Category Archive for Tokyo + Japan
CUTE HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN FOOD! TOKYO KAWAII RECIPES, KABOCHA PIZZA & ICE CREAM CAKE, SEASONAL HOLIDAY MEALS IN JAPAN.
I love how in Japan, everything is seasonally themed to the max. I ate so much kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) around Halloween that my mother was genuinely concerned I’d turn orange!
Big hair bow barrette: gifted from And Devour
Lace Lolita bracelet: gifted from Broken Velcroe
Vampire cape: Black Peace Now
Purple and black dress: Algonquins, from Ragtag Harajuku. Got it used for 1500 yen!
Black tights with holes: a DIY project.
Shoes: John Fluevog
Here I am with my adored pumpkin pizza — only 200 yen from Sunpierrot. Yukiro and I were devastated when the Japanese bakery stopped offering our favorite snack. Thankfully, it’s come back as “Halloween pizza”.
Naomi convinced the Norway TV crew to pick up Halloween-themed breads and cakes for lunch. The cute ghost has cheesy custard inside; the pumpkin face is filled with anpan (red bean paste).
What other kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) delights did we devour? At the convenience store, we found Häagen-Dazs pumpkin ice cream with a jam swirl. G-suS tried the kabocha pizza for the first time and loved it.
Pasela Karaoke had a special Halloween menu. (Remember when we filmed karaoke singing for Dutch Pepsi TV?)
The offerings included a witch cocktail, kabocha pizza, and this ridiculous “toast cake” with an ice cream and candy witch.
If we hadn’t walked all over Tokyo for the Norway TV shoot, I’d have gained so much weight!
The restaurants in Lumine East Shinjuku offered kabocha pasta, among other goodies.
Godiva sold witchy boxes of chocolates. The restaurants near Meguro station had specials; there was a long lineup for the Halloween sushi.
Behold, my other love: yuzu (a small Japanese citrus)! I had a strong yuzu cocktail and kabocha appetizer at the new Samurai theme restaurant. (Video and photos from this restaurant coming up.)
Ohh, if only it were Halloween every day of the year…
Life would be so spooky and sweet!
For more about cute food and weird theme restaurants, please take a peek at my books.
Are you a fan of eating pumpkin? Out of the Halloween dishes above, which one would you ravage?
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Japanese Word of the Day: Ikumu = To strain
Song of the Day: Nightmare Before Christmas – This Is Halloween
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HALLOWEEN GOTH WEDDING! HEAVY RED ALICE IN WONDERLAND COSTUME. UNUSUAL, CREATIVE GOTHIC MARRIAGE CEREMONY: PHOTOS, INSPIRATION.
It’s a nice day for a… Goth wedding…
Our friends Elizabeth and Naomasa had their marriage ceremony on the most significant day of the year — Halloween — in Gotanda, Tokyo.
The guests were encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. For us denizens of the dead, this is what we’d wear anyway! I love the contrast between our dark fashion and the cherubic clouds background.
Corset and dress: Goth Alice costume, gifted from Heavy Red. The Goth/Victorian/Steampunk clothing label makes high-quality garments fit for a dark aristocrat. I recommend them in my LA shopping guide.
Velvet black hair bow: Spank, from Marui One Shinjuku.
Cyberlox: gifted from Vickilyn’s Closet (I wore them on my head to X Japan)
Mask: Bought this years ago in a London costume store
White rabbit watch and charm: Putumayo
White fishnet stockings: gifted from We Love Colors
Pointy witch boots: bought these years ago in Hong Kong’s The Boat
Crochet Goth purse: h.NAOTO. Can you believe I got it for 500 yen at Closet Child Harajuku?
I look stunned because we had been partying all night at Torture Garden, and only caught a few hours of sleep…
Makeup: I defined my eye shape with blue and teal Smudgeliners, gifted from Annabelle Cosmetics. I filled them in with blue sparkle eyeshadows gifted from Sugarpill Makeup by Shrinkle, and added white for definition. Stuck on three fake eyelashes for topsy-turviness, and Alice in Wonderland playing card stickers on my forehead.
Yukiro shall haunt your nightmares, pointing his finger in your face and yelling “Failure!”
Raising the devil.
The guests gave Halloween-themed wedding gifts. Our pumpkin cake was the first meal that the bride and groom shared together.
Closeup on our Halloween nail art: Yukiro, Anni, me. Coming right up: photos and videos from Harajuku, then the Candy Spooky and SaTaN concert!
Have you ever been to a Goth wedding, or seen photos? My friend Rock n Roll Bride posts about unusual, alternative gowns and marriage ceremonies.
Japanese Word of the Day: Kekkon shiki = Marriage ceremony
Song of the Day: DecoLa Hopping – Kimagure!? Fearism (Cover your ears, my friends…)
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