Maid Cafe and Ximen Underground Mall

 Yesterday was rather warm considering it's December!  23C 🙀

I wore my blue BTSSB blouse out!  With a cardigan it was actually quite warm.  

 

 

KC, blouse, JSK, rings, socks: BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT

Shoes: Sheep Puff

 

Comments Problem! SO SORRY

 Oh my gosh I've only just realized that blogger for some reason stopped notifying me of comments on this blog!!!

I hope I've got it sorted out now, but I'll be catching up on all your comments!  😿😿😿 

I really appreciate all of you who take the time to read and comment on my posts!! I keep doing my best. I used to receive email notifications for comments so I'm not sure why it stopped??? 

Recent Outfit Snaps and Life Update

 Whew all the Tokyo trip posts are finished!  I've been touching grass more after I felt better from the cold, so I had the chance to wear something other than pajamas!

 

Tried a douyin style makeup 

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Day 10 - The Journey Home

 

The day I had to fly back to Taipei, I woke up far too early again, changed into my travel outfit, and finished any last-minute packing I had.  Extremely grateful for ImaginaryDuke who showed up to help me with my luggage as there wasn't always elevators or escalators to get to the station!

 

Said my goodbyes to ObliquerStrategies and Switchboard.op and we headed off!  I made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare.  Bag check hadn't even started yet, so I headed upstairs to eat lunch first. 

Found a standing sushi bar, but they actually had a section with seats haha!  I got a seat and ordered a 12-piece with miso soup set for around 3,800 JPY.  I normally can eat 12 pieces at conveyor belt sushi, but was somehow struggling to finish this!  It was so good though~  Everything was tasty, even with my lack of sense of smell!

Again, our tickets were Snoopy themed!  This time it's actually got the picture of where I'm going haha. I'm pretty sure it's a depiction of 北門/Beimen/North Gate 

On board, I ended up not watching anything and just trying to sleep.  I'd had so much Pocari during the day that I ended up needing to use the restroom though. I usually get a window seat and just dehydrate so I don't annoy the people next to me, but I'd been hydrating this time due to being so ill.

The lacto-ovo meal was mediocre.  Did not enjoy it nearly as much as the Indian meal.  I thought the yellow bit would be eggs, but it was not!  Some type of grain-based bread thing?  I didn't finish the yokan or touch the bread and butter at all.

I was able to make it home smoothly by evening and even unpack a bit before showering and crashing.  So final photos are just my purchases!

Slowpoke kigu, OZZON Japan overdress, Gloomy Bear x ACDC Rag skirt and top

Clockwise from top: Amavel novelty bag, Amavel skirt, Angelic Pretty Happy Treat Party JSK, Alice and the Pirates socks, BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT blouse
Center: Angelic Pretty calendar

BABY THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT Necklace


Left to right: Monster Hunter Wilds side pouch, stickers from Non-san's business, Animal Crossing Tumbler, Cardcaptor Sakura GBA game, Capcom bag


Top to bottom: Tokyo Banana Pokemon cookies
Sakura Sake Kit Kat, Peach Kit Kat
Matcha KitKat, Kingdom Hearts towel
Gundam Base gacha coasters, Monhan Sakaba standee (Velkhana)


CTCTYO cat ears

Monster Hunder Wilds gacha magnets: Gore Magala and Rathalos

And that wraps up the Tokyo trip post series!

Thanks for reading!  Where do you want to go on vacation the most?  I think I would like to visit a new country or maybe go outside the cities of Japan, though I would mostly be interested in food!  Going around other cities in Taiwan would be nice, too. Just need the funds and work has NOT been kind recently....

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Day 9 - Really Woozy from Being Sick

We didn't head out until lunch time on Wednesday! Much-needed rest was had.  I was really sick on this day, and I think I had a mild fever, so my memory is spotty!!

 

We headed to a soba place ObliquerStrategies had saved and it was so nice!  I could definitely tell that my taste was affected by my stuffed up sinuses and lack of smell, but it still tasted nice.  I got a simple egg soba. 

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Days 7-8 - Wedding Reception Trip!

The day after the rave we woke up bright and early to get to the bus by 8:30 to head to Gunma!

Along the way we made a couple stops for bathroom breaks and food.  And we also go to go strawberry-picking!

Money frog

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Day 6

On Sunday our only plan was an "afternoon tea" at 6:30pm so we had the whole day to wander!

 I got ready in the morning with most of my hair and makeup as I'd woken up at ungodly hours again.  The hair was a STRUGGLE and I had to redo one side as they were originally uneven.  Overall, the hair alone took about 45 minutes!

At least it turned out nice??

The downside of low pigtails is that they get caught in my earrings all the time.  I had to keep untangling my earrings all day!

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Day 5

I was waking up too early these few days in Tokyo!  I'm not sure why I couldn't sleep?  I didn't wake up feeling excited or anxious or anything.  Would just wake up, not take a nap, and stay up late.  It probably contributed to my getting sick.

Anyway, on Saturday I met up with my friend Kotoko's wife (IDK her online handle and she doesn't want her name shared online) at a shop called "eggslut" 😹 Seriously that's the name!

 

 

Makeup of the day 

 

2025 Tokyo Wedding Trip Day 4 - Wedding Day and Monster Hunter Restaurant!

The next day we had to wake up bright and early to get to the shrine by 8am or whatever for the wedding ceremony!  I wish I'd gotten a photo of my hair from the back... didn't think of it at all!

 
Makeup shot

It was at the Meiji Jingu Shrine, very prestigious so dress code was strict.  Virtually no skin showing, closed-toe shoes, etc.

 

ALSO no photos 😹😹😹😹😹😹 So... sorry!!  ESPECIALLY no photos inside the shrine, which apparently like 0.0001% of people get to see 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀so we are considered very lucky!!!

 The ceremony was short and very gorgeous! We first met up for the rehearsal in a room (very descriptive, I know) and also went to meet up with dear kayz0rbeam, the bride, who was having photos taken!

 
This was the fake sake for the rehearsal. Beautiful, but pretty much salt water

Then we lined up and walked to the shrine.  They are strict during the walk as well! I was on the bride's side, and we are not allowed to look around, smile, pose, make any hand gestures, etc.  When we got to the shrine, we are seated and the ceremony begins.  The priest announces the groom and bride to the gods and the shrine maidens and the uh... other guy who is dressed like the priest but is considerably younger do stuff.  

Then the bride and groom state their statements (it was all in Japanese 🙃 ) and drink sake.  Then we all drink sake.  We also got a little yokan to take back as a treat and then it's the strict walk back to the other building.  Then time for photos and relax!

Funny little side story: the expiration date on the side seemed to be expired no matter which number was the year.  I asked of of kayz0rbeam's friends, who lived in Japan, if Japan used a different year system.  He was confused as they generally don't.  After some thinking, turns out it was expiring in the 8th year of the current emperor's rule, and it was currently the 7th year.  Very traditional!

 I had some time to kill before meeting with some Twitch friends for Monster Hunter Bar (Monhan Sakaba) in Akihabara and had a nice walk.  There were very few trees turning colors, but I did catch one!

At Akihabara I first went into one of the goods/merch buildings and browsed many of the shops inside. I picked up a present for a friend as well, who had mailed me the Monster Hunter Bar points cards to collect more points.  It's been through like three people so it's a team effort!

Dash juice container! Unfortunately the quality was lightweight and cheap feeling, so I didn't get it

Gross

Then I made my way over to the restaurant. As I'd never met the streamer I was meeting in person, YamiRaiMen, but had seen him on camera, I was relatively certain I could spot him? And his two friends I didn't know at all.

There are multiple theme cafes in this building!

Outside was a vending machine with cans that had different stickers on!  I ended up running into Yami and friends here and one of them got a can.  Yami tried also, and he got the secret!  It's a Fatalis sticker.

Then we headed up.  As the elevator doors were closing, a Japanese man hopped in last second.  I hesitated for a moment before asking, "Non-san?" He turned around and it was my other Twitch streamer friend, Non (nzknbr)!  His camera is only shown at the end of his streams and from a different angle overhead, so I wasn't sure if I'd recognized him correctly!  I'm glad I did~  I said "Sparkuru desu~~" and he was happy to see me too!

Inside, there were loads of photo op spots! 

Some of the tables were quite close to the photo ops, so I tried not to get in the way of the diners.

Wedding outfit!

My favorite weapon!

Paisely!

After taking snaps, I handed out some gifts to everybody, and Non-san gave me a goodie bag from Capcom store!  I'm so happy for that as I ended up not having time to visit the shop myself.

Monster Hunter Wilds side bag, Stickers from Non-san's streaming studio, Animal Crossing tumbler, Capcom bag.  The Cardcaptor Sakura GBA game he gave me when we went to his studio!

We also received random pins when seating, so I let everybody pick one to open.  I ended up with Rompompolopo or however you spell it (the inflating mosquito bug thing in the Oil Basin).  Yami got my favorite monster, Mizutsune!!

One of his friends I think felt a little bad that I had gotten gifts for them all and he hadn't, so he secretly bought me a Mizutsune sticker while we were taking photos and gifted it to me!  So kind.  I'll be putting it into my junk journal when the journal arrives!

 I had pre-ordered the meat skewer platter when booking the seats, so we ordered some drinks first.  

 

I got the Airou drink! So cute 

Non-san got the FFXIV collab drink, which came with a postcard! He gave me the postcard to keep 😻

Then the meat platter showed up!  I could only eat a couple onion rings and a couple potatoes as I don't eat meat, and there were only two eggs so Yami and one of his friends had those~  They said the meat was pretty good!

I ordered a Yian Kut-Ku pizza mostly because it's photographable haha!  Look how cute it is!! The eyes are silly~  The head is made of egg salad and tasted nice with the pizza.

Violet for scale
In the background you can see Non-san wearing my merch shirt!

Everybody had lots to eat and drink! We got about 18 points on the stamp card if I recall correctly, and spent 22 on gacha standees and trading cards.  I'll be mailing the stamp cards back to my friend along with gifts so they can continue collecting stamps or trading for items in the future!

We then split ways, and Non-san and I did a bit of shopping.  I got a gacha Wilds icon magnet, and got Gore Magala. I was hoping for Mizutsune, but there are 22 total monsters you can get so the chance was small!

Then we went to Non-san's streaming studio to have a look around and meet his business partner.  He showed me many things that he's collected over the years!  Duke, ObliquerStrategies, and Switchboard.op then also came to Akihabara and originally Duke said they'd meet up at Non's because he know the place and had been there before, but they got distracted at an arcade while I sat and sweated not knowing if I was overstaying my welcome 🙀😿🙀😿🙀 So when he finally told me where they were, I invited Non-san to the arcade, HEY.  

We played some games and I tried a Gundam game for the first time! I didn't know how anything worked or even how to move as there are two handholds.  I thought one is camera and one is movement as on a controller, but actually it's more like your two thrusters.  Except I didnt' know how to jump either.... I still beat Duke 😼😼 Likely due to my confusion making me unpredictable.  I also didn't know how the attacks worked, but hey, I still did it!

I also played Bomberman against Non-san, and he won twice  😹  It was a good time!

Afterwards, we parted ways with Non-san and the four of us went to meet up with Potato.Lau for dinner at an izakaya he regularly visits.  I think he's been living there for six years now? Something like that!

The food was so good!!

Dishes for the table charge - I did try the snail thing!

Sour! Mine is peach

TAKOWASABI!  It's unmixed here.  Mix it and add more wasabi as you please.

 

Potato.lau said this place got their fish fresh each day or each week; something like that!  It all tasted so good!!! 

I LOVE SQUID

I didn't take any photos of any of the meat dishes as I don't eat meat so it's just seafood time!!!

I normally don't eat tuna much, but the tuna sashimi so delicious~

We also got this little DIY roll where you put a scoop of the tuna mash in the nori provided in the cup, add some wasabi, spring onion, pickled radish as you please, then roll it up, dip in soy sauce, and NOM.  Very yummy!

Grilled little octopus! 

Fish of some kind.  This was the okayest dish of the night. Still good!

The second order of sashimi was just lean tuna (dark red ones) and fatty tuna.  Absolutely delicious as the fatty tuna is in season!  It was almost falling apart, so good!  And the lean tuna was pure flavor.  I miss it already!!

 

Tuna sashimi 

 

Spicy noodles I didn't eat 

FISH HEAD!!!  Gotta love it

 

Sushi roll! 

Very filling!!!  A bit pricey as well, I think it was around $8k per person? But for the quality and quantity of food and drink we got, it was a nice treat!

What is your favorite fish?  Or cut of fish?  I think I need to try more tuna....