Japan Culture // ホワイトデー [ White Day ] ٩(♡ε♡ )۶

Happy White Day! So what is White Day?? Well today I'll be explaining that very question! In Japan, White Day is consider the Valentines Day that we traditionally understand today where men pamper and shower women with gifts, flowers and chocolates. Although times have changed and now, so expressing love can be from either party. 

Kyoto Tower & Arayashima Bamboo Forest (*´∀`*)

The first day of Kyoto we walked past Kyoto tower which reminds me of our Sydney tower but much cooler because they have a public onsen in their's which you can use!! 

As we walked towards Kyoto station I saw a heaps of technical stuff used in filming productions so I quickly glanced around to see which celebrity would be here and TADAH! Yusuke Yamamoto, was standing right in front of my eyes and I was so close to him as well! I'm not usually the type to fan girl over celeb's until I really saw one I guess!

We headed to Kyoto station to get some breakfast, where I got lemon tea and toast with jam and butter. Once we finished our breakfast we headed off to our first tourist attraction which was Arayashima Bamboo Forest.

We caught the train there and walked towards the forest but started on the other side, which was okay since we could take this time to walk around. It started to rain so our umbrella's were up to keep us dry. 

As we slowly approached the bamboo forest we saw some bamboo's so  we took photo's with the scenery. 

Once we hit the track for the bamboo forest it was just absolutely breath taking!! Everything was so peaceful and beautiful. 

Cannot go without a #SELFIE!

The best thing about this place was that you're bound to get thirsty so of course they have vending machines waiting for you! I got my winter favorite which is their corn soup!

Since it was raining we decided to not go up the mountains to see the monkeys and headed back down towards Arayashima Station where there was a small shrine and train tracks too! 

Just a candid shot of my on the train tracks which we literally risked our lives to do. These train tracks are in use so we had to quickly snap and get off before the trains come!

That was the end of our morning in Arayashima where we spent a couple of hours enjoying nature before heading back to the JR station to our next location, Kinkakuji. 

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Today is quite chilly and gloomy making me feel like not leaving the house, but I do have work so I'm going to have to wrap myself up like a bun!!! 

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SMASH'ing 2014 | Hiatus for 5 weeks! ヾ(･ω･*)ﾉ

I cannot believe I have been away from my blog for 5 weeks and you guys still continue to wait for me to blog! THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND LOVE! I have a few blog posts lined up so definitely keep an eye out for them! As for today I'll be blogging on this year's SMASH! Anime and Manga Convention 2014.

 

Happy Mid Autumn Festival ♪(┌・。・)┌ 中秋節快樂

To all my Chinese readers 中秋節快樂,
To all my English readers Happy Mid Autumn Festival/Mooncake Festival/Moon Festival!! 

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So for those who do not know what this is all about well on the 15th day of the eight month of every year of the Chinese/Lunar calender we celebrate the Moon Festival. The moon during this time is always round and full which is just simply gorgeous to look at.

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I have been celebrating this festival for as long as i can remember and traditional we would eat our moon cakes[月餅], have our family dinner (all members must be present!) and at the end play with lanterns [燈籠] and/or melt wax! But now as i get older i started to stop playing with my lantern as much and overall stop with the candle burning to make a wax plate. Nevertheless, i continue to eat my mooncakes and enjoy dinner with my families and friends. 

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I love eating the one and only Kee Wah's mooncake cause they make it nice! HAHA! We always buy the ones with the double salted yolk in them but i don't eat the yolk because i don't like it? So why not buy the one's without yolk, well simply because they just don't taste as nice as the ones that were bake with the yolk in them!! Here's a short story i want to share with you guys about my friend and her first mooncake

"I bought mooncake to school one day and my non-asian friend has never heard of it before so i decided to give her some to try and  since then she has been buying her own mooncakes each year because you usually can buy them in September which is her birthday month!"

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This year half my family is in Hong Kong and they celebrated the Mid Autumn Festival with my relatives as they went to a all you can eat buffet at JW Marriott Hotel. As for my mum, younger brother and i headed off for dinner at my mum's friend's place!
We only stayed for dinner as my mum was not feeling so well. But dinner was really filling, we had chicken, vegetables, lamb chops, sashimi, steamed fish, mapo tofu and tempura prawns!

Now i'm at home just drinking some green tea and munching on some moon cake while watching Runningman and laugh my night away~. 

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Good night and i hope you all had a lovely night!!
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-Sennnaa/Rinnnaa