Odaiba: Venus Fort & Ferris Wheel
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 | 76 Comments 
Three days!? OK, I’m just showing off at this point, LOL. 
Just gonna post a bunch of snaps from my day in Odaiba from my trip it’s about 30+ pics
Odaiba~!! All I cared about was going to ride the giant Ferris Wheel!! That & Venus Fort
(jp) seemed cool. My stomach was hurting a lot 
that day so I tended to want to “sit at cafes” more than anything. I guess I should mention that this place looking like Caesar’s Palace is no accident! It even has the false sky that changes colors from sunrise to sunset. 
First when we arrived we had a big lunch at Cobara-Hetta! I got some shrimp wraps, salad and shared this French Toast dessert. It was cooked like Korean hotpot style but when you’d eat a piece it tasted EXACTLY like a big slice of French Toast! Delicious~ 
Also saw Snoopy Cafe!!
I love Snoopy. When I was really little I found all my Mom’s old Snoopy comic books. Volume after volume of the 60’s & 70’s Peanuts comic strips. I used to sit inside and read them on summer days when it was too hot to go out. Or when I felt lonely (I was a lonely kid.) So Snoopy (my favorite character) means a lot to me. :sparkleup:
This was the tote bag I ended up getting!
A bit pricey imo compared to the others available (24$) but I like that it said Snoopy Cafe.
Eco tote bags
Cafe counter where you can order desserts and snacks like donuts and hot dogs
There was also a Blythe exhibit going on featuring Blythe Dolls dressed up as Manga Girls. A lot of brands had dressed dolls there too representing their brand style! There were about 100 dolls I think. Food for the eyes!! 
I’ll post more of those photos later on~
Next to the Blythe display was a small Kiddyland. I was planning to go back to the large Harajuku Kiddyland but read here that it was closed for maintenance! Thank god I saw that before trying! I picked up some things here of course. Snoopy towel, Rilakkuma face massagers & bath bombs!
Then off to outlet shopping! It never occurred to me Japan would have Japanese brand outlet stores too since I had heard they usually have foreign brand outlet stores. They had a Dazzlin’, Duras, Titty&Co., and more! I found the best bargains at Dazzlin’! Soooo happy~~ 50% off sales 
;p
Then we hit up Starbucks 
(lol) then THE GIANT FERRIS WHEEL! It was a weekday so NO line! Sweeeet. :haha: Everyone asked me to pick which bucket the ride in. 
There are colored ones but also 2 fully clear ones!! 
I chose clear… Everyone quickly regretted letting me choose lol. We had to wait 10 minutes though for one to swing around since there’s only 2 on the entire wheel. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT!
The people before us exiting the clear ferris wheel bucket! And yes, you get on & off while it’s moving
. It takes 16 minutes to make a full rotation.
The Tipy-Top! It didn’t seem that high up after getting on it even though it’s 377ft high and one of the largest in the world
After we were done I bought a Hello Kitty memorial strap! Huuuur so cute :p.
They did have the straps with Kitty in a clear bucket but it wasn’t as cute & red is my favorite color… I should have bought both 
Next we drove to the mini Statue of Liberty~~ 
:good: I would have never guessed I’d see TWO of these in the same year, lol.
Rest of the day was spent at Harajuku, shopping~ Got to visit the WEGO there. It’s the one with the WC store with purikura~! Also, WEGO rocks. It reminds me of what a US store SHOULD be since it’s mostly American Casual or Surf style. 
Good deals & friendly staff . :good: This was the only WEGO I got to visit though :( Next door is Spinns = is awesome.
On the way out I pointed at a puff ball that fell off someone’s charm on the stairs. Cut to 3 hours later I realized IT WAS MINE! It had fallen off as I had gone in =_=;; *fail.
//the end 
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Bath Salts Photo Galore
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 | 106 Comments
Okay, sorta new look here! Your eyes bleeding yet? . I’m in a passionate love affair with rounded-rectangles obviously. I dunno, I just keep going back to them. Anyway. Most of the real changes were behind the scenes. Cleaning up my code a bit. Make things easier on me for the future. What future? HTML 5. Lol. I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Anywho~
BATH SALT HAUL!
Finally posting the bath salts I picked up on my trip!
Fair Warning: There’s over 40 photos in this post so if you’re on a mobile device… just warning you
I think above all else, the clothes the makeup the food , I’m most in love with Japanese bath salts. I’ve always loved bath goods and Japan just has waaay more to offer than the US shelves.
I bought both bath salts & bath bombs. A lot I got at Donki and drug stores but by far Loft is the best place to shop for this stuff!! I bought traditional bath salts just for relaxing, sweat baths, sweet dessert fragrance, and even one for when you’re not feeling well.
I ended up actually having an entire duffel bag full of these bags of bath salts!!
We were kinda worried they’d be confiscated at customs, it looks kinda weird for 1 person to buy SO much of these… ???
The bath bombs. These take up a lot more space so I tried to limit myself to only characters I knew + loved!
I’ll talk more about all the different ones as I use them.
Some of these, especially the sweat bath ones, I’ve used before, but majority of them are new series and I haven’t tried them out yet! So I’m VERY excited!
MOMOERI LOVE BATH!
I had no idea this even existed! It’s heart-shaped
Bison is my favorite brand of Sweat Bath
type bath salt. I actually bought multiples of each kind. They’re very effective, strongly scented, fun colors and CRACKLE in the water when you first pour it in! Like fireworks
Metaboo series is pretty popular but I haven’t tried any yet. Sweat bath type mostly
The back of the packet really sells it
If you haven’t noticed pigs are popular on sweat bath packaging… you know, stop being a pig and sweat off those calories I guess! LOL
I like this line of germanium sweat bath
This sounds like a challenge almost! BRING IT ON!
I bought a couple of rose salts, rose is one of my favorite scents. The other packages were just boring looking though
Sweets bath time with milky matcha, chocolate and honey bath salts!
Mousse bath? I’m intrigued!
Yup, bean!
I’m not sure why the Snuggle Bear wants to take you on a tour of the hot springs in Baden Baden Germany but HE DOES! There’s a whole series of these Spa & Resort salts.
The candy in bath salt form, LOL, DON’T EAT!
Chocolate bar shaped & scented fizzing bath bomb I got at Village Vanguard I got quite a few bath bombs there! Good place for em!
This is actually a bath salt plus waterproof jigsaw puzzle! It floats on water & stays dry :good:
It’s a giant Chupa Chups bath ball!
Remember from Namjatown!? Seriously these guys were everywhere in EVERY FORM!
Think it’s ramen???? Think again!
Here are a few shots I sneaked of the bath salts in stores. There are “no camera” signs everywhere so I didn’t get many. There are just SO many types! I even saw that Donki had ones for guys now! They’re very “axe” type packaging showing you that you’ll get girls if you use it, LOL. Mike only showers so I wasn’t successful in getting him to try any.
This is for when you’re body is feeling “old”!!! This packaging was so hilarious! I should have bought it, what’s wrong with me!!
So nearly 50 photos!! Overkill? I say no! Haahaa, I actually didn’t even post EVERY photo/type of bath salt I had taken.
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