Thanks so much and I am so happy to be able to deliver photos of Japan to the world♡

And I absolutely love photos on Instagram...

Seriously though

I can never get out of bed without checking out Instagram Time Line every morning.

I eat inspirations for breakfast♡

Lately I am pretty much addicted to flowers♡

Whenever I see my girl friends I give them one or two...

Not a guy friend it might look pretty awkward.

I love looking at girls holding flowers.

Like... who doesn't like flowers anyway?

I am excited to see my girl friend tomorrow night♡

Thursday nightt♡

Good night.

X

Anna

Roses are red

Hello world!

I am addicted to beautiful flowers these days.

May was a rose month.

Such a shame I didn't get to go see the rose gardens but I will on this coming Saturday...

Hope to still be able to see them♡

This morning I was walking to work and bumped into this beautiful thing♡

How relaxing!

They are eye medicines♡

Sharing happiness♡

I have been starting to think about studying to get some certificate,

like... something related to finance or business...

just in my spare time... :)

Hope this year will be awesome as always♡

X

Anna

Peony Saturday

Hello♡

Flowers are something special to me.

Just like coffee.

I like the smile people put on when they receive their coffee at the counter.

Flowers do that too.

Beautiful little special things♡

Yesterday I saw my girl friend who I didn't see since the beginning of the month.

She likes to decorate flowers in her room so, I wanted to give her the pink♡

Dean and Deluca Marunouchi

Usually Dean and Deluca cafes have marble tables and they are my favorite♡

Which one would you go for?♡

( Mine is the muffin on the right! )

I like to see people carrying around flowers.

It's just sweet to me.

Might as well do that to anybody I see from now on. hehe

My friend just got married and I am so excited♡

Life changing moment, that's so beautiful!

Nice, nice Sunday.

X

Anna

I am in Tokyo

I was born in Yokohama, Japan.

Grown up in Tokyo and Sydney, Australia ( Bondi ).

Sydney was such a beautiful place.

I've traveled to Melbourne a couple times which I am madly in love with.

London, I stayed for a month and CA, USA is where I have my relatives in so I've visited quite often, I thought it was beautiful, really coutry place up in north.

And now I am back in Tokyo, been here for 2 years now and

I am looking for something beautiful every day.

Japan is such a small island with a lot of things squeezed in together.

There is no much blank space, the ocean water isn't crystal clear

Car roads are narrow and packed, there are paper advertisements and posters everywhere.

I mean, if you go to different cities to explore I am sure there are beautiful walls and beautiful flowers blooming and long wide and huge bridges crossing over the sea too in Japan.

No offence to Japan really, I do love my home country.

But in the end of the day, I did find something really beautiful in Japan too.

No matter what country you go to

this is where you end up seeking beauty and nourishing your eyes and soul.

Coffee is where our hearts belong to.

Oh home sweet home.

Starbucks

"Coffee geek friendly"

Oh thanks...

I really want to find beautiful places, beautiful things and

what's so good about Japan, and deliver the inspiration to the world...

I will keep exploring... keep seeking.

This weekend I am traveling to somewhere quite inspirational♡

Finally seeing my bestie! Yay♡

I will blog again.

x

Anna

When life gives you lemons...

Spending weekend at home watching movies... or comedy... or whatever, drama series

everything is perfect when it's spent with coffee and a piece of awesome cake.

Of course it is.

Well it's a long story but my crush basically said no to my asking-out recently

and I was going to cry through the whole weekend but then

ELLEN ARRIVED. ( Ellen DeGeneres DVDs that I have ordered on Amazon weeks ago. )

No way I would spend my weekend crying and doing nothing, I would watch ELLEN. ( tough girl! )

Ellen has always helped me feeling better and made me laugh anywhere, anytime of my life.

( Laughter is the best medicine! )

I watched her comedy on YouTube every night to put myself asleep but I don't need to do that anymore! I feel so close to Ellen having this big picture of her on the DVD case I have just received. I am such a fan.

And I found this gorgeous necklace in a store I happened to pop in the other day.

I thought it would go great with my ZARA shirt♡

I am now absolutely in love with this style I have seen on a store display

I need that skirt, I need that nekclace and I need that shirt and I need to go to that store.

Keep dreaming girls... shopping is fun.

I have been gaining blog access recently and I am so happy that I have not even cried once over my crush!

I am so blessed, you know.

I will keep being #HopelessRomantic at everything♡

Have a fancy week ahead.

Love

Anna

Chanel Mademoiselle

I watched on TV

Marilyn Monroe said she wears Chanel No.5 in bed

when I was young as 9 or 10.

And I started wearing it ever since

until 18 when Mademoiselle came out.

Mademoiselle was exceptional.

I fell straight in love but was still in doubt.

Then my classmate(M.) came up to me and told me how amazing Mademoiselle is

and I needed to go get it.

And I did.

I am 24 and I can not think of anything else as a replacement.

There are a lot of beautiful scents in the world though.

I was in the store and found this amazing Mademoiselle-Body oil.

As you know, ( maybe you don't ) I am an oil fetishist and I love to drench myself in oil.

Like even olive oil could do. I just love the feel of it.

Is there any reason in particular I don't get this fantasy?

It smells like Mademoiselle, feels like mademoiselle and it's oil. ( Importantly. )

And what's so good about Chanel perfume is that everyone around you notices it.

"Hey do you wear Chanel?"

"Is that CHANCE?"

Well it's not, but I guess they are a bit similar.

I love belonging to this scent and love taken over by it.

Happily ever after~♡

Website: Chanel Mademoiselle

Anna

Acvii Atelier

The other day I had a photoshoot at a hair salon called

Acvii Atelier in Kichijoji Tokyo

It was such a cute salon I wish I lived in a house like that

Underground studio ( salon space♡ )

They had this huge book shelf which I fell straight in love with!

It's big, and the positioning was just fabulous

the selection... stunning!

The handmade accessory brand called "UNI" they told me

I can't find the webpage or anything but I did fall in love with their little rings too.

So beautiful...

Please allow me to introduce this book to you if you are new to this.

This is a photobook of Scott Schuman.

Basically of street photos of beautiful people.

And it was beautiful.

The most beautiful photo book I have seen and I am obsessed now.

I am so inspired to take photos now though♡

Acvii : Website

Anna

Laline Strawberry Milk

Laline is my favorite body care store of all times.

I dropped by there last night as I was running out of body scrub and I am a Laline addict.

How always so sweet is this store.

Just looking at it and staying here makes me happy.

( You can buy these lovely present boxes too! Which I am keen on collecting. )

 This time I bought strawberry milk body scrub♡

I still have the Vanilla body scream and they go well together♡

Can't wait to use them♡

Look at the Chanel Mademoiselle... I seem to really like these pale pink colours!

Laline Japan Website

Anna