Ghost Izakaya

Some time in July, Maria and I went to a ghost-themed izakaya called Yuurei in Kichijoji.

 The entrance

Despite the horror theme, we found the atmosphere to be really relaxing somehow.

 To call the staff, you had to place this hand between the windows and ring a bell.

Most of the food was just normal izakaya food with spooky names, but we did manage to find some eyeball cheese things. The food and drinks were a little more expensive than normal izakayas, but still very affordable, and as there's no cover charge, I'd definitely say it's worth it. 

 I got to have a funeral! They dressed me in some kind of death outfit, then said some prayers and threw flowers on me while I lay in a coffin and laughed my head off. 

At the end they closed the lid, and even the window in it too. It's a good thing I'm not claustrophobic! 

I'd strongly recommend this place to any fans of Japanese horror movies/folklore, or anyone who likes theme restaurants/bars. 

05/04/2014

This weekend was the first weekend I've had in Tokyo where I've actually had time to do what I want and haven't been super jetlagged. It was really fun! 

 This was Saturday's look:

Dress: Fernopaa
Belt: GLAVIL by tutuHA
Boots: YOSUKE
Heart garter: Creepyyeha
Necklace: tutuHA

Make up

That day Chriss arrived in Japan, so I met up with her and Dayle (both of them have just started studying here, too!) in Shibuya. We hung around in Starbucks for a while, then went to take purikura.

After that, we wandered around some shops until it was time to meet Rozzi and Deej and go to an izakaya.

 It was my first time going to an izakaya, and I was impressed.

 I really liked being able to order with this touch screen thing, thus minimising the need to speak/wait around for waiters. 

We each had about 4 alcoholic drinks and shared looooads of food, and it only came to about 1,800yen (about £10) per person! You couldn't even get the drinks for that price in England! 

After the izakaya, we headed to JPU Records' event, which was held in a rock bar situated somewhere in dodgy love hotel land. 

 The bar was next to a shrine...

...which was right next to a love hotel. We kept running out to go to the conbini to buy cheap alcohol (and pizza buns!), then drank it outside whilst watching couples awkwardly leaving the hotel as if they weren't together aha

At about 2.30am, we and some others from the bar went to do karaoke. They had some kind of special offer if you did it until 5.30am (which is when the trains start running), so we did that. It was also all-you-can-drink! 

I'm not sure you can quite call it "singing", but we... made lots of noise until morning. It was a lot of fun. 

Tokyo!

Hello, hope you're all well! 

I moved to Tokyo last week, and am pretty settled in now~ I'm sharing a student apartment in Kodaira with some other exchange students from different countries (and one Japanese) who go to the same university as me. It's about an hour by train from central Tokyo, but it's not far from Kunitachi (where the university is), which is a really nice area. 

Here are some photos from around where I live and go to university: 

 My university

That name made me laugh

I have a home!

In my last post I mentioned being homeless, but earlier that day before that I'd gone to visit an apartment. The next day I received a call from the lady who lives there telling me that I could have the room if I still wanted it, and I moved in about 2 hours later! So now I'm living in this adorably French (there's actually an easel lol) apartment in the 13th arrondissement, which is exactly where I wanted it to be. I'm living with a lovely French lady whose daughter has now moved out, which is why she wanted to rent the room to a student. Until I can go back to London and get my stuff, I only have one suitcase of clothes haha, but I'm incredibly happy to have a home now (and I guess I can buy new clothes!). 

My room is way bigger than anything I'd ever hoped for!

The only problem with it is that it's about 40 minutes by metro to my university (which is actually in the suburbs), but I don't mind that. I was originally looking at living near university, but I visited one house there and it was pretty expensive, especially for an area where there is n o t h i n g. I was actually about to give up and live there because I wasn't having any luck with finding anything in Paris, but I'm so glad I was stubborn and didn't, because now I live here and... ugh, I love it so much, and the location is great too, so I think it's worth having to commute to university.  

Bisous~