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On steroids.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jquilt6.jpgJquilt6This design turns the usual "autumn" motifs into a fine piece of graphic goodness.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jquilt4.jpgJquilt4This one takes the J-theme all the way, even using quilting patterns that are traditional washi paper and kimono motifs.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jquilt3.jpgJquilt3This one is simple, but it not only has a super Japanese theme (those oddly compelling orange paper lantern thingies), it shows them in a very "autumn" way, with end-of-the-season, bug-eaten leaves.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quilts20.jpgQuilts20Others were amazing because all those pieces that look like printed fabric were actually...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quilts19.jpgQuilts19...hand-embroidered, using traditional Japanese sashiko techniques. O_O ("Flower Embroidery" by ??)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quilt18.jpgQuilt18I was astonished to discover that this quilt was made of straightforward log cabin blocks. Nice choice of fabric snippets, huh? ("??" by Yoshiko ??)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quilt17.jpgQuilt17https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/quilt16.jpgQuilt16On some of them, it was the actual quilting part that was intense. 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That's the place where you line up to take the bus to Sankei-enhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien9.jpgSankeien9...if you looked hard, you could find some delicate pink and white ones...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien8.jpgSankeien8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien7.jpgSankeien7...hiding among the leaveshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien6.jpgSankeien6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien5.jpgSankeien5Gorgeous blooms freshly opened...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien4.jpgSankeien4As you can see, there's no shortage of lotus flower treasure huntinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien3.jpgSankeien32025-10-11T02:29:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/07/09/why-are-tattoos-still-taboo-in-japan-spoiler-its-not-because-they-think-youre-a-gangster/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/closeup.jpgcloseup2025-10-11T02:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/08/18/the-lost-cat-shrine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine10.jpgLostCatShrine10For good measure, offer your respects at this benevolent-looking neko-guarded stone basinhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine12.jpgLostCatShrine12Judging by the number of prayer plaques hung on the rack at this quiet shrine in Tachikawa, the local kami-sama are A+ at bringing back lost felines.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine11.jpgLostCatShrine11As an added bonus, if you happen to have a baby at home that's less than a hundred days old, their future teeth are in luck. Pick a stone from this sacred pile (they're called called "hakatame no ishi") and take it home. Touch the stone with a pair of chopsticks, then touch the baby's gums and say a prayer for good strong teeth. If you bring it back to the shrine, they're guaranteed to have a good long life and choppers of steel.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine9.jpgLostCatShrine9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine7.jpgLostCatShrine7...and pen your wish for Growler's safe return.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine6.jpgLostCatShrine6After you've added it to the rack...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine5.jpgLostCatShrine5...stop for a moment and give the stone kitteh a pat.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine3.jpgLostCatShrine3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine2.jpgLostCatShrine2Just buy an ema at the shrine shop, step over to this stone pussycat...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/lostcatshrine1.jpgLostCatShrine1...thank the kami-sama by giving the stone kitteh a little scritch behind the 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You can read more factoids about these fine furry friends on the Masked Palm Civet page.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hakubishin.jpgHakubishinSorry these photos are so crap – the only camera I had with me was my phone!2025-09-27T03:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/09/04/i-saw-another-new-wild-animal-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/turtle3.jpgturtle3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/turtle3.jpgTurtle3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/turtle2.jpgTurtle2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/turtle1.jpgTurtle1(Where, I might add, the herons were dancing the dance of my dancing genes are better than yours)2025-09-27T03:01:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/08/what-japanese-people-talk-about-at-the-aquarium/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunfish-1.jpgsunfishhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sunfish.jpgSunfishCan apparently be made into quite tasty sashimi. WHO KNEW?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/smallsquid.jpgSmallSquidBut this kind makes excellent sushi.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/fishschool.jpgFishSchoolSkewered and grilled over charcoal, with salt.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/crab.jpgCrabWow, look at the size of that thing. It could easily feed an entire family.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bigsquid.jpgBigSquidAfter some discussion, it was decided that this kind is best served grilled.2025-09-27T02:59:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/02/get-your-wallet-blessed-by-fire-drums/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fukagawafudo7.jpgFukagawaFudo7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fukagawafudo3.jpgFukagawaFudo3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fukagawafudo2.jpgFukagawaFudo2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudofireceremony2-1.pngfudofireceremony2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudofiretaiko.pngFudoFireTaikohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudoinsidethree.jpgFudoInsideThreeLeft to right: The winding corridor lined with 10,000 Fudo-sans and 108 Buddhist rosary prayer beads, the room with the glow-in-the-dark gods, and the dragon fountain where dissolving wishes come true.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudofiregoma.pngFudoFireGomaGoma prayer sticks feed the flames in the special hearth near the altar.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudofireceremony2.pngFudoFireCeremony2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fudofireceremony.jpgFudoFireCeremonyWhen the fire is good and hot, attendees are sometimes invited to bring their purses and wallets and other belongings up to the priest to be passed through the smoke for extra good luck.2025-09-25T10:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/05/31/the-dish-breaking-shrine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine8.jpgDishShrine8Seriously, how satisfying is THAT?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine6.jpgDishShrine6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine4.jpgDishShrine4...which means that you can buy these little wooden clappers, and when you shake them, the dragon simultaneously scares away bad luck and invites good luck to take its place.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine3.jpgDishShrine3But that's not all – this shrine is a dragon shrine too...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine2.jpgDishShrine2And if that weren't enough, there's a figure of the brave and loyal samurai, Yoshimitsu Murakami {who took not one but SIX arrows for his lord) and if you make an offering and rub his kindly figure, he'll take away your aches and pains.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dishshrine1.jpgDishShrine1All you have to do is drop a hundred yen coin in the box, pick a dish, say a little prayer, and hurl that sucker against one of the two rocks placed conveniently nearby for the purpose. If the dish breaks, goodbye shade-thrower!2025-09-25T10:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/10/13/the-festival-of-10000-lanterns/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oeshiki9c.jpgOeshiki9cAt the base of the stairs, we suddenly encountered a frighteningly large police presence in a glaring pool of light. The Japanese friend I was with said that crowds of people eating and drinking and making merry can turn ugly fast, and the police buses parked in an adjacent shadowy street were there to cart away arrestees if things went south. But my friend who blogs as Tokyobling said that actually those are the buses that transport police to the festival from all over the Kanto region to help out (see his comment below). He says the bright lights are necessary to keep accidents from happening at the foot of the stairs. That makes sense to me, because people slow down to start climbing, but the crush of festival-goers keeps pushing from behind. https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oeshiki9b.jpgOeshiki9bEven the streets were lined with pink lanterns as far as the eye could see.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oeshiki9a.jpgOeshiki9aThe hits just kept on coming, as the lanterns were paraded through the streets of Ikegami, wending their way to the temple where famed Buddhist monk Nichiren breathed his last.2025-09-25T10:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/26/least-cuddly-toy-of-all-time/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletontoilet-1.jpgposeskeletontoilethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonyakitori.jpgPoseSkeletonYakitoriJust because he's lacking a little skin to go with his bones doesn't mean Uncle Skel doesn't enjoy a few skewers of yakitori washed down with your best sake.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletontoilet.jpgPoseSkeletonToiletAnd if anyone complains that the bathroom could use a little Fabreze, you know who to blame.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonsign.jpgPoseSkeletonSignhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonschool.jpgPoseSkeletonSchoolBeing dead is no excuse not to study.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonchair.jpgPoseSkeletonChairhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonbbq.jpgPoseSkeletonBBQEnjoy some ribs with your new best friend this weekend!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poseskeletonbaseball.jpgPoseSkeletonBaseballWatch out for that knuckleball...2025-09-25T10:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/08/how-to-walk-across-the-rainbow-bridge/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridgefeat.jpgRainbowBridgeFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridgemap1.jpgRainbowBridgeMAPhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridgeodaiba.jpgRainbowBridgeOdaibaBut now, if we turn the other way, we start to see the lights of Odaiba!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridgesnview.jpgRainbowBridgeSNviewOn the left, the view from the south side. On the right, the view from the north.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge7.jpgRainbowBridge7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge6.jpgRainbowBridge6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge4.jpgRainbowBridge4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge5.jpgRainbowBridge5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge3.jpgRainbowBridge3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rainbowbridge1.jpgRainbowBridge12025-09-25T10:28:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/09/26/giant-gundam-2-0/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam3-1.jpggundam3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-gundam15.jpg12.Gundam15This is just the Perfect Grade corner – the store itself goes on and on, with between 2,000 and 3,000 different model kits for salehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam14.jpgGundam14This one is a different type than the first one – it's a Unicorn model, which means it transforms from Unicorn to destroyer modehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam12.jpgGundam12...including a big selection of one-of-a-kind fanbuilt Gundamshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam11.jpgGundam11Perfectly constructed models are displayed everywhere...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam10.jpgGundam10...and they even have a workshop where you can spend a few happy hours building the model you just boughthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam9.jpgGundam9Every grade of Gundam is lavishly represented, from easiest to hardest...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam8.jpgGundam8There are all the tools you'd ever need, plus a staff member who can help you if you get stuckhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/gundam7.jpgGundam7Welcome to Gundam 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different shades of yellow, orange and red at the same time.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/korakuen21.jpgKorakuen2As you wander through the string of lovely gardens that make up Koraku-en, new blazes of color pop up to delight on every side.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_6467.jpgIMG_6467https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/arisugawa2.jpgArisugawa2Trees of all colors reflect in the serene pond in mid to late-November.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/arisugawa1.jpgArisugawa1This hidden gem of a park is perfect for a stroll before heading out for a night in Nakameguro, Ebisu or 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rafts of lanterns were drifting across the pond, pushed by the evening breezehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi7.jpgToroNagashi7...which was lit up with a festive wall of lanternshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi6.jpgToroNagashi6Lanterns are felt to symbolize hope and peace, and although they are lit and launched to commemorate the departed, Toro Nagashi is a joyful ceremony, not a mournful onehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi5.jpgToroNagashi5The Toro Nagashi ceremony isn't an ancient one – it started in 1946, after the war, as a way to send the spirits back to the afterlife when their annual three-day visit was overhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi4.jpgToroNagashi4After the sutra-chanting and a short Buddhist ceremony, the musicians and priests solemnly made their way toward the waterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi3.jpgToroNagashi3As twilight was just beginning, this procession of flute-playing priests (accompanied by the one with the bell) made their way to the temple...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/toronagashi2.jpgToroNagashi2The candles stayed lit just about the same amount of time it took them to cross the wide pond, winking out as the reached the far shore2025-08-27T22:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2025/04/17/sashiko-japan-turns-mending-into-a-high-art/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko41.jpgSashiko41https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko40.pngSashiko40https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko39.pngSashiko39https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko36.pngSashiko36https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko37.jpgScreenshotScreenshothttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko35.jpgSashiko35https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/oijbluebutton.jpgOIJBlueButtonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/blog.jpgBloghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashikofeat.jpgSashikoFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/sashiko30-1.jpgScreenshotScreenshot2025-08-27T03:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/only-in-japan-2/2025-08-26T22:28:04+00:00weekly0.6https://jonellepatrick.me/2017/05/06/where-to-see-the-most-amazing-azaleas-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleanezufeat-1.jpgAzaleaNezuFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleanezufeat.jpgAzaleaNezuFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleasrikugien4.jpgAzaleasRikugien4As you can see, even while the "mountain" is in full bloom, the shadier parts of the garden still have colorful surprises in store. If you miss the peak, you'll still find pockets of delight amid the greeninesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleasrikugien3.jpgAzaleasRikugien3As April wends its way toward May, the riot of color on the hillside gives way to the manicured bushes around the pondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleasrikugien2.jpgAzaleasRikugien2You might even luck into some local butterflies enjoying the pinknesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/azaleasrikugien1.jpgAzaleasRikugien1Which, as you can see, are spectacular in a whole different wayhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/smjindai5.jpgsmJindai5My favorite thing about the Jindai azaleas is that they're huge. You can walk around among them and be totally surrounded by wildly blooming hills of flowershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/smjindai3.jpgsmJindai3So inviting!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/smjindai2.jpgsmJindai2They're next to a lake toohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/smjindai1.jpgsmJindai1Jindai Botanical Gardens, half an hour from Shinjuku Station, in Chofu2025-08-26T16:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/24/cherry-blossom-photo-guide-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/showakinen10.jpgShowaKinen10In case you thought "tulips, meh, I could see those anywhere"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/showakinen4.jpgShowaKinen4Bonus: Throughout the month of April, there's an ever-changing kaleidoscope of blooming bulbs planted along a serpentine riverhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shingyolawn.jpgShinGyoLawnTruly huge early-blooming cherry trees are all over this park.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/asukayamagorge.jpgAsukayamaGorgeSPOT #3: The bonus attraction in this neighborhood is a section of the local canal that has been landscaped into a charming gorge. As you can see, it's a great (and well-kept secret) strollhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cherrymapasukayama.jpgCherryMapAsukayamahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/asukayama1.jpgASukayama1SPOT #1: In the plaza, you'll be completely surrounded by the early-blooming type of cherry treeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/orangejacket1.jpgOrangeJacketIt's one of the mysteries of the universe, but somehow there is always a guy in an ORANGE JACKET, right in the middle of your shot. Sometimes they are shooting pictures (have they never gnashed their teeth at OTHER guys in orange jackets, right in the middle of THEIR shots?) and sometimes they are just cluelessly standing there, enjoying the view for WAY LONGER THAN NORMAL or EVEN WORSE dreamily gazing down at the back of their camera scrolling through every single shot they've taken since birth.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/showakinencherrymap.jpgShowaKinenCherryMaphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/showakinen6.jpgShowaKinen6There's also an area planted with an extravaganza of bulbs, which take turns blooming throughout the month of 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incredibly long, and progresses from white to pink to purple, with all the colors in full bloom at the same timehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hitachiwisteria1.jpgHitachiWisteria1Here it is, from the other endhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ashikaga23.jpgAshikaga23Because even the normal-sized ones are hella amazinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ashikaga21.jpgAshikaga21Or walked through a tunnel like this?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu51.jpgShibaRikyu5Super nice scenery all aroundhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu31.jpgShibaRikyu3This variety of wisteria isn't just satisfyingly purple, the flower cascades are a couple of feet long, so they hang down inside the trellis toohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu61.jpgShibaRikyu6The ancient vines at Kyu Shiba-Rikyu Garden shade a really nice picnic area right inside the gate, with a great view of the pondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu21.jpgShibaRikyu2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu2.jpgShibaRikyu2Plenty of room for everyone to get their fill of the sweet fragrance and wafting frondshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/shibarikyu5.jpgShibaRikyu5Super nice scenery all around2025-05-01T00:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2025/04/22/japanese-train-station-foot-bath-kamisuwa/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamisuwafootbath4.jpgKamisuwaFootbath4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamisuwafootbath3.jpgKamisuwaFootbath3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/suwafootbathfeatsq.jpgSuwaFootbathFEATsqhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamisuwafootbathfeat.jpgKamisuwaFootbathFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamisuwafootbath2.jpgKamisuwaFootbath2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kamisuwafootbath1.jpgKamisuwaFootbath12025-04-22T23:52:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2025/04/19/tokyo-kimono-show-2025-delights-and-amazes/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow31.jpgKimonoShow31https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshowfeat-1.jpgKimonoShowFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow0.jpgKimonoShow0https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow30.jpgKimonoShow30https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshowfeat.jpgKimonoShowFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow29.jpgKimonoShow29https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow28.jpgKimonoShow28https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow27.jpgKimonoShow27https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow26.jpgKimonoShow26https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kimonoshow25.jpgKimonoShow252025-04-19T22:35:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2024/09/19/art-x-japanese-folk-tales-at-this-deliciously-creepy-art-exhibit/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale23.jpgFairyTale23https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale22.jpgFairyTale22https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale21.jpgFairyTale21https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytalefeat2.jpgFairyTaleFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytalefeat.jpgFairyTaleFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale20.jpgFairyTale20https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale19.jpgFairyTale19https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale18.jpgFairyTale18https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytale17.jpgFairyTale17https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fairytalecat5.jpgFairyTaleCat52025-04-09T22:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2025/04/15/most-baffling-holiday-mash-up-yet/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/eastertreefeat.jpgEasterTreeFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/eastertree.jpgEasterTree2025-04-09T05:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/06/zao-fox-village-squeeee-capital-of-the-world/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/seriesfoxen.jpgseriesfoxenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagesouvenirs.jpgFoxVillageSouvenirsHere's the swag I couldn't resist on my way out!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagesleeping1.jpgFoxVillageSleeping1Of course, they can still redline the squee-meter, even while sleeping. (And if you're wondering about the one on top who's having a bad fur day, it's not because she's sick – she's moulting. Starting in April, they begin to shed their winter coats, because even a fox doesn't want to be wearing a fox fur during the steamy Japanese summer.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagejump2.jpgFoxVillageJump2The fastest jumper gets the prize. (Thank you, Kendall Bailey, whose jumpy fox picture turned out so much better than mine!)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagesleeping2.jpgFoxVillageSleeping2In the wild, foxes are nocturnal. So, for every fox running around at three in the afternoon, there must have been five foxes sleeping. In fact, when I first stepped into the fox habitat, I was like, wait, where are they? The place looked deserted. Then foxes began peeking out from behind the trees, and I saw that little piles of fur were curled up everywhere, sleeping in shady spots.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagemanykinds.jpgFoxVillageManyKindsI was surprised by how many different kinds of foxes there were. Not just the red kind, but black ones and brindle ones and white ones too.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagewhitefox.jpgFoxVillageWhiteFoxPinch me! Pinch me! This anime-esque fox mama & baby are real!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillageview.jpgFoxVillageViewAfter we managed to tear ourselves away from the foxlings, we went through the door into the main habitat, which is a grassy, tree-covered hillside. Visitors are allowed to walk around freely, although you are only allowed to feed the foxes from the elevated platform. (Otherwise, anyone walking into the enclosure would be mobbed, and not in a good way. The foxes are so cute and fluffy, it's easy to forget they are predators with wicked sharp little teeth.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagesmile1.jpgFoxVillageSmile1I've never seen a fox for more than a few fleeting moments in the wild, but since they're related to dogs, I expected them to be dog-like in more than just looks. I was so wrong. The ones at Fox Village not only grin like Cheshire cats, they move like cats and their cries aren't bark-y at all. In fact, "cry" is a perfect way to describe it – at times, they sound eerily like babies.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/foxvillagesidehead.jpgFoxVillageSideHeadOnce they hear the crinkle of food baggies being opened, foxes come running from all quarters and assemble eagerly 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that's the last thing you'll feel strolling through the foresty wonderland. Trust me, this schlep is well worth it, and although there is a short window when the entire place is blooming like this, ones near the entrance bloom just slightly later than the ones farther away, so even if you don't hit it in the perfect sweet spot, there's plenty of red goodness for about ten days around peak bloomhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-kyushibaa.jpg12.KyuShibaAExuberant stands of higanbana burst out from the deep green of this little-known stroll garden, right next to Hamamatsucho Stationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-korakuene.jpg12.KorakuenEYou can find higanbana punctuating the greenery with sparks of red all over Korakuen Garden...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-korakuend.jpg12.KorakuenDAnd if you look back toward the famous stone Moon Bridge, you'll see a naturalized patch of them that is just achingly beautifulhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-korakuenc.jpg12.KorakuenC...but there is a lovely stand of them neat the wisteria trellises, reflecting in my favorite meandering streamhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-kinchakudah.jpg12.KinchakudaHhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/12-kinchakudag.jpg12.KinchakudaGWhich is why giving a bouquet of these beauties is a bit of a death threat. 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Just...wow.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaenewotani.jpgYaeNewOtanihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaetakebashibridge.jpgYaeTakebashiBridgeHere's the view, looking toward the Takebashi Bridge.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaetakebashi.jpgYaeTakebashiOutside Takebashi Station, a lovely cluster of late-blooming trees turns the walkway into a fairytale wonderland.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaepalepinkmoat.jpgYaePalePinkMoatOld stones, new blossomshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaechidoripalepink.jpgYaeChidoriPalePinkOn the right day, the moat is an improbably shade of blue.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaetea.jpgYaeTeaSome choice pink yaezakura cascade over the tea bushes at the Imperial Palace East Gardenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaeroadbench.jpgYaeRoadBenchIn case you couldn't tell in the other pictures, the trees at Shinjuku Gyou-en aren't the petite little specimens we have in San Francisco – they're HUGE!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yaeroadpink.jpgYaeRoadPinkSee what I mean? 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attractive mini-landscapes that make perfect selfie backgroundshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/chrysanthemumskameido2.jpgChrysanthemumsKameido2It also has some nice displays that make great insta-backdropshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/chrysanthemumskameido1.jpgChrysanthemumsKameido1...a model of the reviled Skytree that's much nicer than the original...2022-07-29T14:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/11/16/where-to-see-the-best-illuminations-in-tokyo-2018/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationstokyodome8-1.jpgilluminationstokyodome8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationsbluecave.jpgilluminationsbluecavehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ShiodomeIlluminations1.jpgShiodomeIlluminations1And the little lampshades don't fool us – this is definitely what Xmas in Mordor would look 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Imagine the entire promenade looking like this – I think it might be worth a visit!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationstokyodome8.jpgIlluminationsTokyoDome8Also new, a tower of origami cranes and ice cubes (to make them more wintery, I guess)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationstokyodome7.jpgIlluminationsTokyoDome7And although this isn't as wow as the others, don't miss the nice promenade of carved bamboo luminaria on the upper deck – you can see the color-changing Xmas-tree-shaped clockwork thing in the backgroundhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationstokyodome6.jpgIlluminationsTokyoDome6Continuing the summer-winter mash-up, the How Many Parasols Can You Fit In A Phone Booth illumination is on the upper deck, an escalator ride above the fireworks fountain. https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/illuminationstokyodome1.jpgIlluminationsTokyoDome1New this year, the fountain in the half of Tokyo Dome City that's farthest from the station festures a "fireworks" show that's quite entertaining (and never been done before, because fireworks are an enormous SUMMER thing here in Japan – it would kind of be like putting Santa in shorts and sunglasses, but whatever)2022-07-29T14:50:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/only-in-tokyo-mystery-series/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/painteddoll100dpi.jpgPaintedDoll100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nightshade100dpi.jpgNightshade100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/idolmaker100dpi.jpgIdolmaker100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fallenangel100dpi.jpgFallenAngel100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/painteddoll100dpi.jpgpainteddoll100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pdintro12.jpgpdintro12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/buybutton.jpgbuybuttonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/idolmaker100dpi.jpgIdolmaker100dpihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/idolintro121.jpgIDOLintro12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/footeridolnew12.jpgFooterIDOLnew122024-07-16T21:52:19+00:00weekly0.6https://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/31/i-would-not-want-to-be-that-rice/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0272.jpg.webpimg_0272.jpg2022-07-28T21:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/06/25/fruitsy-pizza/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/kiwipinepizza.jpg.webpkiwipinepizza.jpg2022-07-28T21:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/09/12/our-lady-of-glow-in-the-dark/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_2483-1.jpgimg_24832022-07-28T21:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/09/24/is-it-headless-character-trash-day-yet/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/headlesstrash-1.jpgheadlesstrash2022-07-28T21:12:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/02/16/a-japanese-garden-that-makes-music/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/musicalgarden2-1.jpgmusicalgarden22022-07-28T21:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/03/23/cherry-blossoms-for-geeks/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tenugui-1.jpgtenugui2022-07-28T21:09:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/03/30/boyfriend-u-2/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hostprofs-1.jpghostprofshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hostprofs.jpgHostProfsMeet the professors at Boyfriend University2023-09-21T22:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/07/31/salad-pizza-2/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/saladpizza1-1.jpgsaladpizza1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/saladpizza1.jpgSaladPizza2022-07-28T21:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/11/19/nyan-gloves/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nyangloves-1.jpgnyangloveshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nyangloves.jpgNyanGloves2022-07-28T21:04:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/11/21/slaves-of-chrysanthemums/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumwarriors-1-1.jpgchrysanthemumwarriors-1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumwarriors-1.jpgchrysanthemumwarriorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumwarriors.jpgChrysanthemumWarriorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumswhite.jpgChrysanthemumsWhitehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumsspider.jpgChrysanthemumsSpiderhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumelvis.jpgChrysanthemumElvishttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/chrysanthemumball.jpgChrysanthemumBall2022-07-28T21:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/11/10/whats-wrong-with-this-pie/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parsleycake3-1.jpgparsleycake3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parsleycake3.jpgParsleyCake3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parsleycake2.jpgParsleyCake2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parsleycake1.jpgParsleyCake12022-07-28T20:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/08/05/meet-the-john-jane-doe-of-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/creditcard1-1.jpgcreditcard1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/creditcard2.jpgCreditCard2...and your goodwife, Jane.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/creditcard1.jpgCreditCard12022-07-28T20:55:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/12/monster-chrysanthemum-battle-royale/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/yushimafigures-1.jpgyushimafigureshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jindaichrysanthemums1.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums1But they also have the full complement of pagodas and Elvis pompadourshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jindai14.jpgjindai14It's worth the trip out to Chofu, just to see the cartload of fox tailshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums10.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums9.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums9I knew you wouldn't believe me, so I took a picture of one from underneathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums8.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums8If you look closely, you'll see that they've chosen subtly different colors of flowers to enhance the sense of depthhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums7.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums7But one of the things I like best about the chrysanthemums at Shinjuku Gyouen is the displays that are part of the landscape, like this beauty set along my favorite strolling pathhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums6.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums6Of course they have magnificent Elvis bouffants, in every shape and colorhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums4.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums4And this one features https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shinjukuchrysanthemums3.jpgShinjukuChrysanthemums3As well as some technically challenging styles, like these. Think about it: how do you get an unruly shrub to produce exactly x blooms, in a near-perfect circle, angled for ideal viewing pleasure?2022-07-28T20:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/10/pikachu-fishcakes/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/characterkamaboko-1.jpgcharacterkamabokohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/characterkamaboko.jpgCharacterKamabokoCollect 'em all! Trade 'em with your friends!2022-07-28T20:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/03/25/new-type-kimono-maximum-princess/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimeh-1.jpgkimonohimehhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonotrad.jpgKimonoTradBeautiful, but not stylin'https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimeh.jpgKimonoHimeHOr really fling every convention to the wind, and change the length too.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimeg.jpgKimonoHimeGA true Kimono Princess uses every accessory – shoes, sox, purse, wrap, hat – to flaunt convention in some subtle way.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimef.jpgKimonoHimeFUh oh, obi tied in the front? This is sure to bring a gloved hand to grandma's lips to hide her shock at the resemblance to an oiran of the pleasure quarters!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimed.jpgKimonoHimeDOr pull together your look based on a kimono made of a totally alt fabric like lace. Even more radical – make it all one color!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimec.jpgKimonoHimeCNot only do modern kimono warriors shun white undercollars & sox, they sometimes even layer on frilly Western pieces to add a little spice.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimeb.jpgKimonoHimeBAnd Kimono Princesses sometimes wear jewelry. (There's actually a reason Japanese women don't have a big history of wearing rings, necklaces and pins – kimono fabrics were often more costly than jewels, and nobody wanted to risk something snagging or AI YI YI putting a hole in the priceless fabrics. But new style kimonos aren't expensive – most of them are vintage – so even cheap costume jewelry is safe to wear.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohimea.jpgKimonoHimeAFirst of all, a Kimono Princess shuns typical seasonal designs and colors. Pink for cherry blossom season? So 10th century...unless it's the kimono LINING! Vintage jazz-age patterns or modern ironic graphics are the most popular for new style kimono hime.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kimonohime.jpgKimonoHime2022-07-28T20:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/03/28/the-best-secret-cherry-blossom-spots-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/secretfeat1-1.jpgsecretfeat1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arkhills5.jpgArkHills5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arkhills4.jpgArkHills4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arkhills3.jpgArkHills3And after dark, the surrounding buildings disappear, leaving you with pure cherry blossom goodnesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arkhills2.jpgArkHills2The Ark Hills development in Roppongi is nothing to write home about...until you see the cherry trees in full bloom on the streets running through it https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/arkhills1.jpgArkHills1They're lovely during the day, but turn into a truly spectacular tunnel o' pinkness when they're lit up at nighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/smkawagoe101.jpgsmKawagoe10And even on the weekends, it's not crowdedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/smkawagoe91.jpgsmKawagoe9You can even take a little boat ridehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/smkawagoe81.jpgsmKawagoe8Nice, right?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/smkawagoe41.jpgsmKawagoe4And now they've started lighting it up at night!2022-07-28T20:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/07/12/make-your-own-plastic-food-at-home/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood1-1.jpgdiyfakefood1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood181.jpgDIYFakeFood18I chose two that were labeled at the lowest level of difficulty in the store. What could possibly go wrong?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood19.jpgDIYFakeFood19There was a pretty good selection of kits you could make – the drinks ranged from beer to melon soda floats with a cherry on top, and the food plates were a good mix of ramen to spaghetti.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood17.jpgDIYFakeFood17Thought I 'd start with the easiest looking one first. Here's what was in the box. The English instructions were actually EXCELLENT. I want to note that any failings you see from here on are due to a) my innate ineptitude or b) failing to follow the perfectly clear instructions written in my mother tongue.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood16.jpgDIYFakeFood16Step One is to melt the plastic pouch of "beer" in a bowl of boiling water, but I discovered it melted perfectly well in hot tap water, and then I didn't have to use the recommended rubber gloves (which I had naturally failed to stock up on).https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood15.jpgDIYFakeFood15Kneading the pouch just the right amount turns out to be key, if you want realistic bubbles in your beer. (By some lucky fluke, I managed to avoid overkneading, but there are handy instructions for how to salvage things if you get too excited and turn your beer into creepy yellow foam instead.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood14.jpgDIYFakeFood14Okay! Not bad! I did have to plop the bag back into new hot water halfway through the pouring process, because it cooled off a lot faster than I thought it would, and began to glop. The key thing with this stage is to make sure the top is totally level, as if it's a liquid.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood13.jpgDIYFakeFood13Now, melt the "foam."https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood12.jpgDIYFakeFood12Hmm, not so easy. Even when I softened it up some more, it still sort of lumped onto the yellow part. Am pretty sure someone with more patience/better hand-eye could make this look more realistic without too much trouble, though.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/diyfakefood11.jpgDIYFakeFood11So...mine kinda looks like beer with whipped cream on top. (Of course, weirder food concoctions have trended in Japan, so this little project could turn out to be a success after all, due to its excellent trolling potential...)2022-07-28T20:43:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/07/16/cutest-little-toilet/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tinytoilet-1.jpgtinytoilethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tinytoilet.jpgTinyToilet2022-07-28T20:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/07/18/princess-kimono-hime-animal-style/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimerabbit-1.jpgkimonohimerabbithttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimebirds1.jpgKimonoHimeBirdsBirds than merely sing prettily are out; birds that build decoy nests to fool their enemies are in.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimesquirrel.jpgKimonoHimeSquirrelDiamonds and pearls? Yawn. Diamonds and squirrels? Now we're talking!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimerabbit.jpgKimonoHimeRabbitThe bunnies will be all over you at the rabbit café when you appear with this bun-centric obi.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimepanda.jpgKimonoHimePandaPanda viewing at the Ueno Zoo? Oh, yeah.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimeleopard.jpgKimonoHimeLeopardHold your own at Fox Village with this predator-worthy princess look.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimegoldfish.jpgKimonoHimeGoldfishhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimecatwrap.jpgKimonoHimeCatWrapAnd if this cat purse and wrap aren't must-haves for all kimono princesses, revoke my license.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimecatobi.jpgKimonoHimeCatObiShow those cat cafés kitties how "disdainful stare" is done.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kimonohimecat.jpgKimonoHimeCatOr lull them into complacency from a distance with what looks like a proper traditional outfit, when you're actually rolling in kittycat hijinks.2022-07-28T20:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/03/12/custom-3d-figure/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigurefeat1-1.jpg3dfigurefeat1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigurefeat1.jpg3DfigureFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pricelist.jpgPriceListFigure about 100 yen to the dollar (stick in a decimal point two places to the left) and you'll see that you can walk away with a 4" figure for about $300.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure101.jpg3Dfigure10Or yourself, dressed as your favorite video game avatar?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure122.jpg3Dfigure12Now all that's left is to decide how big I want to be...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure11.jpg3Dfigure11BTW, check out the detail on this thing!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure8.jpg3Dfigure8Fido!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure7.jpg3Dfigure7And isn't this better than a baby picture?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure6.jpg3Dfigure6And voila! Me and my umbrella!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/3dfigure5.jpg3Dfigure5Wow, looking really detailed, about 15 minutes in!2022-07-28T20:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/03/05/soft-drink-flavors-i-do-not-want-to-try/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aloedrink1.jpgaloedrink1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sparkleshower-1.gifSparkleShowerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sparkleshower.gifSparkleShowerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/aloedrink2.jpgAloeDrink2Let's get a closer look at that appetizing ingredient, shall we?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/aloedrink1.jpgAloeDrink1Yes, it's a drink made from that prickly succulent you keep around to rub on burnshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/peachcoke.jpgPeachCokeIn a close second, peach-flavored Coke. Even if the western peach flavor in any way resembled a real peach, the combination with cola flavor is a non-starterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bananafanta-1.jpgBananaFantaIn the scraping-the-bottom-of-the-flavor-idea barrel sweepstakes, a clear winner2022-07-28T20:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/01/smart-illuminations-yokohama-2019-wow/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations3-1.jpgsmartilluminations3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminationsfeat.jpgSmartIlluminationsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations17.jpgSmartIlluminations17https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations16.jpgSmartIlluminations16And even the walk from the subway station is entertaining (the nearest one is Nihon-odori). The lanterns brightening this promenade winked and shone in an ever-changing pattern, while animated ukiyo-e prints flickered on the adjacent screenshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations15.jpgSmartIlluminations15...they're going to mke you run around to the end of the line again and again, all night longhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations14.jpgSmartIlluminations14Through this rainbow tunnel is a maze filled with lit-up delightshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations13.jpgSmartIlluminations13And if you have kids, abandon hope all ye who enter herehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations12.jpgSmartIlluminations12is a maze filled with kid-sized lit-up delights...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations11.jpgSmartIlluminations11...and koi swam languidly across a parking lot poolhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/smartilluminations10.jpgSmartIlluminations10Of course, no Smart Illuminations is complete without the man walking around wearing a lighted suit2022-07-28T20:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/04/the-most-beautiful-autumn-leaves-in-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/takashimacastle5-1.jpgtakashimacastle5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ryuzufallsnikko.jpgRyuzuFallsNikkoIt's pretty spectacular, but you can just look at it from the souvenir stand, no walk around it or anythinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina11.jpgTateshina11But early birds don't have all the fun – right in the middle of Tateshina town is a lake surrounded by walking paths, and this is where everyone's dream of an ideal stroll among the autumn leaves comes truehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina10.jpgTateshina10The test of true leaf devotion is to get to this famous mirror pond at six in the morning, to see its surface unruffled by any breeze or obscured by any mist. We arrived at 5:55, and managed to snap about five photos before the mist began to drift in. The cars that wheeled up at 6:10 were greeted with a view of pea soup so thick you couldn't see those trees on the other sidehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina9.jpgTateshina9But the mist only made the surrounding countryside more beautifulhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina8.jpgTateshina8The way the brilliant autumn leaves fade into the magical mist makes my breath catch every timehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina7.jpgTateshina7...in a landscape so amazing, you almost don't know where to look firsthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina6.jpgTateshina6The walkways meander alongside a stream that feeds the lakehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina4.jpgTateshina4...delivering can't-believe-it's-true color around every bendhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/tateshina3.jpgTateshina3...with curtains of yellow and orange and red all around2022-07-28T20:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/09/65/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/anpan-man-toy1-1.jpganpan-man-toy1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dioramawidepd.jpgDioramaWidePDhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/anpan-man-toy1.jpganpan-man-toyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/sushitoy.jpgSushiToy2022-07-28T20:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/12/bottle-of-dom-anyone/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/zero-group-1.jpgzero-grouphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dioramawidefa.jpgDioramaWideFAhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/zero-group.jpgZero group2022-07-28T20:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/19/failing-at-putting-out-the-trash/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/garbage.jpg.webpgarbage.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/garbage.jpgGarbageTomorrow's trash challenge, as outlined on my handy garbage guidelines poster.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1080930.jpgP1080930A close-up of the Saturday garbage guidelines2022-07-28T20:26:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/20/winter-in-a-can/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1080934.jpg.webpp1080934.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1080934.jpgP10809342022-07-28T20:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/27/abracadabra/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1090007.jpg.webpp1090007.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1090007.jpgP10900072022-07-28T20:21:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/08/goth-yukata/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gothyukata-copy.jpg.webpgothyukata-copy.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gothyukata-copy.jpgGothYukata copy2022-07-28T20:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/13/geek-is-the-new-blonde/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0023-1.jpgimg_0023https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0023.jpgIMG_00232022-07-28T20:19:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/17/little-red-riding-colonel/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/colonel.jpg.webpcolonel.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/colonel.jpgColonel2022-07-28T20:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/26/midnight-mess/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090522-1.jpgp1090522https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090549.jpgP1090549A lone guy on synthesizer accompanying two fire-wielding belly dancers.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090539.jpgP1090539Diva Selia singing baroque operahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090526.jpgP1090526A goth metal band featuring guys wearing military jodhpurs.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090522.jpgP1090522Me, La Carmina and Yukiro outside Club Marz in Shinjuku2022-07-28T20:16:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/06/more-alike-than-you-might-think/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kimonocorset2-1.jpgkimonocorset2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/kimonocorset2.jpgKimonoCorset22022-07-28T20:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/10/the-vinegar-cafe/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/marusan-3-1.jpgmarusan-3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/marusan-3.jpgmarusan-3Some of the house-made fruit vinegars at Marusan2022-07-28T20:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/12/dessert-pizza/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0421.jpg.webpimg_0421.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0421.jpgIMG_04212022-07-28T20:12:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/14/mozart-san/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/amadeus.jpg.webpamadeus.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/amadeus.jpgAMADEUS2022-07-28T18:26:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/16/the-ur-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0039-1.jpgimg_0039https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0039.jpgIMG_00392022-07-28T18:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/17/elvis-is-alive-and-performing-in-yoyogi-park/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090724-1.jpgp1090724https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090698.jpgP1090698https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090745.jpgP1090745https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090747.jpgP1090747https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090724.jpgP10907242022-07-28T18:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/19/special-delivery-sushi/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090778.jpg.webpp1090778.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090778.jpgP10907782022-07-28T18:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/20/anti-hero/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0065.jpg.webpimg_0065.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0065.jpgIMG_0065Tokyo Metro subway poster at Ichigaya station, Yūrakachō line.2022-07-28T18:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/21/happy-death-anniversary/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090785.jpg.webpp1090785.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090785.jpgP1090785This invitation to a death anniversary arrived in yesterday's mail.2022-07-28T18:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/24/obscure-stuffies/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0049-1.jpgimg_0049https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0049.jpgIMG_00492022-07-28T18:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/26/rockabilly-daruma/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0115.jpg.webpimg_0115.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0115.jpgIMG_01152022-07-28T18:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/03/next-i-want-to-see-the-bonsai-tulip/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0172-1.jpgimg_0172https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1020894.jpgP1020894The more common style of bonsai chrysanthemum. This one was at the Meiji shrine.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_01541.jpgIMG_0154Some of the more "natural" prizewinnershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0154.jpgIMG_0154https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0172.jpgIMG_01722022-07-28T18:16:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/05/no-seaweed-extra-chili-peppers/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pizzahut.jpg.webppizzahut.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pizzahut.jpgPizzaHut2022-07-28T18:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/08/doggy-dinner/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/inunabe.jpg.webpinunabe.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/inunabe.jpgInuNabe2022-07-28T18:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/15/mini-kimonos/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kimono-girl.jpg.webpkimono-girl.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1020956.jpgP1020956https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1020951.jpgP1020951https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p10402161.jpgP1040216The little girl in front on the right is wearing the traditional 3-year-old finery.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1020949.jpgP1020949https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1020914.jpgP1020914A 5-year-old boy in hakama.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1040216.jpgP1040216The little girl in front on the right is wearing a traditional 3-year-old's finery.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/kimono-girl.jpgKimono girlA 7-year-old in her first grown-up kimono and obi.2022-07-28T18:13:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/17/ho-ho-ho-merry-two-weeks-before-thanksgiving/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1030677-1.jpgp1030677https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/p1030677.jpgP10306772022-07-28T18:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/20/your-one-stop-shop-for-cold-drinks-and-heart-defibrillation/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/aed.jpg.webpaed.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/aed.jpgAED2022-07-28T18:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/21/nail-queen/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bling-nails.jpg.webpbling-nails.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/poodle-nails.jpgPOODLE NAILSHmm, poodle-motifhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/boy-nails.jpgBoy nailsSoap opera star Yamanoto Yusuke enlisted to push the idea that nail art isn't just for girlz anymorehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jeweled-nails.jpgJeweled nailsAssorted blinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/3d-nails.jpg3D nailsCuteness in 3Dhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bling-nails.jpgBling nailshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0325.jpgIMG_03252022-07-28T18:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/25/magic-mask/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nohmask3-1.jpgnohmask3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/nohmask3.jpgNOHmask32022-07-28T18:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/29/steaming-hot-orange-soda/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hotorange-1.jpghotorangehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/corn-potage.jpgCorn potagehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/coffeetea.jpgCoffeeTeahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/hotorange.jpgHotOrange2022-07-28T18:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/01/the-godzilla-of-toast/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/honey-toast.jpg.webphoney-toast.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/honey-toast.jpghoney toast2022-07-28T18:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/05/little-blobs-of-heaven-on-a-stick/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0515.jpg.webpimg_0515.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_05181.jpgIMG_0518https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0515.jpgIMG_05152022-07-28T18:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/11/squid-ink-popcorn/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/popcorn-kit.jpg.webppopcorn-kit.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/popcorn-kit.jpgPopcorn kit2022-07-28T18:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/13/theres-a-fish-fin-in-my-drink-2/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hirezake1-1.jpghirezake1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hirezake1.jpgHirezake2022-07-28T18:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/16/thong-santa/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1100152.jpg.webpp1100152.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1100152.jpgP11001522022-07-28T18:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/17/pizza-of-december/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/shakeys-weird-pizza-1.jpgshakeys-weird-pizzahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/marcopolo.jpgMarcoPolohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/potatomayo.jpgPotatoMayoThat's cod roe mayonnaise decoratively squeezed over the potatoes on this one.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/gobokombu.jpgGoboKombuhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/shakeys-weird-pizza.jpgShakey's weird pizza2022-07-28T17:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/18/deck-the-halls-with-blue-poinsettas/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/weird-xmas-colors.jpg.webpweird-xmas-colors.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/weird-xmas-colors.jpgWeird Xmas colors2022-07-28T17:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/21/fake-fur-santa-miniskirts/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0557.jpg.webpimg_0557.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0758.jpgIMG_0758https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0756.jpgIMG_0756Although the Santa suits and hats are fetching, I'm actually partial to the doggy kimonos at the top, complete with little fur stoles to wear to the shrine on New Year's Day.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0557.jpgIMG_05572022-07-28T17:54:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/26/gateway-to-kitty-nirvana/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0167.jpg.webpimg_0167.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1060728.jpgP1060728Cat toy stations are strategically placed around the room, promising that if you're really skillful, you might tempt a cat to acknowledge your existence.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1060738.jpgP1060738A Munchkin, sort of the Dachshund of catshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1090065.jpgP1090065A somewhat chubby example of a typical Japanese cat: calico tri-color with a short tail. This one's tail is longer than most – usually they're about half-length.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1090071.jpgP1090071Cats will happily ignore you, just as if they were your own!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1090060.jpgP1090060Fat cats, skinny cats, longhaired cats, short-tailed cats, even cats wearing t-shirts can be petted and adoredhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cat-cafe-latte.jpgcat cafe lattehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/cat-cafe.jpgcat cafeThe hardworking cats at the Shinjuku Kalico Caféhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0167.jpgIMG_01672022-07-28T17:50:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/02/feeling-lucky/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0614.jpg.webpimg_0614.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0648.jpgIMG_0648Even the phone store got into the act.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0635.jpgIMG_0635The doggy clothing boutique had grab bags for every size of poochhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0620.jpgIMG_0620If you're really brave, you can take a chance at the Scary Underwear Storehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0655.jpgIMG_0655Popular Lolita brands like Angelic Pretty disappear earlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0614.jpgIMG_06142022-07-28T17:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/05/gray-is-the-new-blonde/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gray.jpg.webpgray.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gray.jpgGray2022-07-28T17:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/07/look-like-a-host-in-one-easy-makeover/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/makeover5-copy-1.jpgmakeover5-copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/makeover-4-copy.jpgMakeover 4 copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/makeover-1-copy.jpgMakeover 1 copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/makeover5-copy.jpgMakeover5 copy2022-07-28T17:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/08/mitarashi-donut/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dangodonut-1.jpgdangodonuthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dangodonut.jpgDangoDonut2022-07-28T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/13/this-will-never-be-on-my-grocery-list/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0934.jpg.webpimg_0934.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0934.jpgIMG_09342022-07-28T17:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/15/the-worlds-tiniest-forest/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0732.jpg.webpimg_0732.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0730.jpgIMG_0730https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0732.jpgIMG_07322022-07-28T17:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/16/lavender-leopard-fur-mantilla/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/leopard-mantilla-1.jpgleopard-mantillahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0225.jpgIMG_0225https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/leopard-shoes.jpgLeopard shoeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fur-hotpants.jpgFur hotpantshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/hammer-pants.jpgHammer pantshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/leopard-mantilla.jpgLeopard mantilla2022-07-28T17:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/17/pizza-of-france/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/french-pizza-1.jpgfrench-pizzahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/french-pizza.jpgfrench pizza2022-07-28T17:33:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/21/how-to-glue-your-eyelids/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eyelidglue-1.jpgeyelidgluehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eyelidcomparison.jpgEyelidComparisonAt the top is how Japanese eyes look naturally. In the middle, after gluing. Bottom: glued, with make-up.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eyelid-diagram1.jpgEyelid diagramhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/eyelidglue.jpgEyelidGlue2022-07-28T17:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/23/time-for-a-bowl-of-intestine-soup/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0023.jpg.webpimg_0023.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0023.jpgIMG_00232022-07-28T17:31:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/29/politeness-battle-royale/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_14221-1.jpgimg_14221https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_14041.jpgIMG_1404https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_13992.jpgIMG_1399https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_14081.jpgIMG_1408https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_14221.jpgIMG_14222022-07-28T17:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/01/26/steel-toed-construction-slippers/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0030-1.jpg.webpimg_0030-1.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0030.jpgIMG_00302022-07-28T17:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/02/baby-beer/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/babybeer.jpg.webpbabybeer.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1476.jpgIMG_1476https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/babybeer.jpgBabyBeer2022-07-28T16:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/07/i-guess-they-ran-out-of-girl-mannequins/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/boygirl-mannequin-1.jpgboygirl-mannequinhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/animemannequins.jpgAnimeMannequinshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/boygirl-mannequin.jpgBoy:girl Mannequin2022-07-28T16:41:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/08/no-wonder-everybody-hates-english/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/canyousaythis-1.jpgcanyousaythishttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/silvershoon.jpgSilverShoonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/canyousaythis.jpgCanYouSayThis?2022-07-28T16:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/11/cola-beer-and-other-cocktail-delights/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/beer-cocktails-1.jpgbeer-cocktailshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/beer-cocktails.jpgBeer cocktails2022-07-28T16:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/12/smoke-with-abandon-all-ye-who-enter-here/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_10681-1.jpgimg_10681https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/takenoko.jpgTakenokoIt used to be that delinquent bamboo shoots could sneak a puff at the designated venting spots on train platforms, but not anymore.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/smokingmanners.jpgSmokingMannersWhat first looks like an anti-smoking campaign is actually an anti-smoking-RUDENESS campaign. Japan Tobacco has sponsored a number of efforts aimed at slowing restrictions on smoking, all pointing out to smokers how their careless habits annoy non-smokers. This one is an especially popular theme: "A lighted cigarette is held at the same height as a child's face when you walk down the street."https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kabukichonosmo.jpgKabukichoNoSmoHow weird is it that smoking is prohibited on the streets of Kabuki-cho, but you can light up as soon as you step through the door of any of the clubs and bars that line the streets?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_10681.jpgIMG_10682022-07-28T16:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/14/happy-obligation-day/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1727.jpg.webpimg_1727.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tactiquesbook-copy.jpgTactiquesBook copyThis, on the other hand is intended for someone you actually like, although the motif has an oddly calculating feel to it.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1719.jpgIMG_1719This is the giri-choco equivalent of those 30-packs of Bugs Bunny cards that read "I hope your Valentines Dy is poifect!"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1715.jpgIMG_1715This blue walrus choco says, "You are definitely not boyfriend material."https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1727.jpgIMG_17272022-07-28T16:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/16/mens-nail-art-battle-to-the-death/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mennailart1-1.jpgmennailart1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mennailart.jpgMenNailArthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/mennailart1.jpgMenNailArt12022-07-28T16:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/17/diabolically-simple-pest-control/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_17521-1.jpgimg_17521https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_17521.jpgIMG_17522022-07-28T16:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/19/plum-flavored-potato-chip-season/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/umechips-1.jpgumechipshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/umechips.jpgUmeChipshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/suppaiman.jpgSuppaimanSuppaiman to the snacker's rescue! "Suppai" means "sour" and these dried plum pickles deliver, bigtime.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/umeboshi1.jpgUmeboshiAn actual pickled plum. It doesn't pay to chomp into these too enthusiastically – there's a huge pit in the middle.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/umeboshi.jpgUmeboshihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_1756.jpgIMG_1756Plum-flavored potato sticks, a perennial fave2022-07-28T16:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/22/time-for-your-sand-bath/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sunaburo.jpg.webpsunaburo.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sunaburo.jpgSunaburo2022-07-28T16:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/27/live-music-for-eight/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/apollo-1.jpgapollohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/apollo.jpgApolloLast Saturday night, sitting with the band at the Apollo.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0238.jpgIMG_02382022-07-28T16:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/01/just-when-you-think-its-safe-to-ditch-the-muffler/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2025.jpg.webpimg_2025.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2025.jpgIMG_20252022-07-28T16:28:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/05/dolly-dogs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2248-1.jpgimg_2248https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2260.jpgIMG_2260This young lady was wearing a coming-of-age model.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2253.jpgIMG_2253There were lots of them!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2248.jpgIMG_2248A side view of the magnificant costumes!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2251.jpgIMG_22512022-07-28T16:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/03/makeup-for-men-hell-yeah/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/menmakeup-1.jpgmenmakeuphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_0290.jpgIMG_0290Here are all four of the ads touting the idea that men ought to be able to make themselves just as beautiful as women.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/menmakeup.jpgMenMakeupAd for a line of foundation for men that lasts 24 hours before needing a 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these to break out into song at any 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No Face stares hungrily up at the unsuspecting child who just opened his 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face.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bentopunches.jpgBentoPuncheshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bentomolds.jpgBentoMoldsThese molds make it easy to avoid making your kid eat a boring old round rice ball.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bentoliners.jpgBentoLinershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bentosppunch.jpgBentoSpPunchThese punches make all styles of animal ears, piggy noses, and those wiggly things on the top of roosters' 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you're actually jonesing to try motsu-nabe (もつ鍋), walk through the streets of Shimo-kitazawa and looks for sidewalk signs advertising it. 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ramenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/babychargedevices.jpgBabyChargeDevices2022-07-27T17:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/12/14/beauty-help-for-men/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/meneyebrow12.jpgmeneyebrow12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/meneyebrow12.jpgMenEyebrow1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/meneyebrow2.jpgMenEyebrow2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/meneyebrow3.jpgMenEyebrow32022-07-27T00:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/12/16/top-ten-only-in-japan-holiday-gifts/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/0-animeeyemask-1.jpg0-animeeyemaskhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/10-monk.jpg10.MonkHe even shakes his lotus blossom while dispensing blessings near and far!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/9-ashlet.jpg9.Ashlethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/8-catbutt.jpg8.CatButthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/6-woodenkeyboard.jpg6.WoodenKeyboardhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/5-inunabe.jpg5.InuNabe...and cooking pots...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/4-umbrella.jpg4.Umbrellahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3-manga_7.jpg3.manga_7That THAT, you meddlesome little appetizer!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/2-bloodtype.jpg2.BloodTypeGive a special treat to all your undead friends this holiday season!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1-takoyaki.jpg1.TakoyakiThese suckers are a whopping 8 cm (3.2") 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Before torching of the mountain of cedar boughs, various ceremonies must be observed: the striking of the flint, the firing of arrows in all four directions, martial arts-like katas with a long-handled axe and a sword, the reading of rather lengthy sutras, and, of course, the recitation of the names of worthy donors (a lot of them).https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hiwatarifloats.jpgHiwatariFloatsAs the fire begins to catch, straw bales poked with thousands of arrow-like charms are paraded around the mountain of cedar. Afterwards, you can buy one to take home if you like.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hiwatarifire.jpgHiwatariFireBurn, baby, burn! Those things that look like a dismembered picket fence are actually prayer sticks from major donors. 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Snuggleh.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/aokubi_daikon2.jpgaokubi_daikon2Giant white radishes: the giant rodents of the vegetable world.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kapybarasan.jpgKapybarasanYeah, they managed to make it cute, by not making it look too much like an actual giant rodent.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sashimistuffie2.jpgSashimiStuffie2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sashimistuffie.jpgSashimiStuffie2022-07-26T19:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/16/changing-the-world-one-tag-at-a-time/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281santaabe-1.jpg281santaabehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281santaabe.jpg281SantaAbehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281keepfighting.jpg281KeepFightinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281invisible.jpg281Invisiblehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281girls.jpg281Girlshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/281bombs.jpg281Bombs2022-07-26T19:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/19/scary-eyes-made-easy/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/scarycontacts-1.jpgscarycontactshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/scarycontacts.jpgScaryContacts2022-07-26T19:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/19/lego-minifig-popsicles/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/legopopsicles-1.jpglegopopsicleshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/legosp.jpgLegoS&Phttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/legopopsicles.jpgLegoPopsicleshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/legoicecubes.jpgLegoIceCubes2022-07-26T19:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/20/neon-wonderland/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightbabastation-1.jpgnightbabastationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightshinolanterns.jpgNightShinOLanternsLanterns outside a Shin Okubo restauranthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightshinokubo.jpgNightShinOkubohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightshinoalley.jpgNightShinOAlleyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightkabukicho.jpgNightKabukichohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightbabastation.jpgNightBabaStationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/nightbaba.jpgNightBaba2022-07-26T19:10:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/27/cherry-blossom-party-costumes-i-would-regret/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sakurahead-1.jpgsakuraheadhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sakuratuxedo.jpgSakuraTuxedoMakes this Sakura Tuxedo look almost tasteful, doesn't it?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sakuraranger.jpgSakuraRangerFaster than a chugging bullet! Able to leap long restroom lines with a single bound! Sakura Ranger to the rescue!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sakuraoyaji.jpgSakuraOyajiSee what I mean?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sakurahead.jpgSakuraHeadBad hair day on the biggest cherry blossom party of the year? 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day!2022-07-26T19:09:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/31/sneakers-of-yore/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sneakersbrocade-1.jpgsneakersbrocadehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sneakersbrocade.jpgSneakersBrocade2022-07-26T19:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/05/what-do-cherry-blossoms-taste-like/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurawhisky-1.jpgsakurawhiskyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurayakisoba.jpgSakuraYakisobahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurawhisky.jpgSakuraWhiskyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurashrimpchips.jpgSakuraShrimpChipshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurachips.jpgSakuraChipshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sakurabeer.jpgsakurabeer2022-07-26T19:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/06/organic-salty-dragonblood-toothpaste/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dragonbloodtoothpaste-1.jpgdragonbloodtoothpastehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dragonbloodtoothpaste.jpgDragonbloodToothpaste2022-07-26T19:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/14/urban-assault-stroller-for-dogs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dogbuggy1-1.jpgdogbuggy1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dogbuggy1.jpgDogBuggy2022-07-26T19:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/20/worlds-worst-popsicle/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spaghettipopsicle-1.jpgspaghettipopsiclehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spaghettipopsicle1.jpgSpaghettiPopsicle1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/spaghettipopsicle.jpgSpaghettiPopsicle2022-07-26T19:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/24/japanese-invent-a-new-way-for-vip-visits-to-annoy-the-populace/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/viptapedmachines-1.jpgviptapedmachineshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/viptapedmachines.jpgVIPtapedMachinesThe populace protests the closure.2022-07-26T18:59:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/30/flower-dream-expo-2014/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream5-1.jpgflowerdream5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream8.jpgFlowerDream8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream7.jpgFlowerDream7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream6.jpgFlowerDream6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream5.jpgFlowerDream5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream4.jpgFlowerDream4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream3.jpgFlowerDream3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/flowerdream1.jpgFlowerDream12022-07-26T18:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/05/08/cinnamon-roll-blasphemy/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cinnamonroll1-1.jpgcinnamonroll1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cinnamonroll1.jpgCinnamonRoll2022-07-26T18:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/05/20/blue-cafe-latte/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bluemilkcoffee-1.jpgbluemilkcoffeehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bluemilkcoffee.jpgBlueMilkCoffee2022-07-26T18:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/06/14/moustaches-i-would-regret/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/scumstache3-1.jpgscumstache3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/scumstache3.jpgScumstache3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/scumstache.jpgScumstache2022-07-26T18:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/06/01/peonies-big-as-dinner-plates/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonynishiarai-1.jpgpeonynishiaraihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonywhite.jpgPeonyWhitehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonypurplewhite.jpgPeonyPurpleWhiteHama-Rikyu Garden, Hamamatsuchohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonypinktwotone.jpgPeonyPinkTwotonehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonypinkround.jpgPeonyPinkRoundhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonyparasol.jpgPeonyParasolBlooming plants get their own parasols at Nishiaria Daishi Temple.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonypalepink.jpgPeonyPalePinkhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonynishiarai.jpgPeonyNishiaraihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonyfuschia.jpgPeonyFuschiahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/peonydarkpink1.jpgPeonyDarkPink12022-07-26T18:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/06/03/ill-see-your-triple-burger-and-raise-you-a-shrimp-puck/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lotteria3burger-1.jpglotteria3burgerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lotteria3burger.jpgLotteria3Burger2022-07-26T18:49:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/06/25/i-hope-you-wanted-marlboros/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/marlboroughsfeat-1.jpgmarlboroughsfeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/marlboroughsfeat.jpgMarlboroughsFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/marlboroughs.jpgMarlboroughs2022-07-26T18:47:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/06/13/love-peace-death/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicotine-1.jpgnicotinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/nicotine.jpgNicotine2022-07-26T18:46:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/07/13/when-i-said-i-wanted-cheese-pizza-i-didnt-mean-that-kind-of-cheese/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bluecheesepizzasm-1.jpgbluecheesepizzasmhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bluecheesepizzasm.jpgBlueCheesePizzaSMhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/bluecheesepizza.jpgBlueCheesePizza2022-07-26T18:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/08/02/fishing-for-women/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/featuredrakugo2-1.jpgfeaturedrakugo2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2-panels-copy1.jpg2.Panels copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1panels-copy-copy.jpg1Panels copy copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/featuredrakugo2.jpgFeaturedRakugo2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/featuredrakugo1.jpgFeaturedRakugo1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/featuredrakugo.jpgFeaturedRakugohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/5-panels1.jpg5.Panelshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1oldman.jpg1OldManThe kind old fisherman who hooks a skull and prays for the repose of the poor person's soul.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2-youngman.jpg2.YoungManThe desperate player-wannabe next door, whose spying through the peephole got him in deep doo-doo.2022-07-26T18:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/08/21/hardcore-workout-equipment-for-your-face/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exerciseeye-1.jpgexerciseeyehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exercisemouth.jpgExerciseMouthhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exerciseeyelid.jpgExerciseEyelidIf you don't get rid of your own laugh lines with this baby, at least you'll give them to everyone watching you pump iron with your eyelids.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exerciseeye.jpgExerciseEyeHow many reps to conquer those crow's feet?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/exercisecheeks.jpgExerciseCheeksThe Happy Face Trainer: a more chiseled smile...or else2022-07-26T18:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/09/01/diva-in-the-spotlight-asakusa-at-night/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sensojifront-1.jpgsensojifronthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sumidagawarain.jpgSumidagawaRainA pleasure boat motors past Skytree on the Sumida Riverhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sensojiside.jpgSensojiSideThe grand dame of Tokyo temples, Senso-jihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sensojifront.jpgSensojiFrontThe promenadehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sensojidoor.jpgSensojiDoorEven the doors are larger then life.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/asakusatwilight.jpgAsakusaTwilightFestival lanterns hanging over a side streethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/asakusatorii.jpgAsakusaToriiThe side gate framing the temple beyondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/asakusastreet.jpgAsakusaStreetA geisha hurrys along a side street, on the way to her evening appointment on a rainy nighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/asakusapagsky.jpgAsakusaPagSkyOld meets new: the five-story pagoda and Skytree, togetherhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/asakusaguardian.jpgAsakusaGuardianThe fiercest guardian deity in the land2022-07-26T18:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/09/21/art-aquarium/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium2-1.jpgartaquarium2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium9b.jpgArtAquarium9bhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium9a.jpgArtAquarium9ahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium9.jpgArtAquarium9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium8.jpgArtAquarium8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium7.jpgArtAquarium7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium6.jpgArtAquarium6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium5.jpgArtAquarium5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium3.jpgArtAquarium3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/artaquarium2.jpgArtAquarium22022-07-26T18:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/09/25/frankly-my-dear-i-dont-give-a-damn-that-were-both-female-and-japanese/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gonewithwindfeat-1.jpggonewithwindfeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gonewithwindfeat.jpgGoneWithWindFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gonewithwind.jpgGoneWithWind2022-07-26T18:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/09/30/yes-even-the-cheese-is-black/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kuroburger2-1.jpgkuroburger2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kuroburger4.jpgKuroBurger4You can go all-black purist or have it with the works.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kuroburger3.jpgKuroBurger3Everything is flavored with bamboo charcoal and squid ink – two things I's usually avoid like the plague – but GO FIGURE they make this weird-looking food utterly additive.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kuroburger2.jpgKuroBurger2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kuroburger1.jpgKuroBurger12022-07-26T18:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/10/11/spicy-tomato-filled-doughnuts/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tomatodonut1-1.jpgtomatodonut1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tomatodonutsign.jpgTomatoDonutSignhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tomatodonut2.jpgTomatoDonut2Inside, basically, pizza sauce.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tomatodonut1.jpgTomatoDonut1My first clue this wasn't a regular doughnut was that funny little pesto-tomato hat on top.2022-07-26T18:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/10/29/the-universal-garnish-strikes-again/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/latteparsley-1.jpglatteparsleyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/latteparsley.jpgLatteParsleyAll my life, I knew my coffee was missing something...2022-07-26T18:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/04/%e3%80%8cyokohama-smart-illuminations%e3%80%8d-wow-just-wow/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glowingman-1.jpgglowingmanhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gothbunnies.jpgGothBunniesA garden of neon goth bunnies springs up in the middle of a lawn.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lanterns.jpgLanternsLanterns made from odd materials float against the Yokohama skyline.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/plaza.jpgPlazaYou know you're in the right place when you chance across a plaza lit up in ever-changing colors.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/neonlovers.jpgNeonLoversBehind the café, an ever-changing wall of neon became the selfie background of choicehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/neonboats.jpgNeonBoatsEven the sightseeing boats were bedizened with neon and fairy lights.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mushrooms.jpgMushroomsThis field of eerily glowing mushrooms had a pressure pad set in their midst. If you jumped on it, tiny blue lights embedded in the ground flashed all around you.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glowingwalkingman.jpgGlowingWalkingManhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/glowingman.jpgGlowingManA crowd gathered nearby to watch a man in a fantastically illuminated suit. Wherever he walked, he took a little island of light with him.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/elephant.jpgElephantThis glow-in-the-dark elephant squirted water from its trunk when its tail was cranked.2022-07-26T18:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/13/fall-is-when-the-vending-machines-change-colors-in-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vendingseason-1.jpgvendingseasonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vendingseason.jpgVendingSeason2022-07-26T18:09:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/03/christmas-hats-from-hell-part-deux/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmaspresentmask-1.jpgxmaspresentmask2022-07-26T18:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/05/hot-springs-latte-art/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/onsenlatte-1.jpgonsenlattehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/onsenmap.pngOnsenMapHere's how you know you're in hot spring territory!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/onsenlatte.jpgOnsenLatte2022-07-26T18:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/11/ten-best-stocking-stuffers-from-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/piglighter1-1.jpgpiglighter1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ladyliberty3.jpgLadyLiberty3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dishwand1.jpgDishWandMakes dirty dishes go away like magic. (Seen at Japan Trend Shop)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ramenfork1.jpgRamenForkhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sushisox.jpgSushiSoxBecause who wouldn't want their feet to look like two slabs of raw fish? (Seen at Loft in Shibuya)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/rosecandy.jpgRoseCandyEating this candy supposedly makes you smell like roses! (Seen at the Tokyu grocery store)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/piglighter1.jpgpiglighter1Lights your smokes and shocks would-be assailants too! (Seen at Don Kihote in Shinjuku)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ninjapicks.jpgNinjaPicksFor stealth appetizers. (Seen at Village Vanguard in Shimokitazawa)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neonskeletons.jpgNeonSkeletonsANIMAL SKELETONShttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/needledpointphonecase.jpgNeedledpointPhoneCase2022-07-26T18:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/19/looks-like-santas-been-skipping-the-gym-this-year/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmasroundsanta2-1.jpgxmasroundsanta2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmasreindeer2.jpgXmasReindeerHow come big heads are so cute on amine characters and so scary in real life?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmassnowman2.jpgXmasSnowmanPetite Japanese women are fortunately forewarned that this costume may not fit them quite like the towering foreigner who was roped into being the main model.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/xmasroundsanta2.jpgXmasRoundSantaDoes this suit make me look fat?2022-07-26T18:03:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/01/dang-if-only-i-hadnt-been-distracted-by-the-satan-horns/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/festaramhorns-1.jpgfestaramhornshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/festaramhorns.jpgFestaRamHorns2022-07-26T18:01:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/18/the-octopus-treatment-for-your-face/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vaculiftroller-1.jpgvaculiftrollerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vaculiftroller.jpgVacuLiftRoller2022-07-26T17:59:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/02/09/forever-alone-appliances/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitorioven-1.jpghitoriovenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitoriricecooker2.jpgHitoriRiceCookerEven the lamest cook noob can turn their fridge fodder into something edible with this single serving rice cooker that comes with a handy insert for steaming meats & veggies. (It does not, however solve the problem of there being only beer and old pickles to work with.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitorioven2.jpgHitoriOvenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitorimanga11.jpgHitoriManga1There's even a manga to make it all seem more cool (the her of this one routinely skips out on company drinking parties and ignores the flirtations of the cutest office lady to rush home and whip up a delicacy he's been longing for all day.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitoriliving2.jpgHitoriLivingThe Solo Oven comes in handy for whipping up single guy staples like hot dogs (see serving suggestions on the card to the left.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitoricookbook.jpgHitoriCookbookAnd for those who truly need Remedial Food Prep 101, this cookbook starts out with a recipe for that childhood comfort food, tamago kake gohan: make some rice and mix in a raw egg. Voila! Dinner!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitoriricecooker.jpgHitoriRiceCookerThis single-serving rice cooker saves on pots, pans and effort by steaming fridge-fodder-over-rice right alongside the white stuff. https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitorioven.jpgHitoriOvenThere's even a manga to make it all seem more cool (the her of this one routinely skips out on company drinking parties and ignores the flirtations of the cutest office lady to rush home and whip up a delicacy he's been longing for all day.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitorimanga.jpgHitoriMangaThere's even a manga to make it all seem more cool (the her of this one routinely skips out on company drinking parties and ignores the flirtations of the cutest office lady to rush home and whip up a delicacy he's been longing for all day.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hitoriliving.jpgHitoriLiving2022-07-26T17:58:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/03/05/sleeping-bags-of-yore/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sleepingbagyore-1.jpgsleepingbagyorehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/yoshiwarasamurai.jpgYoshiwaraSamuraiThe clever hat disguise hid failed to hide a samurai's swords and pants-less attendant.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sleepingbagukiyoe.jpgSleepingBagUkiyoeThe Sleeping Bag Of Yore in action!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sleepingbagyore.jpgSleepingBagYore2022-07-26T17:56:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/04/13/the-triple-decker-noodle-burger/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/burgertsukemen-1.jpgburgertsukemenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/burgertsukemen.jpgBurgerTsukemen2022-07-26T17:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/11/suddenly-godzilla/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/godzillainmidtown-1.jpggodzillainmidtownhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/godzillainmidtown.jpgGodzillaInMidtownYes, I'm history.2022-07-26T17:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/20/the-fox-shrine-to-end-all-fox-shrines/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja3-1.jpgsasukejinja3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/foxshrinepeeking.jpgFoxShrinePeekingIf you look carefully, you'll find foxes peeking out amid the greenery on hollow stumps...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/foxshrinefence.jpgFoxShrineFence...and perched anywhere there's a niche big enough for themhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/foxshrinecircle.jpgFoxShrineCirclehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja14.jpgSasukeJinja14These are the ones left by me and my friend Mika!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja13.jpgSasukeJinja13Once you enter the gates, no matter what time of day it is, or how sunny, you're in the twilight zone.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja11.jpgSasukeJinja11As you can see by the moss covering this little village, the shrine has been attracting pilgrims for a long, long, time. https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja10.jpgSasukeJinja10You should visit, don't you think?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja9.jpgSasukeJinja9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sasukejinja8.jpgSasukeJinja8For as little as ¥1500 for the smallest pair, you can get your own and leave them in the spot of your choosing, along with a wish for your heart's desire. (Or you can take thim home, which is not always allowed at shrines!)2022-07-26T17:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/11/08/the-deli-for-dogs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dogcuisine3-1.jpgdogcuisine3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dogcuisine4.jpgDogCuisine4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dogcuisine2.jpgDogCuisine2Because every dog deserves a main and his choice of sides.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dogcuisine3.jpgDogCuisine3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dogcuisine1.jpgDogCuisine12022-07-26T17:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/11/21/battle-dress-kimonos/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/militarykimonofour-2.pngmilitarykimonofourhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/armywoodland1.pngArmyWoodlandThe obvious choice for infiltrating cherry blossom parties to which you have not been invited.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/acukimono1.pngACUkimonoGolf is war. Say it with camo.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nwukimono1.pngNWUkimonoThe fish will never see you coming, when you drop a line in this Navy Working kimono.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/marpatkimono.pngMARPATkimonoFor stealth autumn leaf viewing, when photos shot from the designated area just won't accomplish the mission objective.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/militarykimonofour.pngMilitaryKimonoFour2022-07-26T16:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/12/16/the-best-tokyo-winter-illuminations-2015/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/illuminationsmidtown-1.jpgilluminationsmidtownhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shiodome3.jpgShiodome3One snap from the ten-minute light & music showhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shiodome2.jpgShiodome2Ahahaha, bet you thought that was supposed to be a Christmas tree!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/shiodome1.jpgShiodome1Once again, this Shiodome courtyard is transformed into a fantasy landscape of starry blue lightshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination6.jpgTokyoDome Illumination6And DUH it's an amusement park, so if you dare to risk freezing your patootie off, you can ride the splashy one through the illuminations at nighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination5.jpgTokyoDome Illumination5And don't forget to walk through the Wonka-esque rainbow tunnel of luvhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination4.jpgTokyoDome Illumination4These color-changing light spheres are bobbing around in all the fountains this yearhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination3.jpgTokyoDome Illumination3...or sit beneath it for the full psychedelic effecthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination2.jpgTokyoDome Illumination2You can see it from up above...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tokyodome-illumination1.jpgTokyoDome Illumination1This dome puts on an everchanging light show2022-07-26T16:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/03/10/how-to-tell-youre-near-mt-fuji/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fujicones-1.jpgfujiconeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fujicones.jpgFujiCones2022-07-26T16:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/06/13/kick-that-bald-spot-to-the-curb-j-style/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/golfrug-1.jpggolfrughttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/golfrug.jpgGolfRugYes BE STILL MY HEART it's from the Japanese doppelganger of SkyMall, found in all bullet train seat pockets!2022-07-26T16:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/09/17/essential-gear-for-the-corporate-warrior/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/samuraibaseballcap-1.jpgsamuraibaseballcaphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/samuraibaseballcap.jpgsamuraibaseballcapNo one will dare question your commitment to the mission when you appear at the corporate ballgame outing in this samurai baseball caphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/redcamoshoes.jpgredcamoshoes2022-07-26T16:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/09/30/in-which-an-ancient-monk-plays-a-joke-on-us-all/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kobodaishijoke1-1.jpgkobodaishijoke1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kobodaishijoke2.jpgkobodaishijoke2So...feeling lucky?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kobodaishijoke1.jpgkobodaishijoke12022-07-26T16:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/10/30/what-not-to-wear-for-halloween/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweenmuscle-1.jpghalloweenmusclehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweentotoro.jpghalloweentotoroAIEEEE NOOOO who wants to think about Sexy Totoro? NOT MEhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweenstormtroop.jpghalloweenstormtroopSexy Stormtrooper ai yi yi SO WRONGhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweenmuscle.jpghalloweenmuscleSexy Nude Suit ANYTHING BUThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweenhotdog.jpghalloweenhotdoghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweenbaboon.jpghalloweenbaboonAnd speaking of butts...NO. Just, no.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/halloweeenolglass.jpghalloweeenolglassAnd finally, if you really want to answer the question "I give up, what are you supposed to be?" about a kerbillion times in one night, this.2022-07-26T16:28:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/10/11/japanese-food-styling-gone-wrong/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/japanesehotdog-1.jpgjapanesehotdoghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/japanesehotdog1.jpgjapanesehotdog1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/japanesehotdog.jpgjapanesehotdog2022-07-26T16:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/12/09/top-ten-crazy-holiday-gifts-from-japan-2016/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geishawig-1.jpggeishawighttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/seasonsseriesdiag12.jpgseasonsseriesdiag12...or give all four! Browse them herehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/vampirepurse.jpgvampirepursehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/toupeehat.jpgtoupeehatWhatever color your ideal thatch, augment the golfer in your life's natural tresses with this golf hat toupee. Can be ordered from the gift catalog on the bullet train.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/samuraicaps.jpgsamuraicapshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/nattomaker.jpgnattomakerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mummybagpencilcase.jpgmummybagpencilcasehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/geishawig.jpggeishawigBecause who could fail to be baffled and delighted with THIS? (Available at the souvenir shops on the street parallel to Nakamise-dori, in Asakusa)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/catbuttmagnets.jpgcatbuttmagnetshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/animalwashcloths.jpganimalwashcloths2022-07-26T16:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/01/28/tweets-from-the-pillow-book/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twitterpillowbook1-1.jpgtwitterpillowbook1UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 2003: The poet Sei Shonagon (Heyan Period, 749-1185), author of Makura no Soshi. Woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/twitterpillowbook1.jpgtwitterpillowbook2022-07-26T16:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/03/girls-day-dolls-on-steroids/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura1-1.jpgkatsuura1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura15.jpgkatsuura15and not all are ultra-traditional!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura14.jpgkatsuura14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura13.jpgkatsuura13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura12.jpgkatsuura12There are really old dolls on display too – these were made over a hundred years agohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura11.jpgkatsuura11https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura10.jpgkatsuura10Just for comparison, this is about the most extravagant display I'd seen before going to Katsuura. Most people just put out the emperor and empress, but the ones who really lay out the big bucks collect the whole set: three ladies in waiting, fivie musicians, three important ministers and a bunch of furniture and occasionally, livestockhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura9.jpgkatsuura9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura8.jpgkatsuura8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/katsuura7.jpgkatsuura7And how do you one-up the neighbors when you've already got the creme de la creme of art dolls? Put them in a palace instead of on the steps, of course!2022-07-26T16:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/21/tamao-shigemune-modern-kimono-to-die-for/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune10-1.jpgshigemune10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune12.jpgShigemune12Even a visitor having a serious hair malfunction feels elegant when being dressed in fab kimono like thishttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune11.jpgShigemune11...and they mix & match with new obi designs that are backed with fun contrast materials, which wink at you from inside the obi bow when it's tiedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune9.jpgShigemune9Naturally, your zori have to up their game too, which is why there are red and polka dotted ones to matchhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune8.jpgShigemune8Inside is a long table with a bigger assortment of bis, plus two cute x 1000 purseshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune7.jpgShigemune7Naturally, the details are as fab as the main pieces...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune6.jpgShigemune6See the supercute dotted obiage peering out from atop Shigemune-san's moon obi?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune4.jpgShigemune4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune3.jpgShigemune3The entry gives you a little taste of what's to comehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shigemune2.jpgShigemune2The summer collection of kimonos is a mix of bold geometrics and beautifully rendered birds...2022-07-26T16:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/23/death-by-food-stylist/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/omrice-1.jpgomricehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/omrice.jpgOmRice2022-07-26T16:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/05/01/spinach-pancake-mix/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spinachpancakes-1.jpgspinachpancakeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spinachpancakes1.jpgSpinachPancakes1I'm afraid to ask what this serving suggestion this is supposed to represent.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/spinachpancakes.jpgSpinachPancakes2022-07-26T16:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/10/07/obsession-thy-name-is-this-exhibit/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maeharafuyuki-1.jpgmaeharafuyukihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mitsutaharuo2.jpgMitsutaHaruo2And this snake skeleton is made of metal. Haruo Mitsuta also makes insects. You can imagine.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/andorokuzan21.jpgAndoRokuzan2Cucumbers made of...marble? This is just one of the many pieces by artist of yore Rokuzan Ando. Look at that leaf. it's so thin, it's translucent. The guy was that good.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_4708.jpgIMG_4708https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shoryu.jpgShoryuSomehow my granny did not teach me how to embroider like THIS. Yes, this portrait is pure silk stitchery, and it has to be seen to be believed, because Shoryu's portrait of a carpenter changes as you shift from right to left. (This Meiji Era craftsmanship was paired with some pieces of modern embroidery that – wait for it – glowed in the dark. Yeah, pretty excellent.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/otakeryoko3.jpgOtakeRyoko3...and it all works, just like a real lobster. (If you want to see more of this guy's work and his carvings in progress, check out his Facebook page!)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shotasuzuki.jpgShotaSuzukiYou'll never guess. Until you look at Shota Suzuki's Facebook page and see him making it out of METAL.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/otakeryoko2.jpgOtakeRyoko2This lobster was made from umpty-kerbillion pieces of carved wood by Ryoko Otake...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/otakeryoko1.jpgOtakeRyoko1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/maeharafuyuki.jpgMaeharaFuyukiFuyuki Maehara's half-eaten sanma on a plate is actuall carved from cherrywood. Yeah. I was ready to eat the rest too.2022-07-26T16:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/03/yokohama-smart-illumination-2017-even-more-better-than-before/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart6-1.jpgyokohamasmart6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart10.jpgYokohamaSmart10This was weirdly mesmerizing, despite the fact it was just bubbles being blown out of a cylinder with a color-changing glow around the rim. The wind was blowing the night I went, so they escaped so fast they just sort of drew sparks in the air.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart9.jpgYokohamaSmart9I was not disappointed to see the return of the illuminated manhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart8.jpgYokohamaSmart8These looked like intricate doodles drawn with a glow pen in thin air, and were meant to evoke microbeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart7.jpgYokohamaSmart7Once again, one of the nearby buildings seems to have acquired a living, grimacing face, which turns out to be...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart6.jpgYokohamaSmart6And this floating lit-up furniture was pretty entertaininghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart5.jpgYokohamaSmart5These sky-mirroring kotatsus were quite popular once it started to get a bit chilly, because you could stick your feet under the quilts and they actually had heaters in them like real kotatsushttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart4.jpgYokohamaSmart4These little glowing golden snitch-like things were actually made from discarded gashapon capsules fitted out with solar lights and suspended in a mobile-like web in their geodesic framehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart3.jpgYokohamaSmart3This thing that sort of looks like a kids drawing of the Olympic torch was actually beating rather creepily like a heart.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yokohamasmart2.jpgYokohamaSmart2...YOU! Event-goers could stand in line to stick their mug through this spoof on tourist photo spots, but their faces would (SURPRISE!) be projected in realtime on the tower behind them2022-07-26T16:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/19/instabae/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/roppongiilluminationsinsta1-1.jpgroppongiilluminationsinsta1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ryuzufallsnikko.jpgRyuzuFallsNikkoRight behind me? Massive tourist rest top and souvenir storehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/roppongiabover.jpgRoppongiAboveREven this unfiltered version comes closer to approximating the "Candles & Amber" promised by the Roppongi Hills illuminations publicity team. Because in reality, the tree lights were just...orange (Rebranding bonus points for being able to use these for Xmas AND Halloween)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/roppongiilluminationsinsta1.jpgRoppongiIlluminationsInsta2022-07-26T16:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/10/31/best-shiba-inu-vending-machine-gacha/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha3-1.jpgshibainugacha3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha6.jpgShibaInuGacha6"Stuck in a Brick Wall Shiba" learned everything he knows from my friend Yuri's doghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibagachagroup.jpgShibaGachaGrouphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugachaequation.jpgShibaInuGachaEquationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha5.jpgShibaInuGacha5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha4.jpgShibaInuGacha4"Block Wall Stuck Shiba" gets into a tight spot at the rakugo shrine.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha3.jpgShibaInuGacha3And "Stuck in a Donut Shiba" is the happiest of allhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha2.jpgShibaInuGacha2"Stuck in a Painting Shiba" manages to look as pleased as the originalhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/shibainugacha1.jpgShibaInuGacha1"Shoji Screen Stuck Shiba" is a proud destroyer of paper windows2022-07-26T16:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/11/02/smart-illumination-yokohama-2018-all-the-yes/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations9-1.jpgsmartilluminations9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations14.jpgSmartIlluminations14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations11.jpgSmartIlluminations11There is also a very cool "light graffiti" installation, where you can draw with a light pen. The cool thing about the pens is that they act just like real tagger spray paint cans – the closer you hold the pen to the wall, the sharper the line, but if you pull away, it gets airbrushy. ("Luminous Graffiti" by Nakagawa Chemical)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations10.jpgSmartIlluminations10It's not hard to find – the artworks in the plaza are an easy-to spot beacon from the streethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations9.jpgSmartIlluminations9"Pacific Feet" by Hiroko Kubohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations8.jpgSmartIlluminations8I did miss the artist who projected living faces on the building that merely changed colors this year, but it still made a festive backdrop to the other pieceshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations7.jpgSmartIlluminations7This wireframe wonderland would make you feel like you're in the Matrix, if the Matrix had stuffed bears biting trout and antlers on the walls. It's by Takayuki Mori and is called "View Tracing"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations6.jpgSmartIlluminations6The illuminated suit man (Junichi Kusaka) made his annual appearance, and I caught him at another artwork where you could play air drums & guitar. This one is "Star Jam Street" by Tetsujin Audio-Visualhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations4.jpgSmartIlluminations4I stopped for along time by this laser & fishing line extravaganza, totally mesmerized by the glow. Here's a little hypno-video so you can see why:https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/smartilluminations2.jpgSmartIlluminations2But from the knoll atop the cafe, you can watch it ebb and flow and pour through the gap in the walls in an ever-changing sea of oil dreams2022-07-26T15:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/11/11/gateway-to-chrysanthemum-bliss/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/chrysanthemumportals12.jpgchrysanthemumportals12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/chrysanthemumoneplant.jpgChrysanthemumOnePlantAnd here's the proof. See that one little branching stem? That's IT for the entire plant. (Those other things going up are the supports for the scaffolding)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/chrysanthemumshinjukugyouen.jpgChrysanthemumShinjukuGyouenAnd these amazing beauties at Shinjuku Gyo-en Garden are each just one plant2022-07-26T15:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/12/30/how-to-survive-new-years-in-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_1813.jpg.webpIMG_1813.jpghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1813.jpgIMG_18132022-07-26T15:54:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/01/13/before-there-was-uber-eats-there-was/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sushideliveryscooter-1.jpgsushideliveryscooterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sushideliveryscooter.jpgsushideliveryscooter2022-07-26T15:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/01/19/winter-illuminations-tokyo-sagamiko-yomiuriland/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sagamiko1-1.jpgsagamiko1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland13.jpgyomiuriland13...a Matterhorn-ish thing surrounded by mysterious polygons that occasionally flash...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland10.jpgyomiuriland10...or every single lawn and treehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland9.jpgyomiuriland9...an avenue of trees planted with color-shifting "flowers"...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland8.jpgyomiuriland8...whether it's the old-fashioned carousel...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland7.jpgyomiuriland7The lights surrounding this reflecting pool https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland6.jpgyomiuriland6Not a single object remains unadorned at this vast amusment park...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland5.jpgyomiuriland5Especially excellent is the long, twisting tunnel made completely of lights that pulse and ripple...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland4.jpgyomiuriland4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/yomiuriland3.jpgyomiuriland32022-07-26T15:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/05/25/crispy-addictive-intestine-snack/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/intestinesnacks-1.jpgintestinesnackshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/intestinesnacks.jpgIntestineSnacks2022-07-26T15:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/07/14/where-to-see-the-most-divine-lotus-blossoms-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lotus3-1.jpglotus3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/lotustoritsudaigaku.jpgLotusToritsuDaigakuI saw this one growing in a pot near where I used to live, in Toritsu-daigakuhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/korakuenlotus2.jpgKorakuenLotus2They're right by the little bridge near the entrance.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/korakuenlotus1.jpgKorakuenLotus1Koraku-en garden has a small patch of traditional pink lotushttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien9-1.jpgSankeien9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien8-1.jpgSankeien8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien7-1.jpgSankeien7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien6-1.jpgSankeien6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien5-1.jpgSankeien5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sankeien4-1.jpgSankeien42022-07-26T15:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/07/if-only-japanese-rock-gardens-were-filled-with-cooling-mist-illuminations/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations3-1.jpgmidtownilluminations3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations10.jpgMidtownIlluminations10A very adult version of kakigori, that traditional summertime shaved ice favoritehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations9.jpgMidtownIlluminations9Or, you can meet your friends in the outdoor lounge, complete with the best version of "lawn chairs" I've ever seenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations8.jpgMidtownIlluminations8Or get yourself a free token at the stand next to the stream, take off your shoes, and have a cold one while dipping your toes in the fountainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations7.jpgMidtownIlluminations7...in all the colors of the rainbowhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations6.jpgMidtownIlluminations6...before bursting into "fireworks"...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations4.jpgMidtownIlluminations4The illuminations capture all the colors of summerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/midtownilluminations3.jpgMidtownIlluminations32022-07-26T15:42:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/29/jazz-age-paintings-of-beautiful-women-and-the-real-kimonos-they-were-wearing/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/taishokimono6.jpgtaishokimono6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/yayoiyumejimuseum.jpgYayoiYumejiMuseumhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono8.jpgTaishoKimono8You get the idea!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono7.jpgTaishoKimono7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono6.jpgTaishoKimono6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono5.jpgTaishoKimono5I like the real kimono much better than the illustration, but mileage varies, and that's just mehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono4.jpgTaishoKimono4He took a little artistic license, but not much!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono3.jpgTaishoKimono3Obviously the very same kimono and accessories!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono2.jpgTaishoKimono2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/taishokimono1.jpgTaishoKimono1So cool2022-07-26T15:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/10/20/the-most-only-in-japan-halloween-costumes-ever/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweensakeflask-1.jpghalloweensakeflaskhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweenshrinemaiden.jpgHalloweenShrineMaidenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweensakeflask.jpgHalloweenSakeFlaskIf you're more of a Life Of The Party type, everybody will be happy to see a giant flask of sake joining their group (especially if you're pouring the real thing)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweenoiran.jpgHalloweenOiranAnd if you're on the lookout for sexy AND inexplicable, how about this Modern Oiran get-up? https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweenkabutomushi.jpgHalloweenKabutomushiAnd finally, they tried to disguise this too-Japanese costume as "Black Devil" but it's clear to anyone who's spent any time at all in Japan, that this guy is dressed as a kabutomushi: the famous gigantic Japanese beetle petshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweengreenonion.jpgHalloweenGreenOnionFor the truly inexplicable, why not show up as a giant green onion? According to the package, this is guaranteed to even baffle Japanese Halloweenieshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halloweeneyemonster.jpgHalloweenEyeMonsterAnd separate those who think they know Japanese manga and anime characters be wearing this Daddy Eyeball Monster hood2022-07-26T15:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/01/25/how-did-i-survive-before-there-were-standing-cat-toys/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcattoiletpaper-1.jpgstandingcattoiletpaperhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/signup-copy.jpgSignUp copyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/signup.jpgSignUphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcattoiletpaper.jpgStandingCatToiletPaper"Would it have killed you?"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcatsebi.jpgStandingCatsEbi"Are you going to eat all of that yourself?"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcatscakesq.jpgStandingCatsCakeSQ"29, but who's counting?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcatscake.jpgStandingCatsCakehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/standingcatmugicha.jpgStandingCatMugicha"Would it have killed you?"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/scaringcatpie.jpgScaringCatPie"Don't even think of it."2022-07-26T15:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/02/05/spring-arrives-early-flowers-by-naked-2020/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynakedfeat.jpgflowersbynakedFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked7.jpgFlowersByNaked7It's a fun show to see with friends (or on a date) because the last room is always a bar offering original cocktails and other festive drinks.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked6.jpgFlowersByNaked6There's always a section given over to extravagent floral design using the kind of unusual combinations you usually don't see outside of Flower Dream, and this year they're incorporated bonsai trees into the mixhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked5.jpgFlowersByNaked5And this year, there's a fanciful flowers and fairies animation that will delight young fantasy fanshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked1.jpgFlowersByNaked1All-new immersive animations of growing things surround you as you make your way through the exhibitionhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked4.jpgFlowersByNaked4This year's theme is "Sakura" so you can expect more than average pinkitudehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked3.jpgFlowersByNaked3And they seem to be taking a page from TeamLab's use of mirrors to create infinity environments that multiple the flower mandalas all around, for a much more immersive environment than in previous yearshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/flowersbynaked2.jpgFlowersByNaked22022-07-26T15:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/07/14/tokyos-small-worlds-theme-park/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsfeat.jpgsmallworldsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/880tltbtgreentea.jpg880tltbtgreenteahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsevangelion.jpgSmallWorldsEvangelionhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldscustomfigure.jpgSmallWorldsCustomFigurehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsazabujuban.jpgSmallWorldsAzabuJubanhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsterminal.jpgSmallWorldsTerminalhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsglobalvillage3.jpgSmallWorldsGlobalVillage3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsglobalvillage2.jpgSmallWorldsGlobalVillage2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldsailormoon.jpgSmallWorldSailorMoonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/smallworldglobalvillage1.jpgSmallWorldGlobalVillage12022-07-26T15:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/08/07/the-sorcerers-apprentice-moves-on-to-plastic-food/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/breakingeggs2.jpgBreakingEggs2022-07-24T18:25:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/20/big-red-underwear/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p10405021.jpgP1040502The more full-fashioned, the betterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/p1040541.jpgP1040541These beauties may be a little scratchy, but they'll keep you warm in your traditional wooden house.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0134.jpgIMG_01342022-07-24T18:25:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/01/15/todays-special-guest-winter/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/meijisnow21.jpgmeijisnow2Brrrrr!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_34141.jpgIMG_3414My favorite bridge.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3302.jpgIMG_3302https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3426.jpgIMG_3426https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3407.jpgIMG_3407https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3402.jpgIMG_3402https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3401.jpgIMG_3401https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3399.jpgIMG_3399https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3391.jpgIMG_3391Under the eaves of the inner courtyardhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3371.jpgIMG_33712022-07-24T18:22:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/01/18/garbage-police-of-the-gods/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shrinegarbage.jpgShrineGarbage2022-07-24T18:09:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/01/27/the-lucky-cat-temple/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujiema.jpgGotokujiEmaEven the prayer plaques at Gotokuji feature cats. My favorite one, though, is the one someone drew on the back of the ema in the upper right!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujimanycats.jpgGotokujiManyCatsAdded bonus: There is a shrine on the temple grounds where thousands of "good luck" maneki neko cat figures have been offered to ensure success in business.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujiwindow.jpgGotokujiWindowCats for your every business-building need!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujiracks.jpgGotokujiRacksRacks and racks ofcats!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujikannon.jpgGotokujiKannonCats, cats, and more cats, plus a few strings of the ubiquitous origami cranes.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujifeatured.jpgGotokujiFeaturedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gotokujicloseup.jpgGotokujiCloseupThe bigger the cat, the bigger the wish!2022-07-24T17:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/03/13/sexy-red-undies-opposite-day/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/redundiestiny.jpgRedUndiesTinyNot sure who these extra-tiny red undies are for, although babies are probably in need of good luck too (before they're old enough to roll their eyes and categorically refuse).https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/redundiesscared.jpgRedUndiesScaredhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/redundiespink.jpgRedUndiesPinkPink on the outside, red on the inside – with girlish ruffles to really throw them off – nobody will guess how superstitious you really are.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/redundiesduckbutt.jpgRedUndiesDuckButtThere's even a wooly pair sporting a portrait of The Honorable Duck Butt of Sugamo, the street's inexplicable mascot.2022-07-24T17:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/10/05/who-knew-there-was-a-butterfly-season-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterfliesfeat2.jpgButterfliesFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterflies51.jpgButterflies5This one is rakishly called a Blue Triangle (or Grapheum Sarpedon Nipponum if you want to go all Latin) and it struck me that the combination of those wings and that flower were one of life perfect planet-aligning color momentshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cosmosc.jpgCosmosC...especially on a fine fall day.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cosmosb.jpgCosmosBEven though the cosmos weren't looking their best, there were still plenty of pretty momentshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cosmosa.jpgCosmosAThis garden is still a fine place to stroll...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterfliesfeat.jpgButterfliesFEATThis one is rakishly called a Blue Triangle (or Grapheum Sarpedon Nipponum if you want to go all Latin) and it struck me that the combination of those wings and that flower were one of life perfect planet-aligning color momentshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterflies4.jpgButterflies4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterflies3.jpgButterflies3And this is an Indian fritillary (Arhynnis hyperbius), sipping a cocktail among the Tokyo skyscrapershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterflies2.jpgButterflies2The male fritillary is not so showy, but still was a treat to see among the orange and greenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/butterflies1.jpgButterflies1This beauty is the local morph of a Swallowtail (ageha, in Japanese, which is also the name of the butterfly girls whose natural habitat is Shibuya 109)2022-07-24T17:54:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/10/28/insanely-detailed-sculptures-made-from-japanese-snack-packages/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ikebukuro.jpgikebukurohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpturebook.jpgSnackSculptureBookhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture17.jpgSnackSculpture17Let's take a closer look and be even more amazedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpturefeat2.jpgSnackSculptureFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture16.jpgSnackSculpture16https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture15.jpgSnackSculpture15This artist can even make horrid diet bars look appealinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture14.jpgSnackSculpture14And how he managed to make this spaceman look so realistically puffy using only the styrofoam cup and foil seal is sheer magichttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture13.jpgSnackSculpture13But Harukiru's not just a cut and paste man – check out the movement he coaxes out of that stiff cardboard packaging. You can see the influence of that modern school of origami that uses artfully crumpled surfaces to bring nuanced gesture to what used to be strictly a stiff, angular art formhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture12.jpgSnackSculpture12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/snacksculpture11.jpgSnackSculpture11And look how cleverly he put the barcode to work as a piano keyboard!2022-07-24T17:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/20/the-shrine-maiden-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/featyanakawalking.jpgFEATyanakawalkinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shrinemaidenvendfeat.jpgShrineMaidenVendFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shrinemaidenvend4.jpgShrineMaidenVend4...you might want to tie it onto the handy vending machine rope and leave it behind!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shrinmaidenvend3.jpgShrinMaidenVend3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/shrinemaidenvend2.jpgShrineMaidenVend2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shrinemaidenvending.jpgShrineMaidenVendinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shrinemaidenvending2.jpgShrineMaidenVending22022-07-24T17:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/14/streets-paved-with-gyoza/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p11000801.jpgP1100080https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1100073.jpgP1100073https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1100076.jpgP11000762022-07-24T17:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/27/partying-with-the-gods/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjawashoi.jpgSanjaWaShoiEach team represents a neighborhood, and it's a matter of honor to try and out-do the guys next door when it comes to loudness of chanting, vigorousness of shrine jostling, and overall festivity.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjamatsuri7.jpgSanjaMatsuri7Kids take part from the time they're able to walk,https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjamatsuri6.jpgSanjaMatsuri6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjamatsuri5.jpgSanjaMatsuri5Each team takes a special route through Asakusa – being sure to linger in their own neighborhood to make sure the gods get a good look at the people and places that fall within their sphere of influence – but they all parade down the street in front of the grand Senso-ji Temple sometime during the afternoon.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjamatsuri1.jpgSanjaMatsuri1Every spring, the good citizens of Asakusa break out the saké & festival coats – and shed their pants – to carry the local gods through the streets in elaborate portable gold shrines.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanjafundoshi.jpgSanjaFundoshiThe afterparty is a no-holds-barred, all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink celebration, and sometimes exuberant shrine carriers forget they're basically standing around in their underwear.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanja14.jpgSanja14It's hard to capture the sheer energy of a Japanese festival in a single snapshot, because the shrines aren't just carried through the streets, they're danced.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanja11.jpgSanja11It doesn't look like hard work from the sidelines, but each o-mikoshi can weigh up to a ton, and teams need to switch out carriers several times over the course of the parade.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sanja9.jpgSanja9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/poodlewithmohawk.jpgPoodleWithMohawkA tired shrine carrier relaxes after the festival with his mohawk-sporting poodle.2022-07-24T17:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/24/yakitori-in-a-can/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/yakitori.jpgYakitori2022-07-24T17:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/09/27/akihabara-at-night-a-box-of-electronic-jewels/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/themefa.jpgThemeFAThe #1 hostboy at Club Nova makes a handsome living, whispering sweet nothings in the ears of women who pay him a fortune for the privilege. But the party’s over when Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura is assigned to investigate the death of…read morehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/themepd.jpgThemePDWhen Detective Kenji Nakamura’s phone rings with the news that his mother’s death wasn’t an accident, his life begins to unravel…read morehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/themen.jpgThemeNA young woman dressed as a Gothic Lolita is found dead in a car with two strangers. But the more Yumi Hata learns about her friend’s death, the more she’s convinced it was murder…read morehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/themeidol.jpgThemeIDOLhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/akihabarayakitori.jpgAkihabaraYakitorihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/akihabaraartfountain.jpgAkihabaraArtFountainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/yodabashicamera.jpgYodabashiCamerahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/speedingtrain.jpgSpeedingTrainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/akihabaratrain.jpgAkihabaraTrainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/akihabaralinewalk.jpgAkihabaraLineWalk2022-07-24T17:31:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/05/27/the-catzilla-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/footernightfbsm.jpgFooterNIGHTfbSMMore Nightshade book goodness here, in case you think you might want to, you know, read it or somethinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gachacatzilla.jpgGachaCatzillaYes! It's what Japan's favorite irradiated lizard would look like if it were a cat!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/catzilla6front.jpgCatzilla6frontAnd I only had to spin the wheel six times to get all of them! (OW! OW! PANTS ON FIRE! Okay, so I burned through so many hundred yen coins trying to get them all that I could have done a months' worth of laundry DON'T TELL MY MOM)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/catzilla6back.jpgCatzilla6backWith two tails! (Rather a lucky mutation, since three ears or four eyes or sixteen feet might not be quite as cute...)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/catzilla.jpgCatzilla2022-07-24T17:31:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/10/21/the-world-of-the-last-tea-bowl-thief/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tltbtworldfeat.jpgTLTBTworldFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/snowbridewaterlily.jpgSnowBrideWaterlilyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmhousehearth.jpgFarmhouseHearthhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lordinabacastle.jpgLordInabaCastlehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/hollowtree.jpgHollowTreehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/okudashop.jpgOkudaShophttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/880authortltbtside.jpg880AuthorTLTBTsidehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/tltbtcover.jpgTLTBTcover2022-07-24T17:14:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/27/the-virtual-cemetery/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/p1070895.jpgP1070895https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/virtual-grave.jpgvirtual grave2022-07-21T17:56:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/19/elfdwarf-confusion/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0282.jpgIMG_02822022-07-21T17:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/10/zombie-sardines/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0260.jpgIMG_0260This was the scene when I got off the train at Shibuya this morning.2022-07-21T17:52:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/13/the-garbage-police-strike-again/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/img_0087.jpgIMG_00872022-07-21T17:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/04/buddhas-footprints/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/buddhafootprint.jpgBuddhaFootprint2022-07-21T17:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/07/05/how-to-survive-a-company-drinking-party/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_1582.jpgIMG_15822022-07-21T17:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/12/13/sorry-but-christmas-lights-dont-get-any-better-than-this/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rophills.jpgRopHillshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moripond.jpgMoriPondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/egg.jpgEgghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/img_3264.jpgIMG_32642022-07-21T17:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/01/09/coffin-nails-for-far-lefties/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/checigs.jpgCheCigs2022-07-21T17:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/12/07/the-japanese-bus-tour-a-cultural-experience-of-epic-proportions/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/toiletsign.jpgToiletSignHow NOT to use a toilet. This sign mutely admonished all comers at one of the Costco-sized rest stops along the way.2022-07-21T17:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/12/10/jack-the-ripper-the-musical/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jacktherippersm.jpgJackTheRipperSMhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jacktheripperk.jpgJackTheRipperKhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jacktheripper.jpgJackTheRipper2022-07-21T17:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/12/14/at-the-ise-shrine-everything-new-is-old/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/isesmshrine.jpgIseSmShrineBecause the Ise Shrine is kind of like the Vatican of Shintoism, you're not allowed to take pictures of the shrine itself. But it kind of looks like this storehouse, which is apparently un-sacred enough that taking pictures isn't an invitation for the gods to give you the evil eye.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/iseshimenawa.jpgIseShimenawahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/isesakeballs.jpgIseSakeballshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/iseoldnew.jpgIseOldNewhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/isegrandshrine.jpgIseGrandshrinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/isebridge.jpgIseBridge2022-07-21T17:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/12/21/curry-flavoredtoothpaste/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/toothpastevarious.jpgToothpasteVarioushttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/toothpasteflavors.jpgToothpasteFlavorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/toothpastecurry.jpgToothpasteCurry2022-07-21T17:03:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/29/the-godzilla-of-cherry-trees/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_8806.jpgIMG_8806Here's another behemoth – this one is at Korakuen.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rikugiencherry2.jpgRikugienCherry2It looks even bigger in the daytime!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/cherryrikugien.jpgCherryRikugien2022-07-21T16:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/05/05/fish-flag-day/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/koikawagoe2.jpgKoiKawagoe2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/koidaishi.jpgKoiDaishiGigantic fish flags take to the sky at Nishiarai Daishi templehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/koikameido1.jpgKoiKameidoCarp flags school over the shopping street in Kameidohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/koikawagoe1.jpgKoiKawagoe12022-07-21T16:54:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/01/the-mother-of-all-illuminations-theme-park/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightstree.jpgLightsTreeAnd of course, there was a tree.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightsflowers11.jpgLightsFlowers1A meadow of giant electric flowershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightsoverview.jpgLightsOverviewLights, lights, as far as the eye can see! The whole mountainside was covered in lights!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightstreespath1.jpgLightsTreesPathhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightstreehill1.jpgLightsTreeHillAll the trees in the Fields Of Pink were lit up in gold.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightsspiderwebtunnel.jpgLightsSpiderwebTunnelThrough another flickering tunnel to...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightsscrollgates.jpgLightsScrollGatesAtop the mountain, a ferris wheel and more delights.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightspinktunnel.jpgLightsPinkTunnelEnter this magical tunnel between the worlds...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightspalace.jpgLightsPalace...the electric palace extravaganza, with ever-changing light show and dancing fountains set to music!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lightsflowers.jpgLightsFlowersMeadows of giant electric flowers2022-07-21T01:35:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/12/tokyos-best-hydrangea-gardens/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/meigetsuinajisai2.jpgMeigetsuinAjisai2The famous steps leading into the templehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/meigetsuinajisai1.jpgMeigetsuinAjisai1Hydrangeas and bamboohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hasederaajisai7.jpgHasederaAjisai7Stairs climb up through the flowers on the steep hillside behind the templehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hasederaajisai6.jpgHasederaAjisai6There are quiet nooks adorned with ajisai too.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hasederaajisai3.jpgHasederaAjisai3A waterfall of lace-caps engulfs a stone mini-pagodahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hasederaajisai2.jpgHasederaAjisai2You can sort of see why it's famoushttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hasedera-ajisai1.jpgHasedera Ajisai1Every kind of hydrangea you can imagine greets the waiting crowds at the foot of Hasedera temple's ajisai mountainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hondojiajisaiblue.jpgHondojiAjisaiBlueHydrangeas + thick carpets of moss = YEShttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hondojiajisai7.jpgHondojiAjisai7Shady flower-lined paths? Check!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hondojiajisai3.jpgHondojiAjisai3The grounds are really huge, and this bamboo forest sits next to the iris garden, which may still be blooming while you're there.2022-07-21T01:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/16/go-to-bunny-island-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyisland14.jpgBunnyIsland14I know these bunnies are supposed to be wild, but they seem suspiciously adept at posing for selfies.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyisland15.jpgBunnyIsland15So what are you waiting for? Come on down! And bring me ALL THE SNACKS!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/okunoshimaferry2.jpgOkunoshimaFerryhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunny-islandfeat.jpgBunny IslandFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyisland-13.jpgBunnyIsland 13A word about white pants: uh, no.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyislandtrains2.pngBunnyIslandTrains2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyislandtrains1.pngBunnyIslandTrains1The Kure Line doesn't run as often as trains in Tokyo. If you're planning to come back at a different time, check the schedule below.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyislandshrine.jpgBunnyIslandShrineOf course we paid a visit to the island's shrine, even though these days it is attended only by rabbits.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyislandmany.jpgBunnyIslandManyRabbits, rabbits, everywhere! Even though it was pouring rain on the day we were there, the stalwart bunnies did not falter in their mission to beg their weight in bunny snacks.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bunnyislandkid.jpgBunnyIslandKidWet, but undeterred, this small girl was the object of serious bunny devotion, on account of how tantalizingly low her snack bag was to the ground.2022-07-21T01:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/09/13/my-worst-crazy-foreigner-moment/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mtfuji.jpgMtFujihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fuuumeme.jpgFuuuMemehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/headerskyshadow3.jpgHeaderSkyShadow32022-07-21T01:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/03/03/goth-girls-day-hina-matsuri/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hinamatsuri4.jpgHinaMatsuri4...this $6000 pair being sold nearby, (made by a National Living Treasure, so its got that going for it.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sign.jpgsignYou can get a better look at the necklace and ring accessories in this shot of the definitely untraditional "Mimosa" pairhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sign-3.jpgsign-3And in case you've got an extra thou lying around after stocking up on every possible frippery for your wedding, they also make bride and groom setshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sign-2.jpgsign-2In a bid to outperform Christmas, with its October to November mission creep, this semi-goth "Snow Bird" set turns Girls' Day a year-round thing, even in winterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sign-1.jpgsign-1...and thishttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gothhinasamafeat.jpgGothHinasamaFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/lolitahinasama.jpgLolitaHinasamaGoto Dolls also makes modern sets with other themes, like this Cherry Blossom pair. See all of them shot in moody splendor on their website.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gothhinasama.jpgGothHinasama2022-07-21T01:26:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/04/18/shouben-kozou-peeing-statue-hamamatsucho/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatue2017.pngPeeingStatue2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatue2016.pngPeeingStatue2016https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatue2009.jpgPeeingStatue2009https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatuemar.jpgPeeingStatueMARMarch 2016: A brave Tokyo firemanhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatuejan.jpgPeeingStatueJANJanuary 2016: Samurai ushering in the Year of the Monkeyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatuefeb.jpgPeeingStatueFEBFebruary 2016: Ultraman!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatuefeat.jpgPeeingStatueFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatueend.jpgPeeingStatueENDhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatue2015.jpgPeeingStatue2015https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/peeingstatue2014.jpgPeeingStatue20142022-07-21T01:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/08/31/dmm-planets-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm7.jpgDMM7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm6.jpgDMM6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm4.jpgDMM4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm3.jpgDMM3OOO SPARKLY!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm2.jpgDMM2It was pretty cool the way you could catch glimpses of other gawkers as you wandered through the maze – the visitors somehow became a feature, not a bug.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dmm1.jpgDMM1This one would have been extra cool to be in alone, because the room was a geodesic dome with a mirrored floor, and if there hadn't been a crowd of other people sitting on the floor blocking the reflections, it would totally have seemed like I was floating in space.2022-07-21T01:24:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/09/08/potatosaurus-rex/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart7.jpgFoodArt7RARRRR I knew you'd want a closer look at Potatosaurus Rex. This extinct denizen of the Junk Food Era was made byhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/blogfooterpd.jpgBLOGFooterPDWhen Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura’s phone rings with the news that his mother’s death ten years ago wasn’t an accident, his world begins to unravel. New evidence links her to...read morehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart6.jpgFoodArt6Naturally, there had to be an exploding burger...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart5.jpgFoodArt5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart4.jpgFoodArt4...and a pizza hat. Wait, a PIZZA HAT?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart3.jpgFoodArt3I want me some of this ketchup...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart2.jpgFoodArt2...although this idea of knobby and warty wasabi roots lurking inside my sushi condiment bottle, not so muchhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foodart1.jpgFoodArt1I know you want a closer look at Potatosaurus Rex. This extinct denizen of the Junk Food Era was made by 2022-07-21T01:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/11/12/scary-underwear-of-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra7.jpgscarybra7wathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra6.jpgscarybra6Kilt envyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra4.jpgscarybra4Nyan, nyanhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra3.jpgscarybra3In case you need to sneak home in your undies without being seenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra2.jpgscarybra2Why yes, I would like to use the free weights now.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/scarybra1.jpgscarybra1Even under your baggiest gym t-shirt, this one says, "I'll give up the pec deck when I'm good and ready, buddy"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/blingybra3.jpgblingybra3Okay, I admit I want this one DON'T JUDGEhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/blingybra2.jpgblingybra2God Save The Queens2022-07-21T00:15:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/12/17/the-werewolf-shrine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mitsuminefeat.jpgmitsuminefeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja8.jpgyamainujinja8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja71.jpgyamainujinja7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja6.jpgyamainujinja6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja5.jpgyamainujinja5And if the water is frozen (as it's likely to be, on a remote mountaintop in Chiba-ken during the winter) you can swish these wands made of cedar shavings over your hands insteadhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja41.jpgyamainujinja4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja2.jpgyamainujinja2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja1.jpgyamainujinja1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja13.jpgyamainujinja13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/yamainujinja10.jpgyamainujinja10They're even on the prayer plaques2022-07-21T00:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/02/02/rainbow-icicle-wonderland/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall12.jpgfrozenwaterfall12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall11.jpgfrozenwaterfall11https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall10.jpgfrozenwaterfall10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall9.jpgfrozenwaterfall9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall8.jpgfrozenwaterfall8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall7.jpgfrozenwaterfall7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfallfeat.jpgfrozenwaterfallfeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall6.jpgfrozenwaterfall6First of all, before the sun goes down and the lights go up, check out the tiny photographer to get a sense of the size of these puppies!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall5.jpgfrozenwaterfall5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/frozenwaterfall4.jpgfrozenwaterfall42022-07-21T00:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/31/why-id-totally-follow-this-guys-instagram-if-he-hadnt-died-in-1889/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai101.jpgKyosai10Because what would elephants do if they were free of their human overlords?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai12.jpgKyosai12Because who WOULDN'T follow someone who draws a smoking cat lying on a carp boat being pulled by two kittens?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai11.jpgKyosai11Even his crows in a tree – obvs a masterpiece, by any def – seem to be taking complaining to a new levelhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai9.jpgKyosai9...and animals playing tricks on each other (The one on the left is of a carp trying to lure a cat into its pond with money, and the one on the right is entitled "Cats tormenting a carp with tweezers" WHO THINKS OF THESE THINGS?)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai8.jpgKyosai8Because FART BATTLEShttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai7.jpgKyosai7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai6.jpgKyosai6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai5.jpgKyosai5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai4.jpgKyosai4Excuse me, can we just zoom in for a moment on the damage being inflicted on the ambushees?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kyosai3.jpgKyosai3Because this is what a school for spooks would look like2022-07-21T00:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/04/08/pink-food-cherry-blossom-season/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfood41.jpgPinkFood4Lotteria's famous pink-bunned burger: a deep-fried hockey puck of pink shrimp topped with a non-trivial swadge of tartar sauce, also (supposedly) studded with tiny pink shrimp far to small to actually see, but which make the sauce suspiciously PINKhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfoodfeat2.jpgPinkFoodFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nlanternwidenew12.jpgNLanternWideNEW12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfood5.jpgPinkFood5Pink sushi rice. The word blech springs to mind (mostly because it's likely colored and flavored by sakuranbo, which is, erm, an acquired taste.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfood3.jpgPinkFood3Spaghetti in beet sauce with shrimp? Wonder why I've never seen this particular taste combo on any menu before... :Phttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfood2.jpgPinkFood2And finally, although this is a dessert, it gets ick points for being slices of gooey sweet rice cakes stuck in a bun to resemble a hot doghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinkfood1.jpgPinkFood1Winning in the "how many kinds of pink food can you include in one special," this sakura-flavored noodle set hits the trifecta with sides of bacon-topped steamed veggies, tuna sashimi and a pink rice cake for dessert2022-07-21T00:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/04/19/if-i-were-a-thousand-years-old-i-would-not-be-putting-out-like-this/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/miharucherry6.jpgMiharuCherry6In a world where so much is changing so fast, that's kind of great, isn't it?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/miharucherry2.jpgMiharuCherryThis tree is so famous, it has a name: Miharu The Waterfall Cherryhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/miharu31.jpgMiharu3The Waterfall Cherry had already starred in over 400 cherry blossom seasons when Gutenberg got around to inventing the printing presshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/miharu41.jpgMiharu4If Ghengis Khan's plan to add Japan to his empire hadn't been thwarted by a freak storm (the original kamikaze), he and his horde could have hoisted a cold one under Miharu's bloomshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/miharu51.jpgMiharu5The Crusaders were not big on viewing cherry blossoms, but history would have treated them a lot more kindly if they'd marched over to enjoy the pinkness of Our Lady Miharu instead of chasing that pesky grailhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/king_william_i_the_conqueror_from_npg11.jpgking_william_i_the_conqueror_from_npg1Miharu was already a little sapper when Will the Conqueror stuck his toe over the Channelhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1015062_2.jpg1015062_2Even when it freakin' snows in the middle of cherry blossom season, Miharu does not disappointhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/genghis_khan_throneportrait.jpgGenghis_Khan_ThronePortraitAnd if the Mongol horde invasion hadn't been thwarted by a freak storm (the original kamikaze), Ghengis Khan could have chilled out with a little hanami party under the bloomshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-crusaders.jpgThe-CrusadersJapan was fortunately not visited by any of these guys, but she could have been! (Thank you Knights Templar website WHO KNEW)2022-07-21T00:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/07/01/when-you-really-hate-your-neighbors/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hedge6.jpgHedge6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hedge5.jpgHedge5But when you get close...eek! I mean, this sucker isn't just hella long – it's a good fifteen feet high!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hedge4.jpgHedge4I mean, yikes, what kind of person lives here? https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hedge3.jpgHedge3From a distance, it doesn't look that scary...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hedge2.jpgHedge2...although if you came upon it from the rusty garage door side, she sheer size of the thing might make you thiknk twice about stopping to enquire after the occupant's health.2022-07-21T00:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/08/26/flower-dream-2017/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdreamfeat1.jpgFlowerDreamFEAT1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream14.jpgFlowerDream14Roots are always popular at Flower Expo...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream13.jpgFlowerDream13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream12.jpgFlowerDream12...to this twiggy caterpillar of an arrangement...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream11.jpgFlowerDream11...the designers definitely didn't shy away from throwing together beauty and the beast.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream10.jpgFlowerDream10...but this year's offerings seemed especially briar-patchy.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream9.jpgFlowerDream9And this variation on an exuberantly blooming meadow floated like a fairy castle in the airhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream8.jpgFlowerDream8The flower art at this expo always tends toward odd combos of petals and prickles...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream7.jpgFlowerDream7From this attractive but slightly menacing use of leaves...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/flowerdream6.jpgFlowerDream6Of course, there were a few 3-D takes on Japanese sumi-e art, like this painterly branch that starts behind the translucent screens, but breaks through to offer a lovely bouquet2022-07-21T00:05:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/09/22/the-secret-innards-of-the-catbus-and-other-shocking-revelations/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgeryfeat.jpgPlasticSurgeryFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery6.jpgPlasticSurgery6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery5.jpgPlasticSurgery5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery4.jpgPlasticSurgery4You'll think twice the next time you consider biting off the head of your chocolate easter bunnyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery3.jpgPlasticSurgery3Spongebob: not the softy he might seemhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery2.jpgPlasticSurgery2Mario uncloakedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/plasticsurgery1.jpgPlasticSurgery1And you thought they were creme-filled2022-07-21T00:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/09/28/square-fruit-balloons/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/kamifusen.jpgKamiFusenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0824.jpgIMG_0824https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0800.jpgIMG_0800It was super hard to decide which was my favorite, so I had to buy them all.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0786.jpgIMG_0786They come flat (for easy packing, in case you're looking for killer souvenirs to gift back home) and there are two different sets. One has watermelon, apple and kiwi, the other has melon, grapefruit and tomato.2022-07-21T00:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/09/30/roppongi-art-night-2017/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight8.jpgRoppongiArtNight8Poking it was kind of satisfying, although it didn't seem to affect the lights or sound at allhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight7.jpgRoppongiArtNight7Here's what the LED units looked lie, up closehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight6.jpgRoppongiArtNight6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight5.jpgRoppongiArtNight5The Sonic Light Bubble by Australian multimedia design studio ENESS was the best. This inflated clear plastic piece with lights that pulsed and flickered with internally generated music attracted a steady crowd all night long.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight4.jpgRoppongiArtNight4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight3.jpgRoppongiArtNight3Foxhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight2.jpgRoppongiArtNight2They were letting people dress up in the fuzzy flowered suits and join the fuzzy flowered mannequins for a group shot. This would be the best Xmas card photo ever.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roppongiartnight1.jpgRoppongiArtNight1Eight clear pendulams swing back and forth, changing color as they revealing an invisible geometric universe in this sculpture by Ryo Kishi called dis:play(bias)2022-07-21T00:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/10/13/lemur-petting-zoo-sayuri-world/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs15.jpgLemurs15In fact, as soon as you step through the door with a telltale pink plastic bucket, it feels like cats are jumping onto your shoulders, but actually WOO HOO it's LEMURS!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemursfeat2.jpgLemursFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/busschedule.jpgPrinthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs14.jpgLemurs14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs13.jpgLemurs13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs12.jpgLemurs12One basket costs ¥500. They will dump the carrots and bananas into a bucket with a lid, so you can carry them around and give them to the animals. I recommend getting a bucket for each person.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs11.jpgLemurs11And the giraffes were equal opportunity carrot and banana eatershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs10.jpgLemurs10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs9.jpgLemurs9It only I could...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lemurs8.jpgLemurs8The capybaras were rather friendly2022-07-21T00:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/06/most-useless-subway-poster-in-the-history-of-useless-subway-posters/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/karoshiposterfeat.jpgKaroshiPosterFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/karoshiposter.jpgKaroshiPoster2022-07-21T00:00:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/12/01/sweet-selfies-on-a-stick/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuyafeat.jpgAmezaikuyaFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya8.jpgAmezaikuya8If you'd just like to watch (and take pictures) of these little works of art being made...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya7.jpgAmezaikuya7They've also got a full line of zodiac animals, which are the perfect gift for all your friends back home (if you know their birth year, of course!)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya6.jpgAmezaikuya6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya5.jpgAmezaikuya5But that's not all they make! If you're in a hurry, you can buy an adorable candy that looks just like your very own doglet, a mythical phoenix or nine-tailed fox, a cute bunny character...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya4.jpgAmezaikuya4...pick a design off the menu and the artist will make it for you right in front of your eyes.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya2.jpgAmezaikuya2...a mustache..https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/amezaikuya1.jpgAmezaikuya12022-07-20T23:55:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/12/27/are-ya-feelin-lucky/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/zeroillness.jpgZeroIllnesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/weatherapp.jpgWeatherApphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/subway.jpgSubwayhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/semi.jpgSemihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/recycle.jpgRecyclehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pleasantlysurprised.jpgPleasantlySurprisedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/killerexhibits.jpgKillerExhibitshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gachapon.jpgGachaponhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/crubsidetrash.jpgCrubsideTrashhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/conbiniumbrella.jpgConbiniUmbrella2022-07-20T23:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/12/13/top-ten-crazy-holiday-gifts-from-japan-2017/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cathatsfeat.jpgCatHatsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cathats.jpgCatHatsIf that special feline on your list happens to be an aspiring #catsofinstagram, you can't go wrong with these fame-attracting cat hats (Saw this gachapon machine at Yamashiro-ya toy store, in Ueno)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/larvaslanket.jpgLarvaSlankethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/meatwashcloth.jpgmeatwashclothAnd what better way to scrub your rose foam beauty whipped face, than with a slab of beef? (Sold at the ever-entertaining DonKi in Shibuya)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/planktonsocks.jpgPlanktonSocksI can pretty much guarantee that the troublesome person on your list who has everything does NOT have a pair of plankton socks.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/fishflasks.jpgFishFlasksNothing goes together better than drinking and fishing. This sake flask will make all your favorite fisherman's dreams come true. (From the big open-fronted pottery store across Kappabashi Street from the chef's head, in the middle of the first block.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/shibaslippers.jpgShibaSlippershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/origamisushi.jpgOrigamiSushihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tanukiteacup.jpgTanukiTeacupBecause who wouldn't want to be awakened by an adorable prankster every morning? (Seen at the ceramics store that's across from the Chef's head on Kappabashi Street - not the one on the corner, the next one.)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/balloondog.jpgBalloonDogThe anatomically-correct balloon dog, by artist Jeff Feeny. There are also Gummy Bear and Rubber Duck options - so har to decide! (Available online from the Colossal shop)2022-07-20T23:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/02/25/things-i-never-envisioned-myself-owning/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/toiletseatcover.jpgToiletSeatCover#toiletseatgoals2022-07-20T23:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/09/01/totoro-cream-puffs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/totorocreampuffsfeat.jpgTotoroCreamPuffsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/totorocreampuffs2.jpgTotoroCreamPuffs2As if lethal levels of adorableness weren't enough, the fillings come in four flavors: green tea, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla custard.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/totorocreampuffs1.jpgTotoroCreamPuffs12022-07-20T23:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/09/12/the-fox-wedding-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxweddingfeat1.jpgFoxWeddingFEAT1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxwedding31.jpgFoxWedding3...on their way to the shrine, where hundreds of magical inari fox figures wish them happinesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxwedding11.jpgFoxWedding1Processing through the ancient mossy fox town at the Sasuke Inari Shrine...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxweddingfeat.jpgFoxWeddingFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxwedding5.jpgFoxWedding5...on their way to the shrine, where hundreds of inari fox figures wish them happinesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxwedding4.jpgFoxWedding4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/foxwedding2.jpgFoxWedding2...the fox wedding passes the first of the torii gates...2022-07-20T23:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/11/07/remote-control-hell-at-the-traditional-inn/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/onsenremoteplain.jpgOnsenRemotePlainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/outragedcatsticker.jpgOutragedCatStickerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/onsenremote.jpgOnsenRemote2022-07-20T23:50:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/12/06/cat-feet-paws-chair-socks/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/chairsocksfeat.jpgChairSocksFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/chairsocks3.jpgChairSocks3Let's just look at these bad boys up close, shall we?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/chairsocks2.jpgChairSocks2And just for fun, they come in five glorious cat-approved colorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/chairsocks1.jpgChairSocks12022-07-20T23:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/12/18/santa-cat-costume/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SantaCostumeCatFEAT.jpgSantaCostumeCatFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/GodzillaSantaCape.jpgGodzillaSantaCapehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SantaCostumeCat.jpgSantaCostumeCat2022-07-20T23:48:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2018/12/23/top-ten-crazy-holiday-gifts-from-japan-2018/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1306fruit.jpg1306Fruithttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/300transition.gif300Transitionhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/fireplacegift.gifFireplaceGifthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NoseHairWaxFEAT.jpgNoseHairWaxFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/4.CuteMatches3-1.jpg4.CuteMatches3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/10.JapaneseInstantPot.jpg10.JapaneseInstantPothttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/9.EarLift1.jpg9.EarLift1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/8.TemakiMakerServer.jpg8.TemakiMaker&Serverhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/7.ShibaHood.jpg7.ShibaHoodhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/6.FishGlasses.jpg6.FishGlasses2022-07-20T23:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/01/03/weird-japanese-appliance-olympics/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/applianceyakimofeat.jpgapplianceyakimofeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/applianceyakimo.jpgapplianceyakimohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/appliancenatto.jpgappliancenattohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/appliancemiso.jpgappliancemiso2022-07-20T23:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/01/08/dogs-in-kimonos-shiba-edition/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shibaskimonofeat.jpgshibaskimonofeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shibakimono3.jpgshibakimono3And in case you think these were some sort of wimpy sheeb, I'm here to say that full shiba attitude was on display in every other way, including this one who only got down from his command ship when he wanted to investigate an interesting smellhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shibakimono2.jpgshibakimono2...and the boy dogs were dressed in formal hakama (the outfits that little boys wear for the first time on their 7-5-3 Coming of Age day in November)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shibakimono1.jpgshibakimono1To really redline the squee-o-meter, the girl dogs were dressed in pink kimonos...2022-07-20T23:46:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/02/09/shirakawago-in-the-disappearing-snow/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago7.jpgShirakawago7You can go inside the buildings, where they've pointed out fun details like this cat door of yore. https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago6.jpgShirakawago6And because the tempterature that day was nearly springlike, the beautiful little watercourses running through the town were merrily burbling with snowmelthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago5.jpgShirakawago5You can see how dry the winter has been – they usually have about two meters of snow at this time of year, and have to use those white "windows" on the second floor as doorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago4.jpgShirakawago4The nicest part of town is the part you have to pay extra to go into, so even on a busy day, it was peaceful and uncrowded. They've set aside some of the more interesting buildings as an open-air museum. This is a little soba mill.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago3.jpgShirakawago3You can see how thick the thatch is on the roofs. Replacing it is a major undertaking these days – I was told by an artist friend who lives in one outside Kyoto that they have to farm the reeds specially now, because all of the rivers have been paved for flood control, and there are no longer enough growing naturally to meet the needs of his village.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago2.jpgShirakawago2It's still a nice little old-fashioned town in the daytime, thoughhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shirakawago1.jpgShirakawago12022-07-20T23:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/02/12/flowers-by-naked-2019/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnakedfeat2.jpgFlowersNakedFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked8.jpgFlowersNaked8...and carpeted with two swaths of interactive flower paths. This one "parts" as you walk across it.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked7.jpgFlowersNaked7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked6.jpgFlowersNaked6Then entry features a nice animated mural on the right wall...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked5.jpgFlowersNaked5...and three interactive "windows" on the left. The shoji screens pulse enticingly until you stand in front of them and throw them open with a gesture. Then a nice floral animation plays.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked4.jpgFlowersNaked4The corridor from the animation area to the bar is lined with a blooming floral mural...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked3.jpgFlowersNaked3The central piece of 360° floral animation is really nice, but the wait to see it is a little annoying. an attendant in formal hakama stops you in a "grove" of bamboo, and invites you to listen to the stalks. I didn't hear anything interesting before it was time to enter the animation area.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked2.jpgFlowersNaked2At the end, you arrive at the bar (where you can of course buy cocktails and flavored tea to sip in the room beyond) and the fragrance area.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/flowersnaked1.jpgFlowersNaked1The last attraction is a room where you need the Naked, Inc. app and a QR code scanner installed on your phone if you want the sensor to "scan" you and formulate a personalized scent. I couldn't get the app to download on site, so do it before you come if you want to try this.2022-07-20T23:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/02/17/spot-the-elvis/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/bagelsandofeat.jpgBagelSandoFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cheetobagel.jpgCheetoBagelCheetos/sundried tomato cream 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don't-spend-all-your-coins-on-gachapon-vending-machines cat in the series....https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha8.jpegThreeCatsGacha8...and refuse to let your eyeballs be sucked into the black hole of YouTube cat videoshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha7.jpegThreeCatsGacha7Speak no spoilers to those who have not yet watchedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha6.jpgThreeCatsGacha6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha5.jpgThreeCatsGacha5See no fake newshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha4.jpgThreeCatsGacha4...or scamsters claiming you should send your life savings because, "Hey, it's me!"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha3.jpgThreeCatsGacha3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha2.jpegThreeCatsGacha2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/threecatsgacha1.jpegThreeCatsGacha12022-07-20T23:40:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/06/08/japanese-gift-boxes-of-overwhelming-cuteness/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/giftbags2.jpgGiftBags2And if the gift is many little somethings, these squee-worthy fabric bags will make sure that they're appreciated as much as something WAY more expensivehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/giftbags1.jpgGiftBags1And even the cheapest little souvenirs rise to cult status when gifted in these animal bags (although I'm not sure I'd be able to part with any of the shiba ones)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/boxgridfeat.jpgBoxGridFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/boxgrid.jpgBoxGrid2022-07-20T23:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/06/13/the-secret-facelift-belt/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beltfaceliftfeat.jpgBeltFaceLiftFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beltfacelift.jpgBeltFaceLifthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beltfacehowto.jpgBeltFaceHowTohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/belteyelift.jpgBeltEyeLift2022-07-20T23:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/06/26/the-cat-shaming-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamenotsorry.jpgCatShameNotSorry"I'm not sorry"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamingleaflet.jpgCatShamingLeaflethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamingshoji-1.jpgCatShamingShoji"I clawed the wall"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamingtissue.jpgCatShamingTissue"I played with the tissue"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamingdishes.jpgCatShamingDishes"I broke the dishes"https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/catshamingcookies.jpgCatShamingCookies"I ate your snack"2022-07-20T23:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/07/02/umbrella-sky/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellasfeat.jpgUmbrellasFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas6.jpgUmbrellas6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas5.jpgUmbrellas5It looks especially surreal from the other end!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas4.jpgUmbrellas4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas3.jpgUmbrellas3...then you pass under curiously sunny-feeling skies, even in the rain...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas2.jpgUmbrellas2The entrance welcomes you with the warm end of the rainbow...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/umbrellas1.jpgUmbrellas1The exhibit is constructed from hundreds of tinted umbrellas strung overhead between the trees2022-07-20T23:36:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/13/when-the-gods-decide-to-plant-a-lotus-garden-they-dont-mess-around/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus21.jpgGyodaLotus21https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus20.jpgGyodaLotus20https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus19.jpgGyodaLotus19https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus18.jpgGyodaLotus18https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus17.jpgGyodaLotus17https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus16.jpgGyodaLotus16https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus15.jpgGyodaLotus15https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus14.jpgGyodaLotus14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus13.jpgGyodaLotus13First glimpse of the bounty to comehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gyodalotus12.jpgGyodaLotus122022-07-20T23:35:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/07/20/takurazuka-che-guevara/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/takurazukachefeat.jpgTakurazukaCheFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/takurazukache.jpgTakurazukaChe2022-07-20T23:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/28/the-tool-for-all-your-chrome-plated-outdoor-needs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/glampingshovelfeat.jpgGlampingShovelFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/glampingshovel.jpgGlampingShovel2022-07-20T23:34:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/09/12/giant-paper-lanterns-on-wheels/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebutafeat.jpgnebutafeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta6.jpgnebuta6You can get an idea of big these things are YIKES the signs on either side were in dangerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta5.jpgnebuta5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta4.jpgnebuta4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta3.jpgnebuta3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta2.jpgnebuta2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nebuta1.jpgnebuta1Warriors no less fierce because they're made out of paper2022-07-20T23:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/10/11/live-blogging-typhoon-hagibis-from-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screen-shot-2019-10-12-at-6.52.40-pm.pngScreen Shot 2019-10-12 at 6.52.40 PMhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoonearthquake.pngTyphoonEarthquakehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoonphoto.jpgTyphoonPhotoThis satellite photo from the Japan Meteorological Agency, for example, screams "hurricane," but...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoonwindy600.pngTyphoonWindy600https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoon7.jpgTyphoon7And naturally, I had to check the page for the train everybody shudders and says "I woldn't want to be on that line during a typhoon" because it's so deep underground, if the train got stopped, you'd die before being able to climb outhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoonhibiya.jpgTyphoonHibiyahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoon6.pngTyphoon6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoon5.jpgTyphoon5Inside, it looked like this.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoon4.jpgTyphoon4Patient Zerohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/typhoon3.jpgTyphoon3A beacon of hope2022-07-20T23:30:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/10/13/typhoon-aftermath/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/riverpath-2.jpgRiverPathhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa3-1.jpgTamagawa3That's the same little bridge. See how those trees sticking up on slightly higher ground are right in the middle of what's now a very muddy rushing river?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa5-1.jpgTamagawa5Hyogoshima Parkhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawamap1-1.jpgTamagawaMap1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa11.jpgTamagawa11And uprooted trees often snagged other treeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/riverpath-1.jpgRiverPathIn fact, you can see yesterday's waterline, because this debris was floating on the surface as the river jumped its bankshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/riverpath1.jpgRiverPath1On the other side of the bridge, the path slopes down to a running course that used to be well inland. See the debris wrapped around the fenceposts? Those posts were underwater yesterday.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa10.jpgTamagawa10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa9.jpgTamagawa9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/tamagawa8.jpgTamagawa82022-07-20T23:29:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/08/one-fried-noodle-sandwich-please/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kappabashi.jpgkappabashihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/yakisobasandwichfeat.jpgYakisobaSandwichFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/yakisobasandwich.jpgYakisobaSandwich2022-07-20T23:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/15/killer-chrysanthemums-2019/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jindaichrysanthemums6.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums6WHYhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jindaichrysanthemums5.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jindaichrysanthemums4.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums4There's a special category of rather large bonsai landscapes represented too, like this one with vintage toy castles and templeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jindaichrysanthemums3.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums3Jindai also has a robust collection of bonsai landscapes...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jindaichrysanthemums2.jpgJindaiChrysanthemums2But of course they also have perfect specimens of all the usual kinds...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019chrysanthemumsfeat.jpg2019ChrysanthemumsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hibiyachrysanthemums6.jpgHibiyaChrysanthemums6Of course, they have the usual perfect examples of unusual types and colorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hibiyachrysanthemums5.jpgHibiyaChrysanthemums5And miniature landscapes, where chrysanthemums are kinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hibiyachrysanthemums4.jpgHibiyaChrysanthemums4But there are lots of other styles too, including ones that have been trained to look like trees clinging to rustic cliff faces...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/hibiyachrysanthemums3.jpgHibiyaChrysanthemums3These Xmas-tree-shaped ones come in every color2022-07-20T23:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/11/17/where-to-see-the-best-autumn-leaves-in-tokyo-lit-up-at-night/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite4.jpgRikugienNite4...is to gobble up a hot. toasted stick of miso-sauced rice ballshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite6.jpgRikugienNite6...and glimpse my favorite bridge...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite5.jpgRikugienNite5...and stroll to the big pondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite3.jpgRikugienNite3...all over the park, trees are lit up...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite2.jpgRikugienNite2From the moment you walk through the gate...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rikugiennite1.jpgRikugienNite1...for your autumn-color pleasurehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kawaguchiko6-1.jpegKawaguchiko6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kawaguchiko5-1.jpegKawaguchiko5The evening stroll is well worth the triphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kawaguchiko2-1.jpgKawaguchiko2There's still time to catch the lit-up leaves at Lake Kawaguchi, the easiest of Mt. Fuji's five lakes to get to from Tokyohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kawaguchiko1-1.jpgKawaguchiko1The trees totally look like they're on fire, and the leaves are much more vivid than they are in Tokyo2022-07-20T23:24:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/12/01/mori-museum-future-arts-sushi/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/thermalepidermalplasty.jpgThermalEpidermalplastyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/morisushi.jpgMoriSushihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/morimuseumsushifeat.jpgMoriMuseumSushiFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/klarenbeekdros.jpegKlarenbeek&DrosAnd this stool was grown from...mushrooms.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu7.jpgDentsu7I cannot lie – my favorite thing was the piece called "Sushi Singularity," which imagined a machine that could 3D print sushi, using all the molecular components, but structuring them in new and fantastic ways. Think molecular gastronomy 10.0!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu6.jpgDentsu6then assembled them using a combination of 3D printing, laser carving...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu5.jpgDentsu5and vat-grown protein techniques...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu4.jpgDentsu4to produce perfectly impossible bites on demandhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu3.jpgDentsu3but structuring them in new and exciting forms and textures. (Think molecular gastronomy 10.0!)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dentsu2.jpgDentsu2The Dentsu team imagined a computer-driven design process that matched traditional flavors with new and exciting architectures...2022-07-20T23:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/12/10/fresh-acts-of-santa-blasphemy/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santacostumefeat.jpegSantaCostumeFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/deadpoolsantafeat.jpgDeadpoolSantaFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sexysantablasphemy2.jpgSexySantaBlasphemy2And it's comforting to know that not only do you not have to decide between being Red or being the wolf, you don't have to be a woman to dress up as Sexy Santa eitherhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sexysantablasphemy.jpgSexySantaBlasphemyThe season wouldn't be compete without Little Red Riding Santa, our a Sexy Santa entry for this yearhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santacolonel.jpgSantaColonelAnd it just wouldn't be Xmas in Tokyo without Colonel Santa welcoming those orders for the strangest Japanese Xmas tradition of allhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santadogs.jpgSantaDogsIn Japan, even dogs get a share of holiday Santatudehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santaninja.jpgSantaNinjaLooks like this thinly disguised ninja Saint Nick has already katana'd his rival inflatable counterpart in the battle for Xmas hearts and mindshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/xmashatfromhell.jpgXmasHatFromHellhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santacostume3.jpgSantaCostume3Only in Japan does anyone dress up like the reindeer at Christmashttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/santacostume1.jpgSantaCostume1This "Santa" looks like he might show up with a bag full of aliens, then click his ball pen at you to make you forget you asked for anything for Christmas2022-07-20T23:22:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/03/07/five-japanese-flower-seasons-that-will-make-you-happy-you-missed-the-cherry-blossoms/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/880tltbtfooterblk2.jpg880TLTBTfooterBLK2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/880footergreenbg.jpg880FOOTERGreenBGhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wisteriafeat.jpgWisteriaFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5flowerlandscapesq12.jpg5FlowerLandscapeSQ12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/featfiveflowerseasons.jpgFEATFiveFlowerSeasonshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/seasonal1.jpgseasonal1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/higanbana11.jpgHiganbana11Rain or shine, these do not disappoint (at Kinchakuda, near Koma Station)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ashikaga3.jpegAshikaga3Or walked across a bridge like this?2022-07-20T23:20:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/02/13/kimono-shop-taisho-meiji-showa-hime-style/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/luncotaishokimono14-1.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/luncotaishokimono13.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/luncotaishokimono12.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimonofeat.jpgLuncoTaishoKimonoFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono16.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono16Your nose would have been pressed up against the glass too, if you'd spotted an entire shop filled with pristine Meissen silk kimonoshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono15.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono15Whoa, what's this?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono1.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono1I never thought I'd actually meet the woman who has provided hours of swoonworthy eye candy to sigh over by the likes of moihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono10-1.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono9-1.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono9Coordinating accessories were tucking in temptingly among the main coursehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/luncotaishokimono8-1.jpgLuncoTaishoKimono82022-07-20T23:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/03/02/more-haiku-musings-on-the-ironies-of-modern-life/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/featy_haiku.jpgFEATy_haikuhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.runout.jpgy_haiku.Runouthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.nonsmoker.jpgy_haiku.Nonsmokerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.texting.jpgy_haiku.Textinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.mamachari.jpgy_haiku.Mamacharihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.prayingshrine.jpgy_haiku.PrayingShrinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.weatherapp.jpgy_haiku.WeatherApphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.strangestore.jpgy_haiku.StrangeStorehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/y_haiku.elderlyid.jpgy_haiku.ElderlyID2022-07-20T23:17:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/01/09/tokyo-auto-salon-2020/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalonfeat.jpgAutoSalonFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon13.jpgAutoSalon13Naturally, there were some parts manufacturers who were showcasing their less-than-sexy add-ons in cars that really drew a crowd...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon12.jpgAutoSalon12or a samurai lord heading straight for a showdown on Thunder Road, they've got you coveredhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon11.jpgAutoSalon11Worst Star Wars tie-in everhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon10.jpgAutoSalon10Event hough there will still panty of booth babes surrounded by scrums of creepy otakus with big cameras, I was cheered to see that some vendors hired on a little beefcake instead, to pose in the wrestling ringhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon9.jpgAutoSalon9Let's take another look at this bad boy, my favorite car from 2019. It's been stripped down to the vintage metal, then etched in scrollwork on every. single. surface.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon8.jpgAutoSalon8If you'd prefer your sparkles to be more subtle, how about getting a starry starry night installed in your car roof?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon7.jpgAutoSalon7And if your chariot needs to battle another playa at high speed, this booth will sell you the ways and the meanshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon6.jpgAutoSalon6I was extremely disappointed that the all-bling Mercedes wasn't on display at the D.A.D. accessory booth, but every hosts can still trick out their rides with everyone's favorite luxury potato holderhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/autosalon5.jpgAutoSalon5and once again, half the Lamborghini factory output sells to people who sell decidedly unsporty goods like snow chains, but want to suggest a ripe fantasy 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a map of the hiking areahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountainmap.jpgHydrangeaMountainMaphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountainfeat.jpgHydrangeaMountainFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain10.jpgHydrangeaMountain10Bonus view: on the way from the (free) parking area, right past the table where you pay your admission, there's a lovely garden and koi pond with a can of food you can toss to the every-hungry carphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain9.jpgHydrangeaMountain9Hydrangeas grow wild in Japan, but not usually in this kind of profusion. So...where did these all come from? It seems that the patriarch of the family that has lived on this land for many years wanted to make it a pleasant experience for his family to visit his grave when he's gone. So he began to plant flowers that bloom around the traditional summer grave-visiting timehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain8.jpgHydrangeaMountain8When you come back down the ravine on the other side, it looks like a jungle paradisehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain7.jpgHydrangeaMountain7You can glimpse a few pink ones amid the coolnesshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain6.jpgHydrangeaMountain6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain5.jpgHydrangeaMountain5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/hydrangeamountain4.jpgHydrangeaMountain4The trail is anchored with wooden steps, although at times it's far steeper than this and can become a running stream of rainwater/mud if it's been raining, so dainty high heels are not 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copyIf you're the mighty flagship Mitsukoshi department store, you light up the entire front of your building with pink spotlights.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/alttokyotower.jpgAltTokyoTowerIf you're Tokyo Tower, you turn from orange to pink for the duration of The Season.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/altlegoland.jpgAltLegolandIf you're Legoland, you change all the trees in your models to little square cherry trees.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/altfujiterebi.jpgAltFujiterebiIf you're the Fuji Television building, you program all the windows on one side to play a lightshow of cherry trees and cherry blossoms.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/altbank.jpgAltBankAnd even if you're a behemoth Japanese bank, during cherry blossom season you throw a light show of rotating flowers onto your stately be-columned main 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hakama.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade7.jpgFoxParade7Foxmobile!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade6.jpgFoxParade6Fox goods were all around, but the ones I was really coveting was this pair of puppets.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade5.jpgFoxParade5Participants and spectators alike wear fox masks, but the thing I love about this festival is that under the fox masks people are wearing...fox makeup!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade4.jpgFoxParade4The venerable fox figure itself gets a ride through town...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade3.jpgFoxParade3...as do children of all ages, even the littlest nipper, who got carried in style.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/foxparade2.jpgFoxParade2Children of all agens are pressed into service, even surly middle school boys, who don foxface and golden skirt-pants to carry the two giant fox heads through the streets.2022-07-20T21:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/01/09/yomiuriland-illuminations/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland12.jpgYomiuriland12Animated light shows timed to music popped up where you least expected them.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland11.jpgYomiuriland11The ginormous reflecting pool stage offered three different shows (rotating every fifteen minutes at :00, :15, :30 & :45) and the one I saw not only had colored dancing fountains (I'm a sucker for dancing fountains) but also dancers performing in silhouette (ditto for suckerhood).https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland7.jpgYomiuriland7As you can see, there's no surface in the park that isn't covered in lights, and I don't mean skimpily covered.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland6.jpgYomiuriland6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland5.jpgYomiuriland5The view from behind the veil!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland4.jpgYomiuriland4They took full advantage of handy reflecting pools (a feature built into a lot of selfie-worthy spots in Japan) to double the lights.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland3.jpgYomiuriland3Tunnels like this pulsed with an every-changing light show...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland2.jpgYomiuriland2...in eye-candy sequences...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yomiuriland1.jpgYomiuriland1...and rainbow mixes.2022-07-20T21:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/01/13/flowers-by-naked/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked8.jpgFlowersNaked8The fibonnacci spiral pulls you deeper into flowerland through this jungle of lilies and projected bloomshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked31.jpgFlowersNaked3...bringing these flowers to life with crazy colors as the petals whiz past.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnakedfeat.pngFlowersNakedFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked0.jpgFlowersNaked0This giant book comes alive, with petals that fly off the page and swirl around the room.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked6.jpgFlowersNaked6This little piece of fairyland is impossible to capture in a still – watch the video to see it sparkle and come to life!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked5.jpgFlowersNaked5Naturally, there's a bar.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked4.jpgFlowersNaked4Which serves original cocktails and a non-alcoholic tea with flowers frozen into the ice that "bloom" as it melts.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked2.jpgFlowersNaked2Stand inside the Dandelion Clock column and watch the seeds swirl up and around you.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/flowersnaked1.jpgFlowersNaked1And finally, the alchemist's workshop, where cherry blossoms are gathered in gaint bunches, then set free.2022-07-20T21:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/01/15/setagaya-boroichi-flea-market/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi20.jpgBoroichi20Enormous bobble-head tigershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi15.jpgBoroichi15Kimonos of yore and not-so-yorehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi9.jpgBoroichi9Traditional molds for the kind of candy that looks beautiful but tastes mehhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi19.jpgBoroichi19Like all good flea markets, you have to hunt for the gems. Neener, neener, I saw this tanuki tea kettle before you!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichifeat.jpgBoroichiFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi7.jpgBoroichi7Hoarder stasheshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi1.jpgBoroichi1Shinto household shrines made of yukusugi cedarhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi18.jpgBoroichi18Oddly disturbing 1940s kewpie figureshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi10.jpgBoroichi10Life-size pet statueshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/boroichi2.jpgBoroichi2Useless but irresistible netsuke2022-07-20T21:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/08/27/the-waterfall-made-of-light/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall6.jpgWaterfall6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall5.jpgWaterfall5Naturally, there are also occasional fireworks. Because summer.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall4.jpgWaterfall4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall3.jpgWaterfall3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall2.jpgWaterfall2Tip o'the pride beanie to this version of the waterfallhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/waterfall1.jpgWaterfall1Bonus attraction: you can dabble your tootsies in a cool stream if you get a token from the guy at the table outside this snaky thing.2022-07-20T21:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/09/12/goldfish-goldfish-everywhere/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aquapark5.jpgaquapark5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aquapark4.jpgaquapark4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aquapark3.jpgaquapark3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aquapark2.jpgaquapark2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aquapark1.jpgaquapark1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sumidagoldfish3.jpgsumidagoldfish3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sumidagoldfish2.jpgsumidagoldfish2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sumidagoldfish1.jpgsumidagoldfish1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/artaquarium8.jpgartaquarium8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/artaquarium7.jpgartaquarium72022-07-20T21:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/09/22/the-magical-red-forest/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana15.jpghiganbana15https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana13.jpghiganbana13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana12.jpghiganbana12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana21.jpghiganbana2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbanaseriesn.jpghiganbanaseriesnThe more part-time English translator Yumi Hata learns about how her friend Rika died, the more she’s convinced it was murder. Because someone is stalking the websites where lost souls go to make a date with death...<em><a href="https://jonellepatrick.me/only-in-tokyo-mystery-series/jonelles-only-in-tokyo-mystery-series/">Read more</a></em>https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbanafeat.jpghiganbanafeatRain or shine, they cast a spellhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana10.jpghiganbana10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana9.jpghiganbana9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana8.jpghiganbana8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/higanbana7.jpghiganbana72022-07-20T21:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/01/digital-vegetables-tokyo-greenhouse-illumination/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhousefeat.jpgDigitalGreenhouseFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse11.jpgDigitalGreenhouse11https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse10.jpgDigitalGreenhouse10The greenhouse is lined with planters of real, live vegetables, and official attendants help you figure out how to touch them so they trigger both lights and new sounds.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse9.jpgDigitalGreenhouse9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse8.jpgDigitalGreenhouse8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse7.jpgDigitalGreenhouse7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse6.jpgDigitalGreenhouse6And then the light show begins, cycling through birds flying overhead and a rainbow aurora of lighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse5.jpgDigitalGreenhouse5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse4.jpgDigitalGreenhouse4Vines snake out from the planter boxeshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/digitalgreenhouse3.jpgDigitalGreenhouse3And bloom into big poppy-ish flowers2022-07-20T21:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/04/rice-field-art/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyricefeat2.jpgRugbyRiceFEAT2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyrice5.jpgRugbyRice5Like this.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyricefeat.jpgRugbyRiceFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyrice4.jpgRugbyRice4These fields spell out "Reiwa," which is the name of the new imperial era that just began when the new emperor Naruhito ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in May of 2019https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyrice3.jpgRugbyRice3...are Japan's top rugby players, who will be competing in the Rugby World Cup in September. The World Cup is in Japan this year, hence the hooplahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyrice2.jpgRugbyRice2These handsome guys...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rugbyrice1.jpgRugbyRice1This is the view from the other side of the tower's observation deck2022-07-20T21:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/08/22/3-d-goldfish-paintings-riusuke-fukahori/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tltbtladiestwinkle-1.gifTLTBTLadiesTwinklehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart16.jpgGoldfishArt16The art at the entrance led me to hope we could procure these delightful bed linens and t-shirts for ourselves, but sadly, they're one-of-a-kind art too. The gift shop does have nice stuff with goldfish on it, though, so definitely check it out on your way out!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/twogoldfish-1.jpgTwoGoldfishFukahori also paints gorgeous goldfish on canvas, much larger than lifehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart15.jpgGoldfishArt15I'd just been to the Edogawa Goldfish Festival and seen this REAL bucket of goldfish for sale...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart6-1.jpgGoldfishArt6...and bags of fish awaiting pick-up by their new owners (joined, upon closer inspection, by exotic fantasy creatures never seen in any aquarium)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart1-2.jpgGoldfishArt1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart1-1.jpgGoldfishArt1I'm sorry, I just had to show you this ripply bit with the goldfish and fallen leaves up closehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart14.jpgGoldfishArt14Starting with the piece that first made him famous...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart13.jpgGoldfishArt13...we also see how he began to play with movement of both the fish and the containerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/goldfishart12.jpgGoldfishArt12His most poignant work is the pieces he made for survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. 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cup of steaming shiruko to start your morning out right.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0245.jpgIMG_02452022-07-20T21:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/06/how-to-ship-a-live-fish-2/2022-07-20T21:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/15/bring-out-yer-dead/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/umbrellatruck.jpgUmbrellaTruck2022-07-20T21:04:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/04/09/how-to-survive-a-cherry-blossom-party/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2905.jpgIMG_2905https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/img_2906.jpgIMG_29062022-07-20T21:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/06/06/fanimals/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/piggy-fan.jpgPiggy fan2022-07-20T20:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/08/12/mommy-when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-burger-flipper/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/misdotoy.jpgMisDoToyNow this one I can understand. Even I want to work at a place where I can be surrounded by donuts all day.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mosburtoy.jpgMosBurToyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/kaitensushitoy.jpgKaitenSushiToyThis is the traditional version of "I want to work at McDonalds" – the fast food (conveyor belt) sushi shop.2022-07-20T20:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/10/30/halloween-costumes-i-would-regret/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/costumepiratefeat.jpgCostumePirateFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/costumewitchboy.jpgCostumeWitchBoyAnd in the scar-your-children-for-life department, get this attractive reversible witch costume for your son. Maybe he'll grow up to be...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/costumescarynurse.jpgCostumeScaryNurseThe Splatter Nurse. Because being sexy and scary is such a natural combination.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/costumescarydoc.jpgCostumeScaryDocThe Scary Doctor, complete with DIY blood.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/costumepirate.jpgCostumePirateBecause all Men Pirates wear plunging v-neck purple vests. And eyeliner. 2022-07-20T20:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/08/tokyo-design-festa-2014-this-weekend/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/feltedfigures.jpgFeltedFiguresElfin anime-style figures, mind-bogglingly crafted from felt.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/spirographmural.jpgSpirographMuralThis mural features thousands of flowers, drawn on the spot with Spirographs.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/frogpurses.jpgFrogPursesFroggy coin purseshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mtfujitissue.jpgMtFujiTissueFake fur Mt. Fuji tissue dispensers.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/zombiematroshika.jpgZombieMatroshikaHandpainted zombie matryoshka dolls.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/zentaiclub.jpgZentaiClubThe Tokyo Zentai Club, that gathers regularly to beetle around Tokyo in their head-to-toe featureless lycra suits.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/scarysweatshirt.jpgScarySweatshirthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/satanhorns.jpgSatanHornsHandcrafted horns of Satan.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mushroomlamp.jpgMushroomLampGorgeous little mushrooms that light up.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/kigurumihead.jpgKigurumiHeadCuter-than-thou cosplaying vendors2022-07-20T20:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/11/21/how-to-make-a-wickedly-scary-gash-on-your-arm-in-seven-easy-steps/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgashfeat.jpgSFXgashFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash7.jpgSFXgash7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash6.jpgSFXgash6Finally, the finishing touches of shiny red to keep it looking like it just happened!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash5.jpgSFXgash5After that, "bruising and inflammation" were pounced on with a soft brush around the gash.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash4.jpgSFXgash4Next, fake blood was painted into the slash.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash3.jpgSFXgash3Then the outside borders of the goop were smoothed down so they blended with my skin.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash2.jpgSFXgash2Before the goop dried, he carved an irregular line down the middle and sculpted ridges on the edge of the wound.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sfxgash1.jpgSFXgash1First, trowel on the 3-D goop that makes the ultra-realistic edges of the wound. This stuff dried into a silicone-like consistency.2022-07-20T20:31:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/04/02/nail-queen-from-hell/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nailsstudent3rd.jpgNailsStudent3rdThe perfect nail design to go with YOUR family tartan.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nailsstudent2nd.jpgNailsStudent2ndSwipe right at your own risk to meet our 2nd place winner.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nailsstudent1st.jpgNailsStudent1stTry texting with THESE.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nails3rd.jpgNails3rdAnd the bronze medal for want-to-look-away-but-I-just-can't goes to this confection of razor blades in apples.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nails2nd.jpgNails2ndSecond place went to this gothalicious design, which doubles as a set of Swiss Army Fingernails, in case she has to beat a real life level of Street Fighter X Tekken on the way home.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nails1stb.jpgNails1stBAs you can see by the outfit that goes with the winning nails, scary goes way beyond fingernails!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nails1st.jpgNails1stIf Scary Nails was the theme of this year's Nail Queen competition, the winner did not disappoint!2022-07-20T20:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/04/17/flower-dream-strikes-again/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdreamfeat1.jpgFlowerDreamFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream1.jpgFlowerDream1For example: these. O_Ohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream14.jpgFlowerDream14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream12.jpgFlowerDream12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream11.jpgFlowerDream11It being Japan, minimalism is always a thing.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream10.jpgFlowerDream10The hot trend this year seemed to be encrusting things with pussy willow buds, go figure.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream9.jpgFlowerDream9And of course there were a few entries that were just achingly beautiful.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/flowerdream8.jpgFlowerDream8And bark. 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Bonus points for shape not even remotely resembling a tapir. Also, peafowl.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tapirwashcloths.jpgTapirWashclothsAt the time I bought these, I thought I'd better snap them up, because I'd never see another piece of tapir-themed goods as long as I lived. Haha, I thought. Seriously? Tapirs?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tapirsuica.jpgTapirSuicaAn appropriately anxious-looking tapir gracing a subway card stickerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tapirsox.jpgTapirSoxTapirs + coniferous trees of the far north + chartreuse = let's design the WTFiest socks everhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tapirobi.jpgTapirObiThe kimono obi most appropriate for tapir-viewing-in-the-rain seasonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tapirhashioki.jpgTapirHashiokiHiding among otherwise adorable chopstick rests2022-07-20T20:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/06/30/hydrangeas-gateway-to-a-life-of-crime/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai221.jpgAjisai22Of course, there ARE pink ones, but even those manage to have elegantly lust-worthy pinked edges...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai60.jpgAjisai60https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai53.jpgAjisai53https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai51.jpgAjisai51Typical Japanese hydrangeas are blue. And not a namby-pamby blue, either. I mean, Japanese hydrangeas : American hydrangeas = a French baguette fresh from the oven eaten on the banks of the Seine as the sun rises : Wonder Bread. If you know what I mean.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai40.jpgAjisai40And in Japan, they bloom during the peak of Moss Season, thus making the eye candy element almost unbearable.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai21.jpgAjisai21Or curly ones.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai10.jpgAjisai10When you look at them up close, they have a completely different complex beauty.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai9.jpgAjisai9But it's not only that they're blue...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai6.jpgAjisai6Or ones with names like "Kurohime" which means Dark Princess. (I mean, how awesome would it be to have a garden in which a whole platoon of DARK PRINCESSES lurked?)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ajisai5.jpgAjisai5...or MY FAVORITE: have brilliant picotee edges2022-07-20T20:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/08/29/fake-peach-flavor-season/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/peachflavorfeat.jpgPeachFlavorFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/peachflavor.jpgPeachFlavor2022-07-20T20:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/10/07/a-prickly-day-at-the-hedgehog-cafe/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehogdana2.jpghedgehogdana2Or doing its best pumpkin imitationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehogdana1.jpghedgehogdana1Each more adorably beady than the lasthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehogdana6.jpghedgehogdana6That facehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog151.jpghedgehog15The loaf is strong with this onehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog14.jpghedgehog14Well, snuggle might not be quite the right word. As you can see, that's not fur – those are spineshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog13.jpghedgehog13One slight drawback: hedgehogs are naturally nocturnal, which means that some are not as eager to be played with as they might be at, say midnighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog12.jpghedgehog12You are not allowed to let them roam freely – only the staff is allowed to let this happenhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog11.jpghedgehog11I thought the souvenir goods were quite excellenthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog10.jpghedgehog10...although the stuffies did not deliver an authentic spiny experiencehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/hedgehog9.jpghedgehog9And if you absolutely can't leave without a hedgehog of your own, you can adopt them for a stack of cash2022-07-20T20:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/19/loves-eternal-flame/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_07811.jpgIMG_07812022-07-20T18:36:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/20/just-what-i-was-craving-with-my-coffee/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0025.jpgIMG_00252022-07-20T18:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/21/the-battle-against-unsightly-tans/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0303.jpgIMG_03032026-03-17T09:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/06/18/dubious-foreign-delicacy/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/avocadochocolate.jpgAvocadoChocolate2022-07-20T18:22:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/12/05/the-latest-in-headshrinking-appliances/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/faceknight.jpgFaceKnighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/facehammock.jpgFaceHammock2022-07-20T18:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/05/27/furry-elephants-with-claws/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nikkoelephants.jpgNikkoElephants2022-07-20T18:10:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/14/new-type-saints/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kannonglassesfeat.jpgKannonGlassesFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/kannonglasses.jpgKannonGlassesLady Kannon, here to lead you safely through the valley of uncoolness without any of it rubbing off on you.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jizoglassesall.jpgJizoGlassesAllhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jizoglasses2.jpgJizoGlasses2The saint of Fabulous.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/jizoglasses1.jpgJizoGlasses1Finally, a Jizo-sama to protect kids who can't see a baseball coming.2022-07-20T18:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/10/17/level-up-halloweenies/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facesx3.jpgFacesX3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facesfeat.jpgFacesFEATHere's what the rather elaborate "suggestions" look like up close!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloweencostumec.jpgHalloweenCostumeCOf course, you could always fall back on the Buff Pumpkin look, if you don't mind prancing about in public in puffy green choners.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloweencostumeb.jpgHalloweenCostumeBI'm giving the grand prize in this year's You're A Sexy WHAT? sweepstakes to this least-likely-to-be-adapted-for-a-fetching-costume entry. It was the blue fake fur and tail call-out that really edged this one out in front.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloweencostumex3.jpgHalloweenCostumeX3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloweencostume2.jpgHalloweenCostume2Here, if you want to be slightly crossdressing Steampunk Jack or Goth Maleficent, you can just (yawn) buy them off the rack.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/halloweencostume1.jpgHalloweenCostume1Or if you have zero costuming chops yourself, you can always be the All Saints version of Sexy Santa, or don a green wig and this 1980s shoulder pad-inspired Frank suit.2022-07-20T18:06:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/10/24/vending-machines-of-the-dead/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gachafingerfeat.jpgGachaFingerFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gachazombiebanana.jpgGachaZombieBananaOn the other hand, you can never have too many undead bananas.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gachaseveredfinger.jpgGachaSeveredFingerYou're welcome.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gachapoisonmushroom.jpgGachaPoisonMushroomIn case you need reminding what will happen if you eat one of these TASTY POISONOUS MUSHROOM PEOPLE.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gachabug.jpgGachaBugBring on the zombies, but DO NOT put one of THESE in my bed.2022-07-20T18:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/02/10/pink-pepper-milk-coffee-2/2022-07-20T18:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/10/09/the-peeing-boy-statue-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peeingboygachafeat.jpgpeeingboygachafeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peeingboygacha3.jpgpeeingboygacha3Guess I'd better go back and get them allhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peeingboygacha2.jpgpeeingboygacha2...or marblehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peeingboygacha1.jpgpeeingboygacha1Even better, each design comes in bronze...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/peeingboy.jpgpeeingboyThis month, my favorite nude statue is putting the weenie in Halloween2022-07-20T18:03:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/12/the-most-expensive-bonito-guts-i-ever-ate/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1050167.jpgP1050167The first course of kaiseki at Hamada-ya2022-07-20T18:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/30/origamiskirt/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/storeorigami.jpgStoreOrigamihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/origamiskirtbw.jpgOrigamiSkirtB&W2022-07-20T17:59:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/11/30/congratulations-your-test-has-been-preponed/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0395.jpgIMG_0395This kanji reads "ganbaru," which is usually translated as "good luck!" but which actually means "try hard!"2022-07-20T17:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/02/21/half-nakedness-prohibited-2/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/park-overview.jpgPark overviewhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/skaterulez.jpgSkateRulezhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/miyashitapark.jpgMiyashitaParkhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/noskate.jpgNoSkate2022-07-20T17:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/05/10/get-out-of-work-free-card-2/2022-07-20T17:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/06/29/the-scene-of-the-crime/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sceneofcrime.jpgSceneOfCrime2022-07-20T17:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/07/28/cleaning-product-i-did-not-buy-because-it-was-too-cute/2022-07-20T17:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/07/31/take-that-forces-of-dampness/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/futondryer.jpgFutonDryer2022-07-20T17:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/10/07/son-of-tattoo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_2875.jpgIMG_2875https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_2874.jpgIMG_2874https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tattoogirls.jpgTattooGirlshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tattoostomach.jpgTattooStomachhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/oldschool.jpgOldSchoolhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tattoo2.jpgTattoo22022-07-20T17:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/10/31/sro-restaurants/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/standingsoba.jpgStandingSobaIn this restaurant, you can slurp up a bowl of noodles between trainshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/standingkushi.jpgStandingKushiFried meat on a stick, Standing Room Only.2022-07-20T17:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/18/pikachu-wedding-crasher/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pikachuwedding.jpgPikachuWedding2022-07-20T17:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/21/giddyup-kabutomushi/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0056.jpgIMG_00562022-07-20T17:17:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/30/tuna-messenger/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tsukiji-scooter.jpgtsukiji scooter2022-07-20T17:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/04/02/manga-schoolgirl-dogs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/husky4.jpgHusky4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/huskys2.jpgHuskys2Bonus entertainment: Yoyogi Park is home to all kinds of free entertainment every Sunday afternoon, from rockabilly dancing to traditional rakugo to the local husky club dressed in manga schoolgirl uniforms.2022-07-20T17:10:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/11/18/tools-for-the-fingernail-challenged/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/phonetool.jpgPhoneTool2022-07-20T17:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/01/20/oh-yay-its-deep-fried-fish-testicle-season/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/shirakoizakaya.jpgShirakoIzakaya2022-07-20T17:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/08/19/gorgeous-japanese-hydrangeas-summertime/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaipurplace.jpgAjisaiPurpLacehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaipinkpinked.jpgAjisaiPinkPinkedhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaipinkpico2.jpgAjisaiPinkPico2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaipinkpico.jpgAjisaiPinkPicohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaipinklace.jpgAjisaiPinkLacehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaibluestar.jpgAjisaiBlueStarhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaibluepico2.jpgAjisaiBluePico2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaibluecurly.jpgAjisaiBlueCurlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ajisaiblue.jpgAjisaiBlue2022-07-20T16:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/07/21/help-theres-a-hamster-in-my-drink/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hamsters21.jpgHamsters2Well, okay, at first glance, spotting seven of them scrambling to get at your drink before you do might be a tad off-putting...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hamsterone.jpgHamsterOnebut once you get used to the idea of sharing your libation with a plastic rodent, you'll never want to hoist a cold one without it!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hamstersfeat.jpgHamstersFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hamsters1.jpgHamsters12022-07-20T16:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/08/02/subway-safety-for-rockabillies/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/yankimannersfeat.jpgYankiMannersFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/yankimanners.jpgYankiManners2022-07-20T16:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/11/26/whats-purple-and-squishy-and-tastes-like-thanksgiving/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/purplesweetpotato.jpgPurpleSweetPotatoWho wants seconds?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sweetpotatomochi.jpgSweetPotatoMochi2022-07-20T16:57:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/08/12/at-the-dog-cafe/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p1060645.jpgP1060645Fuki and Sala's gourmet cheesy bites at the Puppies Café2022-07-20T16:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/07/need-wooden-keyboard/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/iphonedocking.jpgIphoneDockinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/p1090296.jpgP10902962022-07-20T16:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/09/24/whale-bacon/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/img_0181.jpgIMG_01812022-07-20T16:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/10/10/king-of-tattoo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090665.jpgP1090665The tattooed rockabilly band.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090636.jpgP1090636Not shy, these guys.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090634.jpgP1090634This is the brand of Our Lady on his back. He did the drawing, but (obviously) someone else did the branding.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090632.jpgP1090632Zoom in on the crow. He did this himself.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/p1090617.jpgP1090617Horiyen at workhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/closeup.jpgCloseupTaiwanese artist Horian working on a full-body piece.2022-07-20T16:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/01/genghis-kahn-says-bite-me/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img00750-20120229-1937.jpgIMG00750-20120229-1937https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/intro.jpgintro2022-07-19T23:54:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/02/todays-cute-little-season-winter/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2080.jpgIMG_2080https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2044.jpgIMG_2044https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2034.jpgIMG_2034Cherry blossom season is the famous one, but plum blossom season is more interesting, I think. Plum blossoms are admired because they bravely bloom before any other plant, enduring snow and other un-spring-like conditions. Cherry trees bloom with abandon, in great clouds of pink, but plum flowers are more like punctuation marks to the beautiful forms of the black branches against the snow.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2031.jpgIMG_2031https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_20251.jpgIMG_2025https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2017.jpgIMG_2017Iris bloom all around this crooked bridge in June, but I love how it looks with frosting on top!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2013.jpgIMG_2013In three months, the arbors on the left will be covered with blooming wisteria.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_2006.jpgIMG_2006https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1995.jpgIMG_1995Korakuen is surrounded by huge skyscrapers on three sides and Tokyo Dome on the fourth, but you never see them when you're in the garden.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/img_1988.jpgIMG_1988It was bucketing down when I first arrived, and this bridge was nearly obscured by the flurries.2022-07-19T23:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/03/31/chair-socks/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chairsocks.jpgChairSocks2022-07-19T23:50:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/08/13/the-killer-profile-pix-museum/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/doorninjah1.jpgDoorNinjaHMy friend Hiro deals with a pesky infestation of ninjas.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2ninjaj1801.jpg2NinjaJ180...lying on the floor and flipping the photo 180 BWAHAHAHA!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2ninjaj1.jpg2NinjaJDefying gravity with my rigorous ninja training or...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/alligatorh.jpgAlligatorHYowch.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wineglassj.jpgWineglassJJeremy's new middle name: Appetizerhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/shopkeeperc.jpgShopkeeperCIt's hard to believe everything in this picture except my friend Colleen is painted on the walls and floor of the museum!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sharkfeetj.jpgSharkFeetJYou know that girl whose friend request I ignored...?2022-07-19T23:39:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/09/19/the-jellyfish-shark-bar/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_2614.jpgIMG_2614https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/jellyfishbar.jpgJellyfishBar2022-07-19T23:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/12/01/veggie-boys-vs-carnivore-men/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cockgreasetop.jpgCockGreaseTophttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/vegeboy.jpgVegeBoy2022-07-19T23:30:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2012/12/22/rude-gnomes-possibly-mistaken-for-elves/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/rudegnomes.jpgRudeGnomes2022-07-19T23:28:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/05/18/kayak-the-untamed-canals-of-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kayak.jpgKayak2022-07-19T23:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/05/25/the-sumida-river-at-night/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sumidaskytree.jpgSumidaSkytreehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sumidadusk.jpgSumidaDuskhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sumida2boats.jpgSumida2Boatshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/riverodaiba.jpgRiverOdaibahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/odaibadusk.jpgOdaibaDuskhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bridgerainbow.jpgBridgeRainbow2022-07-19T23:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2013/07/15/what-the-well-dressed-suitcase-is-wearing-this-season/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/luggageclothing.jpgLuggageClothing2022-07-19T23:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/03/06/now-i-can-die-happy/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mapbechet.jpgMapBechetCafé Bechet is on the ground floor of the third building from the corner ("Tohma Building" is written above the entrance). 2-2-19 Ginza, Chuo-kuhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bechetroaster.jpgBechetRoasterhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bechetmaking.jpgBechetMakingHow do I love thee? Let me count the roasts!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bechetcoffeepots.jpgBechetCoffeepotsHow do I love thee? Let me count the roasts!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bechetbest.jpgBechetBest2022-07-19T22:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/04/hanami-at-night-my-favorite-illuminated-cherry-blossoms-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightnakameguro5.jpgNightNakameguroLanterns are strung inthe trees all along the Meguro River.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightmonzen2.jpgNightMonzen2Lanterns line the path along the nicely narrow river near Monzen Nakacho station.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightmonzen1.jpgNightMonzenFurther along the river, cherry trees spill over both sides of the banks.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightrikugien11.jpgNightRikugien1This tree never disappoints. It takes over your camera like some kid of poltergeist, and when you get home, you discover that somehow you have 612 shots of ONE TREE.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightrikugien2.jpgNightRikugienThe Famous Cherry, seen across the pond from The Famous Pine.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightnakameguro41.jpgNightNakameguro4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightnakameguro31.jpgNightNakameguro3You can see why the Meguro River is no longer an undiscovered jewel of cherry blossom season...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightnakameguro21.jpgNightNakameguro2Lanterns are strung in the trees all along the Meguro River.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightnakameguro11.jpgNightNakameguro1At twilight, it's especially great. Crowds are smaller too.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nighttokyotower.jpgNightTokyoTowerYou can see Tokyo Tower from a spot at the Kudanshita end of the moat, if you can crane your neck past the giant scrum of photographers.2022-07-19T22:36:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/04/15/the-scrub-brush-shrine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kamenokoshrine.jpgKameNoKoShrinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kamenokobrushes.jpgKameNoKoBrusheshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kamenokotawashi.jpgKameNoKoTawashi2022-07-19T22:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/05/14/yes-this-is-one-plant/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriayellownite.jpgWisteriaYellowNiteA glowing tunnel of yellow wisteriahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriayellow.jpgWisteriaYellowYellow ones, trained to make a tunnelhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisterianitereflect.jpgWisteriaNiteReflectHere's the entire plant at night, reflected in a nearby pond!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisterianite.jpgWisteriaNiteSize matters: these wisteria flowers are over a meter long!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriahuge.jpgWisteriaHugehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriabridge.jpgWisteriaBridgeWhite ones, over a bridge at twilighthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriabluewhite.jpgWisteriaBlue&WhiteUp close, they're beautiful too.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wisteriaarch.jpgWisteriaArch2022-07-19T22:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/10/16/the-statue-of-too-much-liberty/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ladylibertyfeat.jpgLadyLibertyFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ladylibertyall.pngLadyLibertyAllCollect 'em all! Trade 'em with your friends!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ladyliberty3.jpgLadyLiberty3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ladyliberty2.jpgLadyLiberty2Oh no, please tell me tea ceremony isn't going to be the new national pastime...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ladyliberty1.jpgLadyLiberty1The Cornholio Of Liberty2022-07-19T22:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/01/31/new-digitized-lakefront-and-forest-outdoor-art-installation/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside7-1.jpgdigitallakeside7...and constantly changinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside6-1.jpgdigitallakeside6As you draw near, the reflections are amazing...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakesidefeat.jpgdigitallakesidefeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakesidemap.pngdigitallakesidemaphttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside12.jpgdigitallakeside12But was rewarded for reaching the end of the path by this installation of many many resonating eggshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside11.jpgdigitallakeside11...except it was Chilly McChillface out there, so despite the nearly unbearable urge to take just one more photo, I eventually I had to keep movinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside10.jpgdigitallakeside10I would probably still be standing there, mesmerized by the glow, except it was Chilly McChillface out there, so eventually I had to keep movinghttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside9.jpgdigitallakeside9A short flight of steps brings you right up to the water's edge, where you can watch them resonatehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside8.jpgdigitallakeside8As you approach the bobbing water eggs, you can catch glimpses of them through the bamboo lining the pathhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/digitallakeside7.jpgdigitallakeside7...and constantly changing2022-07-19T22:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2014/12/02/top-ten-only-in-japan-holiday-gifts-2014/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1bearmoldfeat1.jpg1BearMoldFeat1https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1bearmoldfeat.jpg1BearMoldFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10phonepurse.jpg10PhonePurseTrust me on this: She doesn't have one, but she WANTS one. (Seen at Aki-Oka Artisan in Akihabara)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9unbrellasign.jpg9unbrellasignRefuses to blow out in even the most severe hurricanes, typhoons and other weather disasters. (Seen at Tokyu Hands in Shibuya)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/8somentoy.jpg8SomenToyChilled water gushes from the polar bear's mouth and trickles merrily down to the rotating ring below, for noodle-snagging fun anytime, anywhere. (Seen at Loft in Shibuya)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/7electricbrush.jpg7ElectricBrushLet's hope "Whip & Wash" refers to frothing up a bowl of soapy goodness for facial cleaning purposes rather than any more punishing beauty treatment... (Seen at BIC Camera in Shinjuku)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/6currytoilet.jpg6currytoiletSeriously, would YOU lick your plate clean if your curry rice came on one of these? (Seen at Village Vanguard in Shimokitazawa)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/4misosoupmaker.jpg4MisoSoupMakerBecause who doesn't consume so much miso soup they need it instantly at all times? (Seen at Yodabashi Camera in Akihabara)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/5woodengun.jpg5WoodenGunYou can't have too many. (Seen at Aki-Oka Artisan in Akihabara)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3boypillow.jpg3BoyPillowThese swoonworthy lads promise "true love 2000%!" (Seen at Kotobuki in Akihabara)2022-07-19T22:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/04/i-love-japanese-new-years-decorations/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearskado51.jpgNewYearsKado5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyeartaruzake.jpgNewYearTaruzakeThis isn't exactly a decoration, but I can't resist a shot of my favorite kind of sake, because you can only get at New Year's! Taruzake is stored in barrels made of Japanese cedar, and it takes on a slight flavor of the wood. If you are with me on New Years in Japan, I'm very sorry, but you have to try some! ^_^https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearszodiac.jpgNewYearsZodiachttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearsosechi.jpgNewYearsOsechihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearskagami.jpgNewYearsKagamiThe white things stacked on this lacquer stand are kagami mochi – "mirror" rice cakes that give a tip o' the beanie to the sun goddess who shut herself in a cave to pout, plunging the earth into darkness until she was lured out by catching a glimpse of herself in a mirror held up by a fellow goddess. (This is just a little fake one, but last year I posted a picture of the biggest real one I've ever seen here!)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearskadomatsu.jpgNewYearsKadomatsuThis is a little version of a kadomatsu, with bamboo, plum blossoms & pine all bundled up together with rice straw bring a triple whammy of long life, piles of wealth, and everlasting faithfulness to the house.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearskadofeat.jpgNewYearsKadoFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearshimenawa.jpgNewYearShimenawaThis is called a shimenawa, and although it comes in many shapes, it always includes rice straw, to ensure there will be plenty of rice and snacks with eyes in the year to come.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/newyearsheep.jpgNewYearSheepEvery twelve years, each zodiac animal gets its turn in the spotlight. This time, it's the happy sheep year. These plaster animals are really popular, and I'm always amazed at how they can make ANY animal cute, even when it's the year of the snake!2023-11-28T23:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/01/28/godzilla-in-legoland/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legogodzillafeat.jpgLegoGodzillaFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legogodzilla.jpgLegoGodzillaTokyo is the only place in the world where you can summon the Big Green Guy with the push of a button!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legotokyotower.jpgLegoTokyoTowerSprawling model Tokyo captures all the landmarks, and cycles through 24 hours every five minutes or so, so you can watch the city lights come on!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legoweigh.jpgLegoWeighWhat do you weigh, in Lego?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legosumo.jpgLegoSumoSumo minifigs YES.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legoshibuya2.jpgLegoShibuya2Ne details was spared – even the cars and buses drive along the streets, with their headlights on.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legoshibuya.jpgLegoShibuyahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legopokemonnana.jpgLegoPokemonNanaBe forewarned: Without one of these, you can't come in. All adults must be accompanied by a kid, or they won't sell you a ticket. (>_<)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legosensoji.jpgLegoSensojiThe model of Tokyo changes with the seasons – this picture of Senso-ji temple was taken when the cherry blossoms were in bloom, outside in the wide world of Non-Lego Land.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/legopokemon.jpgLegoPokemonCharizilla gives his big green cousin a helping hand at Tokyo Legoland.2022-07-19T22:00:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/02/11/where-to-see-the-best-plum-blossoms-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/smikegami5.jpgsmIkegami5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/smikegami2.jpgsmIkegami2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/smikegami4.jpgsmIkegami4...including unusual specimens that have more than one color of flower on the same planthttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/smikegami3.jpgsmIkegami3There are many beautiful varieties...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ikegami8.jpgIkegami8This hillside garden at Ikegami Honmonji temple is all plums, and even though it's not a huge garden, when they bloom, it's glorioushttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kairakuen12.jpgKairakuen12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kairakuen2.jpgKairakuen2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kairakuen16.jpgKairakuen16https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kairakuen14.jpgKairakuen14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kairakuen1.jpgKairakuen12022-07-19T21:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/04/19/real-life-tokyo-drift/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift41.jpgTokyoDrift4...after which, the inevitable guys with twig brooms arrive to sweep up.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodriftcourse.jpgTokyoDriftCourseThere are two rounds in each heat, on a tight track.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift10.jpgTokyoDrift10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift7.jpgTokyoDrift7...drifting into the next one...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift6.jpgTokyoDrift6And let's not pass up the chance to see the rarest sight of all: a line for the men's room that's longer than the one for the ladies'.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift5.jpgTokyoDrift5"Hi, I'm a professional drift racer." In my next life.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift3.jpgTokyoDrift3...screeching into the turnhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift2.jpgTokyoDrift2Coming around the first curve...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift1.jpgTokyoDrift1As well as the opportunity to fantasize yourself behind the wheel in one of these babies, or stock up on glow-in-the-dark rims.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tokyodrift15.jpgTokyoDrift15There's nothing quite like inhaling those fine petrocarbons up close, though! 2022-07-19T20:54:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/12/the-science-bar-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sciencebarfeat.jpgScienceBarFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sciencebarwine.jpgScienceBarWinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sciencebarsake.jpgScienceBarSakeYour chosen of saké comes with its own Bunsen burner, so you can warm it to the ideal temperature.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sciencebarpatrons.jpgScienceBarPatronsAfter donning one of the bar's collection of white coats, you can peer into a nearby microscope to ponder whether you're seeing a cross-section of knee tissue or a cosmic metaphor for the metaverse.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sciencebarbeer.jpgScienceBarBeerIt pays to drink that beer quickly, before it begins to resemble a beaker full of some other...yellow...stop, don't go there. Just...don't go there.2022-07-19T20:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/14/shibazakura-hitsujiyama/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shibazakura5.jpgShibazakura5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shibazakura4.jpgShibazakura4And here's an overview of the park, so you can get an idea of how big it is. I was there during the very tail end of the season, and it was still amazing. You can imagine how great it was when ALL those fields were in bloom!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shibazakura3.jpgShibazakura3The hills are carved up into slices of pink and white and blue.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shibazakura2.jpgShibazakura2How do they manage to make it bloom so perfectly, with no holes in the patterns?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/shibazakura1.jpgShibazakura1Of course there's a heart-shaped pinkness, for the mandatory couples selfies.2022-07-19T20:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/05/18/tokyo-design-festa-2015-seriously-you-cant-make-this-stuff-up/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestaskullpurse.jpgDesignFestaSkullPurse...or the golden skull purses? (Bonus: they're red inside!) (Yukihiro)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestascarymasks.jpgDesignFestaScaryMasks...or get your scaryface on with these retro-apocalypse masks.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestawolfhead.jpgDesignFestaWolfHeadEveryone needs at least one realistic wolf head in their closet. k-linehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestaswordfight.jpgDesignFestaSwordFightOr mention that in addition to all the supreme craft krand for sale, there is also continuous entertainment like sword fighting such & such?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestasushicandle.jpgDesignFestaSushiCandlehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestasqueaknose.jpgDesignFestaSqueakNose...or the weird squeaky-nose cosplayers and their daughter?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestarope.jpgDesignFestaRopehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestapigteapot.jpgDesignFestaPigTeapotOr, if you'd rather not scare the bejeezus out of your compadres, how about a nice cuppa that turns you into a cute piggy every time you take a sip? Kana Nagasawahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestapetportrait1.jpgDesignFestaPetPortrait1Don't wait until it's time to send your dear departed pet to the taxidermist to get it stuffed - now you can enjoy a 3-D portrait of your beloved Fifi sculpted in felt! Futaya Kurumihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/designfestapenischaracter.jpgDesignFestaPenisCharacterAnd okay, I put this in because only at Design Festa would there be a character that looks like a...a...well, I couldn't actually bring myself to ask, but do you have to, really? 2022-07-19T20:52:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/10/how-to-make-the-most-beautiful-lollipops-in-the-world/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipopgoldfishfeat.jpgLolipopGoldfishFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lollipopjonelle.jpgLollipopJonelleAnd this is, uh, mine. If we pretend I was trying to make a sort of crude Pokemon-looking thing instead of a rabbit, it's all good.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipoprabbits.jpgLolipopRabbitsHere's a close-up of my teammate's rabbits, for comparison.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipopall.jpgLolipopAllRound two: success! Er, comparatively, that is. At least my team's next attempts looked a lot less like pointy poo on a stick.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipopfirsttry.jpgLolipopFirstTryFortunately, I was not alone in my shame. The fail was all around.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipop3.jpgLolipop3And you end up with something like, uh, this. Good thing it was just the practice one, because if I didn't know it was supposed to look like that pretty model bunny in the background, I'd have a hard time saying WHAT that brown thing was.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipop1.jpgLolipop1Then you make a few artful snips HA HA HA THIS IS SO NOT WORKING and quickly shape the ears and paws and tail WTF! NO! WAIT! THE POINTY BITS ARE GETTING HARD! I'M NOT FINISHED YET!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipop2.jpgLolipop2It starts out looking like this.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipoprabbit1.jpgLolipopRabbit1A bunny. Easy, right?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lolipopgoldfish.jpgLolipopGoldfishOne of the most beautiful lollipops in the world.2022-07-19T20:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/06/25/the-angry-cat-ghost-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/catghostjudge.jpgCatGhostJudgeOK, so maybe I went a little overboard trying to collect them all DON'T JUDGEhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/catghostfeat.jpgCatGhostFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/catghost1.jpgCatGhost12022-07-19T20:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/09/02/prison-restaurant-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockupfeat.jpgLockupFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockupstairs.jpgLockupStairsThe creepiness grabs hold of you the second you figure out how to get through the hidden door and head down into the Lock-Up's dungeon.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockupivdrink.jpgLockupIVdrinkIf you've been especially bad, you're made to take your medicine from a rusty IV stand...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockuphandcuffs.jpgLockupHandcuffsInside, a prison guard promptly whips your most dangerous-looking team member into a pair of handcuffs and marches you to your grimy-lookin' cell...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockupeyeball.jpgLockupEyeball...where you're forced to mix your own alcoholic experiment from a selection of test tubes, and down cocktails made from...well, best not to know.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockupeggs.jpgLockupEggs...and eat bloody eyeball eggs until the monsters arrive!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/lockup.jpgLockupAbandon sanity, all ye who enter here!2022-07-19T20:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/09/08/jolly-despot-costumes-i-would-regret/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/costumefeat.jpgCostumeFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/costume.jpgCostumeIs it my imagination, or is this costume designed to resemble everyone's favorite dictator-for-life?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-headerskyshadow3.jpgcropped-headerskyshadow3.jpg2022-07-19T20:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/09/18/codename-mixology-tokyo-bar/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologysmoke2.jpgMixologySmoke2...and watching the bartender make your drink is nearly as much fun as drinking it.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologytomyam.jpgMixologyTomYamHappy-making libation that tastes exactly like Thai Tom Yum soup, only better? Yes, sir, I think I'll have another.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologytomato.jpgMixologyTomatoIndustrial centrifuge + fresh tomatoes + basil-infused gin = that's the kind of salad I'm talkin' about.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologysmoke.jpgMixologySmokeAnd naturally, every technique is an art...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologysmoke-copy.jpgMixologySmoke copy...and watching the bartender make your drink is nearly as much fun as drinking it.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologyskull.jpgMixologySkullhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologyrecipes.jpgMixologyRecipesSorry for the post-Blue Cheese-Martini photos, but here are a few of the temptations on offer.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologynitrogen.jpgMixologyNitrogenA little liquid nitrogen is all in a day's work for the mixologist X mad scientists who craft cocktails that sometimes take the form of adults-only sorbet.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologyfeat.jpgMixologyFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mixologyequipment.jpgMixologyEquipmentThis is the mythical Rotovaper! It distills flavors from all kinds of food, which are then blended with various alcohols to make them taste like everything from foie gras to bamboo leaf. 2022-07-19T20:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/10/03/eat-all-the-bugs/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeystand.jpgHoneyStandHey, look! A stand selling local honey! Do you think it's made from the shibazakura flowers this park is famous for? Let's get some to bring back to Tokyo as a souvenir! Hmm, should we get a big jar or a...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeyjars.jpgHoneyJarsWait. What's that in the...? No. NO. Please tell me it's not...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeyjar.jpgHoneyJar...the biggest-ass bumblebee you ever saw, RIGHT IN THE HONEY! https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeycombpoo.jpgHoneyCombPoo...evil honeycombs of doom where giant hairy bees are spawned O_Ohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/honeyfeat.jpgHoneyFeat2022-07-19T20:38:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/12/12/2015-top-ten-japan-gifts/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/seriesgiftpd12.jpgseriesgiftpd12When Tokyo Detective Kenji Nakamura’s phone rings with the news that his mother’s death ten years ago wasn’t an accident, his world begins to unravel. New evidence links her to a young woman, whose body was found dolled up like a...read morehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/matsuribrainfeat.jpgMatsuriBrainFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/matsuribrain.jpgMatsuriBrainhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/carbonpuppies.jpgCarbonPuppies2022-07-19T20:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/01/05/how-about-a-nice-cup-of-civet-poop-coffee/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoopfeat.jpgCivetPoopFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kopi-luwak-1.jpgkopi-luwak-1The poop in its native habitat. You're welcome.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoop6.jpgCivetPoop6This is a civet, a sort of a visual relative of the cat-snake.It poops coffee.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoop4.jpgCivetPoop4Yeah, I did a double-take too! This is a $30 cup of coffee.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoop3.jpgCivetPoop3This is it.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoop2.jpgCivetPoop2This is poop coffee with cream.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/civetpoop1.jpgCivetPoop1Why is it that all serious coffee bars in Tokyo seem to have been caught in some sort of 1940s timeslip?2022-07-19T20:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/01/20/the-angry-fox-ghost-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yokaifoxesfeat.jpgYokaiFoxesFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/yokaifoxes1.jpgYokaiFoxes12022-07-19T20:30:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/04/28/temple-cats-with-attitude/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat9.jpgTempleCat9Oh hai, did you want to use this?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat8.jpgTempleCat8Tubbs of yorehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat7.jpgTempleCat7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat6.jpgTempleCat6Yogahttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat5.jpgTempleCat5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat4.jpgTempleCat4Gravestone & chillhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat3.jpgTempleCat3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat2.jpgTempleCat2Souls downloaded while you waithttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/templecat1.jpgTempleCat1Loafy McLoafcat2022-07-19T20:25:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/05/02/best-peonies-in-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonystriped1.jpgPeonyStripedThey have a lot of different kinds, and you can really get up close and personal because of the way they're planted.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonyyellow.jpgPeonyYellowWhat better way to spend a nice spring day?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonygarden1.jpgPeonyGarden1It's really pretty amazing. Well worth the few hundred yen it costs to get in.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonypointy.jpgPeonyPointyCheck out these pointy beauties! Peonies for Goths. lol.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonymaple.jpgPeonyMapleThere are some amazing varieties here.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonygarden2.jpgPeonyGarden2At this shrine near the pagoda in Ueno Park, each bush has its own umbrella to protect the fluffy goodness from the weather.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonytemplewall.jpgPeonyTempleWallThere are several peony gardens dotted around the temple grounds, so don't stop exploring after you see the main one!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonylots2.jpgPeonyLots2Each bush is more beautiful than the last.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonylots.jpgPeonyLotsAs you can see, it's not small!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/peonytemple.jpgPeonyTempleThis garden never disappoints.2022-07-19T20:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/10/17/at-the-crazy-cat-parade/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparadefeat.jpgcatparadefeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade71.jpgcatparade7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade61.jpgcatparade6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade51.jpgcatparade5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade41.jpgcatparade4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade31.jpgcatparade3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade21.jpgcatparade2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/catparade11.jpgcatparade12022-07-19T20:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/11/30/samurai-sox/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/buttonordernowred.jpgbuttonordernowredhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/soxfeat.jpgsoxfeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stackangledpd.jpgstackangledpdhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/soxkimono.jpgsoxkimonohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/soxsamurai.jpgsoxsamurai2022-07-19T20:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/12/22/drunken-pet-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets7.jpgdrunkenpets7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpetsfeat.jpgdrunkenpetsfeatThe Drunken Pet vending machinehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets6.jpgdrunkenpets6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpetsall.jpgdrunkenpetsallhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets5.jpgdrunkenpets5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets4.jpgdrunkenpets4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets3.jpgdrunkenpets3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets2.jpgdrunkenpets2https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/drunkenpets1.jpgdrunkenpets12022-07-19T20:11:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/12/29/japanese-host-stickers/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hoststickersbig.jpghoststickersbighttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hoststickersfeat.jpghoststickersfeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hostprincess1.jpghostprincessUmmm...why does this one read "Princess," not "Prince"?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hostprimemeat1.jpghostprimemeatHad to look this one up in my kanji dictionary. No. Wait. Tell me it doesn't really say "Prime Meat"?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hoststickers.jpghoststickershttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/hostdrunk3.jpghostdrunk3And what's with THESE? Drunk, drunker, drunkest?2022-07-19T18:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/02/08/plum-blossom-countdown/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14arisugawa35.jpg14arisugawa35Photo taken on Mar 5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13hamarikyu220-37.jpg13hamarikyu220-37Photo taken on March 7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12ookurayama220.jpg12ookurayama220Photo taken on Feb 20https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/11kyushibarikyu220.jpg11kyushibarikyu220Photo taken on Feb 20https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/10yushima210.jpg10yushima210Photo taken on Feb 10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/9shinjuku210.jpg9shinjuku210Photo taken on Feb 10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/8kasuga210.jpg8kasuga210Photo taken on Feb 10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/7kanda210.jpg7kanda210Photo taken on Feb 10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/6gotokuji210.jpg6gotokuji210Photo taken on Feb 10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/4sankeien27.jpg4sankeien27Photo taken on Jan 232022-07-19T18:39:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/04/06/cherry-blossoms-x-illuminations/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry14.jpgAltCherry14https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry13.jpgAltCherry13https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry12.jpgAltCherry12https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry11.jpgAltCherry11...and there are more swirling around the plaza beyondhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry10.jpgAltCherry10https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry9.jpgAltCherry9https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry8.jpgAltCherry8https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry7.jpgAltCherry7https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry6.jpgAltCherry6https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/altcherry5.jpgAltCherry52022-07-19T18:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/06/09/secret-flower-seasons-of-japan/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips6.jpgTulips6...because when a Japanese park decides to plant tulips, they don't start smallhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips5.jpgTulips5https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips4.jpgTulips4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips3.jpgTulips3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips2.jpgTulips2...and don't quit until they're surrounded by fields of green in early Mayhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tulips1.jpgTulips1The tulips at Showa Kinen Park begin blooming in early April during cherry blossom season...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poppies8.jpgPoppies8They may not be the least bit traditional, but nobody seems to care a bithttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poppies3.jpgPoppies3Especially when there are LOTS of themhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poppies2.jpgPoppies2And they come in all shapes and colorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/poppies1.jpgPoppies1And they're even more gorgeous close up2022-07-19T18:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/06/22/the-host-club-vending-machine/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha41.jpgHostClubGatcha4The <a href="https://jonellepatrick.me/2016/12/22/drunken-pet-vending-machine/">Drunken Pets</a> that helped me ring in the new year BADLY needed a partytown for the other eleven monthshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha31.jpgHostClubGatcha3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha21.jpgHostClubGatcha2Way more fun than the Temple of Airjitsu, where they're constantly being ambushed by pesky Ninja Warriorshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha11.jpgHostClubGatcha1But that's not all – check out the action at Club Minifighttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha1.jpgHostClubGatcha1But that's not all – check out the action at Club Minifighttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha6.jpgHostClubGatcha6And do I even need to mention that everyone's favorite radioactive lizard drinks whatever he wants, whenever he wants?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha5.jpgHostClubGatcha5Even Our Lady of Too Much Liberty's cash is good at the Gacha-gacha Clubhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha4.jpgHostClubGatcha4...you're a Drunken Pet! It's the perfect size for furnishing the Drunken Pet Host Club! https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha3.jpgHostClubGatcha3Now they can all quaff champagne with the Hostpet of their dreams!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hostclubgatcha2.jpgHostClubGatcha2Champagne call! More fun than the Temple of Airjitsu with Ninja Warriors2022-07-19T18:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/08/14/the-meat-washcloth/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/meatwashcloth.jpgMeatWashcloth2022-07-19T18:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/10/a-feast-of-autumn-leaves/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/showakinenleavesfeat.jpgShowaKinenLeavesFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yushimachrysanthemums1.jpgYushimaChrysanthemums1These are at the Yushima Shrine, but there are lots more all over Tokyo until the end of November. Here's where!https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shingyoleaves1.jpgShinGyoLeaves1Shinjuku Gyouen Garden, October 31, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jindaileaveschrys4.jpgJindaiLeavesChrys4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jindaileaves3.jpgJindaiLeaves3Jindai Botanical Garden, November 4, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jindaileaves2.jpgJindaiLeaves2Jindai Botanical Garden, November 4, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/jindaileaves1.jpgJindaiLeaves1Jindai Botanical Garden, November 4, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/showakinenleaves5.jpgShowaKinenLeaves5Showa Kinen Park, November 10, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/showakinenleaves4.jpgShowaKinenLeaves4Showa Kinen Park, November 10, 2017https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/showakinenleaves3.jpgShowaKinenLeaves3Showa Kinen Park, November 10, 20172022-07-19T18:03:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/20/the-best-tokyo-illuminations-2017/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nakameguroilliminations.jpgNakameguroIlliminationshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cwupdvuukaai1hd.jpgCwuPdvuUkAAI1HdPhoto thanks to @miracle_photoshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lightstreespath1.jpglightstreespath1Hillsides covered with lights, as far as the eye can seehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lightspalace.jpglightspalaceAnd shows, with lights & music & dancing fountainshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lightsoverview.jpglightsoverviewGiant illuminated flower gardens and a billowing undersea landscape are only a few of the walk-through attracationshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lightsbluetunnel.jpglightsbluetunnelThey got tunnels too. Ever-changing light-up tunnelshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/image.jpgimageThis is the artists' rendition of what this year's theme will look like (although, from experience, I expect the candelabra elements to be less, er, prominent)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/venusfortilluminations.jpgVenusfortIlluminationsPhoto thanks to SagasWhatTokyohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/midtownilluminationsfeat.jpgMidtownIlluminationsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/midtown-illuminations8.jpgMidtown Illuminations8I don't seem to have any photos of the Saturn show (dang!) but the Sunday one was pretty great, with a bunch of rays flashing out from a burning red Sun2022-07-19T17:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/03/06/hacking-hanami-how-to-get-yourself-invited-to-a-cherry-blossom-party/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hackhanami5.jpgHackHanami5You might run across a group that welcomes anyone who wants to participate, like these slackliners in Yoyogi Parkhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hackhanami4.jpgHackHanami4https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hackhanami3.jpgHackHanami3https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hackhanami2.jpgHackHanami2The traditional junk foods of cherry blossom seasonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hackhanami1.jpgHackHanami12022-07-19T17:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/04/03/best-falling-cherry-blossom-river-pink-petals/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry16.jpgFallenCherry16...the water is flowing too swiftly for the petals to gather on the surfacehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherryfeat.jpgFallenCherryFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry15.jpegFallenCherry15https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry14.jpgFallenCherry14And speaking of "pink snow," even if you don't get to see a river covered in petals, sitting among the falling blossoms on a warm spring day is pretty heavenly. My favorite place is this one, next to the moat encircling the Imperial Palace, near Takebashi Stationhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry13.jpgFallenCherry13...the water is flowing too quickly...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry12.jpgFallenCherry12...you catch the trees in full bloom (I know you feel sorry for me that we made that mistake) instead of seeing...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry11.jpgFallenCherry11...the super-famous acres of pink on the Hirosaki Castle moat in Aomorihttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry10.jpgFallenCherry10Near the Hanzōmon end of the moat, this fountain becomes a little oasis of pink toohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry9.jpgFallenCherry9All along the shore, the pink veil lingers for a few dayshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fallencherry8.jpgFallenCherry8...as layer upon layer of petals fall, each making it more pink than it was before2022-07-19T17:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/03/14/in-which-we-encounter-japanese-engineering-at-its-finest/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/subwayleakfeat.jpgSubwayLeakFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/subwayleak1.jpgSubwayLeak2022-07-19T16:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/10/19/modern-tweets-pillow-book/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tosamitsuoki.jpgTosaMitsuoki2022-03-01T18:22:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2019/04/01/the-scourge-of-the-orange-jacket/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket11.jpegOrangeJacket11Pushers of orange jackets set up shop distressingly close to known flower-viewing sites (these should obviously be banned)https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket10.jpegOrangeJacket10Sometimes there are whole families of themhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket9.jpegOrangeJacket9You'd think the tulips at Showa Kinen Park could hold their own, but nohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket8.jpegOrangeJacket8No matter how far you you go (on an all-day bus tour to Hanamiyama in Fukushima, for example)...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket7.jpgOrangeJacket7...THERE THEY ARE. I mean, did you even notice the thousand-year-old cherry tree in the background? Not before your attention was hijacked by the unnaturally-colored jackets in front of it, I bethttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket6.jpegOrangeJacket6Some of them train year-roundhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket4.jpegOrangeJacket4And they don't even confine their photobombing to cherry blossom seasonhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket3.jpegOrangeJacket3Sometimes they travel in packshttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket2.jpegOrangeJacket2...no matter what the weather...https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/orangejacket1.jpegOrangejacket1And sadly enough, you're never too young to begin the training2022-03-01T16:11:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/11/08/poppins-san/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/marypoppinsfeat.jpgMaryPoppinsFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/marypoppins.jpgMaryPoppins2021-05-04T21:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2011/12/06/christmas-hats-from-hell/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/img_0570.jpgIMG_05702020-11-19T17:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2017/04/21/the-hypnotic-tail-wagging-cat-clock/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/catclock2.jpgCatClockhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/catclockfeat.jpgCatClockFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/catclock1.jpgCatClock1I first saw these at the Tobu Dapartment store on their exhibition floor, but made the fatal error of not ordering one for myself.2020-11-03T22:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2015/08/29/give-yourself-a-tooth-manicure/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/toothmakeupfeat.jpgToothMakeupFeathttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/toothmakeup.jpgToothMakeup2021-08-16T17:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2020/01/01/kimono-hime-princess-for-a-day-salz-tokyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotourfeat-1.jpgSalzKimonoTourFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotour15sq-1.jpgSalzKimonoTour15sqJonelle 2.0https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotourc.jpgSalzKimonoTourC...and that the tunnel of torii gates would make a perfect portrait frame. See how skillfully she focused on me and the kitsuke, soft-focusing the scenery around us? Super nicehttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotourb.jpgSalzKimonoTourBThe truth is, I've never encountered anything but delight from Japanese people while wearing kimono. Outside of Japan, there's been some misguided "cultural appropriation" criticism aimed at non-Japanese wearing kimono, but all the actual Japanese I've encountered are beyond pleased to see people from all over the world keeping it a growing, changing, stylish & fashionable look, so the artisans who make a living selling all the bits and pieces stay alive and prosperhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotoura.jpgSalzKimonoTourAThis is probably the one I'll crop down to a head shot for the book, but don't you love how the location she scouted is the perfect background for this look?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotourfeat.jpgSalzKimonoTourFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotour19.jpgSalzKimonoTour19https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotour18.jpgSalzKimonoTour18And not just gloves – love the deco ring and bracelet details toohttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotour13.jpgSALZKimonoTour13I nearly swooned when I saw the next picture of the accessories she'd chosen to go with it. Aren't they to die for?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/salzkimonotour12.jpgSALZKimonoTour12This is the fantastic Taisho-era kimono she chose for me – it's got all that jazz-age design goodness going on, with exotic non-traditional colors and patterns woven in fabulously traditional Meisen silk. It's so different from what I usually wear, but I trust Anji's style sense so completely, I was sure she'd2020-11-03T20:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.me/2016/08/24/riusuke-fukahori-goldfish-kingyo/https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/seriesblurparasol.jpgSeriesBlurParasolAnd, as you can see, it's time to catch up on the series because there's a new one coming out in Decemberhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfishfeat.jpgGoldfishFEAThttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfishwhich.jpgGoldfishWhichhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish13.jpgGoldfish13Don't you kind of wonder how he managed to paint all those goldfish BETWEEN THE RIBS?https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish12.jpgGoldfish12And this achingly lovely piece, a paper parasol upended and filled with rain.https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish11.jpgGoldfish11The exhibition entrance features his most recent works, larger-than-life goldfish painted with an enormous brushhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish10.jpgGoldfish10There was also this piece – a goldfish lurking in an artfully gouged-out plankhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish9.jpgGoldfish9I'm especially fond of these little medaka (a favorite of haiku poets to stand for "summertime in spades")https://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish8.jpgGoldfish8...but I think this one is my most favorite of allhttps://jonellepatrick.me/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/goldfish7.jpgGoldfish72020-11-03T20:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jonellepatrick.medaily1.02026-03-23T03:51:17+00:00