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Sanrio Character Ranking 2011

author Posted by: kirin on date Jun 18th, 2011 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

The other day, I happened to find this cute ad in a train station.
in a train station Sanrio Character Ranking 2011

When I googled, I found the Sanrio Character Ranking for 2011.
I didn’t know they had this event every year (it looks like so).Sanrio Characters Sanrio Character Ranking 2011

BTW, you can also vote for your favorite character by hitting the white button under each character, or by Japanese cell phones (by reading the code provided) if you are in Japan, or you can simply tweet it. In this page, you can play with game, movie or fortune telling and you can also download kawaii computer wallpaper or calendar for free from the 2nd column of that page.

I clearly can recognize some characters I loved while I was a kid! I see how Sanrio characters made my life cheerful. It was always fun for me to go to a Sanrio store and buy a notebook or a pen that I used at school.

I liked these characters.

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Seijo Ishii

author Posted by: kirin on date May 16th, 2011 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Quality food and imported food
Seijo Ishii

When we want to buy some imported ingredients in Japan, Seijo Ishii or KALDI are the major stores we can often check out at most of the locations in Tokyo. (COSTCO has only 1 warehouse in Tokyo, and of course outside the central area. Sorry my posts are basically based on the information around Tokyo, so I don’t know much about west Japan or other parts of Japan.)

Seijo Ishii’s online store is here.
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KALDI also has its online shop.
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When you see how the familiar foods or beverages from your country are priced in Japan, you maybe surprised how expensive they are. ^ ^;
Below picture shows Marco Polo, The Mariage Tea and Seijo Ishii original jam.
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Some chips.
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I like these cookies from La Mere Poulard…I thought they are from France. ^ ^
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Chocolates <3
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Teas
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Beers
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I don’t drink beers often, as I prefer wines. But I do remember those beers from Belgium from my last visit there! But I don’t remember how much it was in Belgium. ^ ^;
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Seijo Ishii has its original sweets, breads, coffees, dressings and so on.
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Basically Seijo Ishii is a quality food market. But you can still find budget priced items from time to time. You can check out the local flyers online at Town Market. If you are planning to move to Japan, you will know what kind of ingredients from home can be purchased in Japan at a grocery store like Seijo Ishii. icon wink Seijo Ishii

What kind of food do you think you would miss most when you are out of your country?

p.s. I didn’t categorize this post as kawaii shop because it doesn’t really fit into kawaii. ^ ^;

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Christmas illuminations final post

author Posted by: kirin on date Dec 26th, 2010 | filed Filed under: Uncategorized

Hope you had a peaceful and happy Christmas holiday. icon smile Christmas illuminations final post
(In Japan, Christmas is not even a holiday, unfortunately. But lucky enough, it happened to be weekend this year. ^^ )
Since I started this series of Christmas illuminations/decorations posts, I was able to share with you many beautiful pictures that were shared by some readers of Tokyo Kawaii, etc. I really appreciate those who kindly took time to participate in this small project. icon biggrin Christmas illuminations final post

Before I closed the project on the 25th Dec. I received one more entry from Cindy.
Let me share Cindy’s picture and some of mine I took from Shinjuku the other day and say this event is over.

Cindy lives in the bay area, California, U.S.A.
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This one is the most beautiful and elaborate decoration from all I’ve had seen icon smile Christmas illuminations final post

Thank you Cindy! How beautiful the house is! She took this picture from inside a car, according to her.

Now my final pictures. It’s Shinjuku Mylord shopping center.
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Well, actually it’s outside the shopping center.
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The picture was not enough, I also took a short video there.
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Also a simple but cute Christmas decorations I found at a hotel lobby.
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Which Christmas illuminations/decorations did you like most? Haha, don’t worry this is not a competition or a contest. ^__^ For me it’s hard to pick out the best one because each picture was fascinating…I hope you enjoyed this small project as much as I did! icon smile Christmas illuminations final post

Tokyo Kawaii, etc. will continue to update new posts during the holiday.
Happy holidays!! icon biggrin Christmas illuminations final post

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