I'm really excited to be able to attend the Spring/Summmer 2010 Kobe Collection today. I've been wanting to go to this fashion show since last fall but at that time the tickets were sold out so I couldn't go. Luckily this season a friend of mine had tickets and wasn't going to go so she gave them to me:) I'll be taking a good friend of mine who I haven't been able to spend much time with so it'll be fun.
Japanese fashion shows seem to run a lot differently. The Kobe Collection is a fashion show that includes four stages-each stage having many brands(both domestic and international)-and also has music performances.
I'll make sure to upload pictures soon.
February 26, 2010
February 19, 2010
Visitors
My senpai (Japanese for senior) from college who teaches English in Nagasaki is visiting Osaka. His friends, who also teach, are here from Korea.
It's always nice to have visitors because:
- it really makes me use my brain as to what I should show or share with them
-It's nice to meet new people and reunite with friends haven't seen in awhile
-oftentimes makes me discover things about Osaka or Kansai that I didn't know before
Last night, we all went out in Kyoto which was something I haven't done in a long time. We went to see some friends of mine who DJ. For one of my friends it was his DJ debut. It was great to be with a mix of friends and enjoy the music.
Today, my senpai and his friends are taking in some sights around Umeda and then they'll be coming closer to me to wander around another area of Osaka. I'm hoping to take them to this wonderful tako-yaki place that I often go to. Takoyaki (a flour-based ball with octopus and other ingredients usually topped with a savory-sweet sauce, green seaweed flakes, mayonaise and bonito flakes) and okonomiyaki (also a flour-based food that's mixed with cabbage,eggs, seafood and/or meat formed into a pancake and topped with the things as Takoyaki) are well-known dishes throughout Japan with their roots in Kansai. Although Hiroshima also has okonomiyaki but made it a different style.
Later, we'll head to Kobe to eat dinner and see the pretty lights of more quaint city of Kansai compared to Osaka.
That's all for now. I should get out and enjoy the sunny weather:)
It's always nice to have visitors because:
- it really makes me use my brain as to what I should show or share with them
-It's nice to meet new people and reunite with friends haven't seen in awhile
-oftentimes makes me discover things about Osaka or Kansai that I didn't know before
Last night, we all went out in Kyoto which was something I haven't done in a long time. We went to see some friends of mine who DJ. For one of my friends it was his DJ debut. It was great to be with a mix of friends and enjoy the music.
Today, my senpai and his friends are taking in some sights around Umeda and then they'll be coming closer to me to wander around another area of Osaka. I'm hoping to take them to this wonderful tako-yaki place that I often go to. Takoyaki (a flour-based ball with octopus and other ingredients usually topped with a savory-sweet sauce, green seaweed flakes, mayonaise and bonito flakes) and okonomiyaki (also a flour-based food that's mixed with cabbage,eggs, seafood and/or meat formed into a pancake and topped with the things as Takoyaki) are well-known dishes throughout Japan with their roots in Kansai. Although Hiroshima also has okonomiyaki but made it a different style.
Later, we'll head to Kobe to eat dinner and see the pretty lights of more quaint city of Kansai compared to Osaka.
That's all for now. I should get out and enjoy the sunny weather:)
February 15, 2010
Greetings
I've been contemplating for a long time about whether or not to make a blog and I finally decided to just do it!
For months I read others' blogs in admiration and intrigue at the creativity, diligence and passion that I'd see and read on a daily basis. Knowing myself to be slightly indecisive at times I just decided that had to make it. Seize the day right?
I'm looking forward to sharing and expressing my love for food (mainly), fashion and traveling. Japan has so much to offer and more so I hope you'll enjoy it.
For months I read others' blogs in admiration and intrigue at the creativity, diligence and passion that I'd see and read on a daily basis. Knowing myself to be slightly indecisive at times I just decided that had to make it. Seize the day right?
I'm looking forward to sharing and expressing my love for food (mainly), fashion and traveling. Japan has so much to offer and more so I hope you'll enjoy it.
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