Travel guide

Hello the world!

I haven't forgetten about my blog, just that... 

(I  forget the password all the time and I cannot log into this account very often),

what a horrible blogger am I!

But I feel so insecure if I set a really easy password!

So my password usually goes like G82hlx4Rdl08DaMwU38X and there is no way I can remember all of them (true story, sometimes above plus ^#$&*;+ ...).

Anyway.

I just wanted to write about how I have joined this incredible travel website Townske to write about travel guide and tips.

I haven't even written about my Kanazawa trip on here yet, but I have summerized my trip in one article and wrote about recommendation so if you are interested in the old Japanese traditional culture and traveling to the art town Kanazawa- please check it out. 

The Must Goes In Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. Japan

I also simply write about the trips on wordpress

http://annakirishima.wordpress.com as well!

I post more photos on it, if you are interesed.

I personally have decided to go traveling once a month, or at least every second month on a weekend.

I will definitely update my Townske, blog or instagram so please stay tuned if you are interested in seeing my perspectives while traveling.

I shall be mostly traveling within Japan this year,

Most definitely traveling to - Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Hiroshima, Kagoshima,

Mie... and - Thailand. Hopefully USA too but not sure.

Really wanting to go to Cuba, and Singapore again.

Australia? Hm, if I go I won't be able ever leave there! *homesick*

Besides travel, I will be writing a lot about cafes in and outside of Tokyo.

Cafe - Omotesand

The first Cafe article was on Harajuku - Omotesando.

I hear a lot of people traveling to Japan again this year or sometime soon.

Hopefully my blogs will be an useful information even though I am not the master of Tokyo at all.

There are certainly beautiful places in Tokyo and I would be happy for you to find out about them.

I will do big travels too this year but also will be exploring more of the Tokyo 23 wards.

I want to explore... Tennozu Isle, Iidabashi (Suidobashi, Nihonbashi),

Zoshigaya, Sumida, Shiodome, Ginza... and writing a proper guide of Yokohama ( My home town! ) again.

Kanazawa was an incredible travel destination.

I am not sure if the entire city of Kanazawa is like that or only some part of it is but

someone who has spent a long time in Kanazawa has told me that

the local people in Kanazawa hated to fight, and they knew that if they don't fight, the enemies wouldn't be invading their castle either, so they trained to perform and produce art or craft works more than fighting, but they were still worried about someone entering the castle so they made the interior of the castle like a maze.

And that's how Kanazawa has become an interesting, art and entertainment oriented city.

It was a very peaceful and laid back city.

Everywhere we went, we saw a street full of galleries and art shops.

Small city, a lot of entertainment.

Thanks for reading my blog again, I just fixed my password today so hope I can log in easily next time!

Love

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

Gorilla coffee update

My favorite, our favourite.

Everyone's favorite coffee - Gorilla coffee

I really love the black and white tables they have.

Black, white, marble, repeat.

My table needs a flower.

I was looking for peonys on the way back home today and

none of the flower shops around had them...

Maybe not the season? or they don't grow in Japan?

Writing about Gorilla coffee every now and again but,

I go there too often that I need to update the photos sometimes.

Last night my crush said to me some cutest things.

So my Friday was even better than what Friday should be like.

#HopelessRomantic all the way♡

He promised me last night he will model for my photos too~♡

#Crushinframe

yay♡

Anyway.

Tomorrow I am seeing my bestie for the first time in ages!

So excited and we are going to some wonderful places♡

Can't wait!

Hope I can find a peony by the time I see her :) She likes flowers

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

Kick start of a long weekend

Good evening from Japan.

The most exciting thing about the long weekend holiday was the sleep over at my besties

even though we are great friends, we don't really get to spend two days together in a row so

and it turned out to be great!

We met at Omotesando station and went to Urth Caffe Omotesando.

I went there once when they just opened a store there and we thought it would be crazy packed but we could grab seats in the backyard.

Nice view♡

Even nicer view♡

We worked hard,

Mina has just started working in Japan for the first time in her life and

I got so much to do at work this year and...

we were exhausted, in a great way.

It was a huge break for both of us.

It was obviously a great breakfast and

the place was so... so relaxing.

Just didn't wanna get out.

That's how we started our incredible two day holiday♡

Aw how I miss it already!

I have been thinking about what exactly this blog is about and what category it belongs to

and I didn't think it belongs to fashion blog category or lifestyle blog category...

It is to me a blog of me blabbing all about my crush and how I am still mad in love with him after 4 months of just talking and just meeting every now and again and nothing happening.

I think I will be still talking about him for another few months, and this is where I let it all out I guess.

So... I call it either a #HopelessRomantic blog, or my-crush-and-I blog maybe.

I like to be inspired by all the fashionistas and lifestyle bloggers on instagram are just absolutely amazing and it's bliss to be able to interact with them.

But I am just a girl next door who is just fancying this guy who definitely isn't a Prince Charming or provides you a perfect movie romance, and I am loving it.

I am not a romance or lover addicted person at all.

This is the first time I fall for somebody in 5,6 years and I am feeling like a teenager again.

A workaholic 24 years old Japanese girl ( who has grown up in Australia ) now, going totally crazy for a 32 years old Japanese hair dresser, isn't that interesting? I find it is.

Well... I would appreciated it so much, if you could wish me good luck♡

Anna

Monz Cafe Monzennakacho

Good morning!

This article is about "Monz cafe" just near Monzen Nakacho station.

Beautiful old street.

Black and white/grey looks really good in here!

Our ootds looked good on this street!

It's a super cozy place.

They have got about 10 seats inside and

They don't have a large counter.

I like it, I want to open a cafe as small as that.

Our favorite magazine, Casa Brutus.

It's a thick magazine with a lot of information!

We needed to buy this magazine immediately!

I was dying for sugar... = Affogato!

It was the most beautiful affogato I have seen.

The ice cream was fresh and icy.

Super good on a humid day!

They have only photogenic food don't they...?

It's 2minutes away from the station,

if I lived near by I would pop in every day before work to chill...

It was a great experience!

Thank you

Anna

Easter Weekend♡

Happy Easter!

Today was a great rainy day spent with my bestie.

We could still see cherry blossom flowers on the trees!

They were mostly fallen and the river water was dyed in pink though.

That was still beautiful!

She was black and I was white.

Monz Cafe in Kiyosumishirakawa.

We went to three cafes in one day.

We could have gone to six if it was sunny,

we gotta bring the sun back!

Our favorite magazine about coffee and cafe.

Brutus Casa - on all the cafes around... Japan!

Affogato...

Beautiful!

Her panini and my croissont.

I will write about other cafes we went to maybe tomorrow...♡

It was a beautiful day even though it rained!

We were chilling so hard...

I am not quite ready for the Monday that's coming up tomorrow though...

Let's get through it!

Love.

Anna