Posts Tagged ‘wafuku’
夏の始まり the beginning of summer
Posted by: plueonigiri on: June 5, 2010
japanese students in their summer uniforms. in japan, it’s a tradition to change all long-sleeved winter uniforms to short-sleeved summer ones. this tradition is called “更衣 koromogae,” which literally means “changing of one’s seasonal clothes,” and usually happens on the 1st of july every year. this doesn’t apply only to school students, but to train [...]
ぽっくりと花びら pokkuri and flower petals
Posted by: plueonigiri on: May 24, 2010
i finally came back from my weekend trip to kyoto >w< it was quite tiring but well worth the time! i've been to kyoto a few times in the past but my main purpose in going down this time was to do my maiko photoshoot. i’ve been wanting to do it for a really long [...]
上野動物園 ueno zoo
Posted by: plueonigiri on: February 27, 2010
the weather was really good on thursday so i finally went to ueno zoo! and since it was warmer than usual, i went out in kimono! hiro in front of ueno zoo! entrance fee of 600円 for adults. the picture on each ticket is random… i wanted one with a red panda… like this! so [...]
大阪でのお正月 new year’s in osaka
Posted by: plueonigiri on: January 7, 2010
i was in osaka, at my host family’s house from the 28th of december till the 3rd of january! spending one whole week in a japanese household was a real eye-opener, especially since it was new year’s as well. it’s hard to blog about each day that i was there so i’m just going to [...]
あぁ、さよならじゃないよね、また会えるから it’s not goodbye, because we’ll meet again
Posted by: plueonigiri on: December 13, 2009
i went to keikarou again on saturday with bec, since it was her last day in japan. the shop opens at 11:00 am – we arrived at 10:00am and there was already a line hahah! we were lucky to arrive early, so we went in with the first batch of customers >w< i wore my [...]
六義園 rikugien gardens
Posted by: plueonigiri on: November 21, 2009
today the weather was really good so i went out to catch a breath of fresh air! guess where this photo was taken?! my destination for the day the train departure melody for this station is sakura! the traditional japanese folk song, not the one by moriyama naotarou or kobukuro 六義園 rikugien is one of [...]
shopping saturday
Posted by: plueonigiri on: October 18, 2009
yesterday afternoon i went out to shinjuku 3-chome to shop <3 i love shopping in japan ;w; everything looks nice! i don't really go shopping back home because i rarely find stuff that i like, but here there are lots of stuff that are totally my style ~w~ it's expensive though… i have to budget [...]
sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit
Posted by: plueonigiri on: February 8, 2009
this is na old malay proverb that means “start small and it builds up to a mountain.” for me it means building up a collection from scratch and see it grow bigger with my own eyes. i have a lot of boxes in my room but this is by far my most beloved one <3 [...]
seiko matsuda
Posted by: plueonigiri on: January 19, 2009
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>w< i’ve finally gotten my hands on my first pair of geta! 下駄, as it is written in japanese, is the footwear worn together with yukata and occasionally, kimono. it was a despair for me, owning 3 sets of yukata and a kimono, and not having any appropriate geta to go with it D: for [...]
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