Category: Oh Holidays

The Day at Tokyo Disney Sea

We had so much fun!!!!
I love these girls so much.
Seriously.
Nothing can be better than
hanging out in the magical land of Disney
with your sweet sisters and BFF.

One of the things I love about Disney resort
is that everyone is SO NICE!!!
And not just the people who work there,
like literally EVERYONE.
It must the the magical atmosphere or something.
We were trying to take a group picture and
a couple walking by just stopped on their way to the entrance
and asked if they could take a picture for us.
I love small things like that.

Yoko got the cutest Duffy popcorn basket!
We ate two flavors.
Apple Cinnamon and Indian Curry.
I’ve always loved Indian Curry flavor
but the new Apple Cinnamon was really good, too!
Tasted like Christmas 🙂

We rode such random rides!
Tower of Terror
Jasmine’s Flying Carpets
Storm Rider
Center of the Earth

The girls put up with all my pictures (haha) and
we pretty much talked and ate
all the way through waiting in lines for rides.
I just shake my head when I see people
waiting in line together and
they’re all staring at their cellphones.
(Am I weird and old fashioned?)
Since we all live apart and don’t get together that often
it was great to catch up with what we’ve been doing
and share all those crazy stories.

We had a blast, Disney Sea, and we will be back 🙂

The Belgian Tree

Traditional Christmas trees are the best.
The smell is great and it looks fantastic when all lit up.
But since I’ve never seen a place in Japan
that sells real Christmas trees (do we even have them?),
you have to get creative.
And although our fake Christmas trees are pretty awesome,
I find myself going for the crafty artsy type more often than not.
So when I spotted this article,
I literally gasped!
Look at this gorgeous Christmas tree made from tea cups and plates!
This tree was designed by MOOZ for a small town in Belgium.

Apparently these cups and plates were donated by local residents
and about 5,000 of them are used to decorate this 30 ft tree.

Wow.

We could never do this here in Tokyo.
Earthquakes and precious china do not mix well.
But what a great idea!
Absolutely love it.

The Hexenhaus

Lisa Naomi and I headed to Yurakucho
to see the display of the Muji Homemade Town.
Did you know that ‘Hexenhaus’ means ‘Enchanted House’ in German?
Well, this miniature town was just that…enchanting!

This display has about 100 handmade hexenhause
and used over 15,000 cookies.
There’s even a train circling the town tracks!

Did I mention that this display smells great, too?
I could just walk around looking at the details for hours.
Fortunately, my sister was there to drag me away
so other people can have a look.
It was a pretty popular spot in the store!
Oh and did I mention that
if you take a picture of the display
and post it on instagram with the hashtag #mujixmas
it will be displayed online on their website?
(like mine!!! top left pic!!!)
All this is so much fun that
it’s making me want to get my hands on
a hexenhaus kit for christmas!
Hmmmmm.

The Classic Holiday Song

I just realized how weird it is that I haven’t been
listening to any holiday music this year.
Tis the season for holiday music and you know,
this is the only time of year you can enjoy it without being super creepy.
I guess it could be that
I’m not exactly in the festive mood this year.
I have holiday music in my play list. Just not playing it.
But I don’t want to regret not listening to holiday music.
I mean, how creepy would it be if I
suddenly started craving holiday music next spring?

All because I didn’t listen to it in December.

So I’m going to post one of my absolute favorite holidays songs.

To get me back into the groove.
You can sing, dance, and have a party to this classic song.
(Totally makes me want to see Home Alone again. Another classic.)

And THEN…I found this.
I thought it was pretty awesome.
Gotta start bopping to the holiday tunes!

That Christmas Holiday in Osaka

Heading home for Christmas!

One of the great things about a window seat.
This fantastic view!

Finally got my hands on an ICOCA.
Whoo-hoo!
This view from the river says
“you’re home” to me.

Ever since I started living on my own
Christmas has been just a regular day at work.
But this year I took a few extra days off
so I could go home for Christmas.
Before I know it, I am helping out at church,
standing at the reception desk of the Christmas concert.
Feels like home 😀
Merry Christmas! x