IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. BENTO BOX LUNCH, CUTE FACE CHARACTER BENTOS RECIPES & TECHNIQUES.
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Filming for TV shows is fun, but the all-day-and-all-night schedule can be taxing. Especially on travel shows, which try to cram as many locations as possible into a single day. The Canal Plus French crew took a much-needed break for a bento lunch. Famous host Antoine de Caunes holds up his box.
Every time I open up a bento box, a sense of calm washes over me. Everything is so beautifully compartmentalized: the salmon, veggies, rice. Ahh.
Once we were fed, we piled back into the TV crew van. Onwards, to a cat cafe in Ikebukuro.
Every Tokyo neko cafe has a resident Scottish Fold, but this one isn’t nearly as round or earless as my Basil Farrow…
Antoine did a hilarious ad lib gag with the black cat. He pretended to sneeze and wipe his snotty hand on the kitty’s fur!
My Lolita cake hat, gifted from Agent Lover, is not edible. But I brought Antoine some cute food…
After he was through with them, the kawaii faces were destroyed!
Cat cafes are pretty amazing. Felines roam around the establishment, and visitors can pet and play with them, while sipping on cafe lattes.
Antoine also did an impromptu speech with the cats that had us cracking up.
I’ll post video clips from Toque de Tokyo, the Canal Plus French documentary, soon. Til then, you can see behind-the-scenes coverage here on my blog.
Intrigued by Japanese cat cafes? There are more stories and color photos in my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book.
Japanese Word of the Day: Iyashi = Healing
Song of the Day: Muselmix1 Italo Disco Megamix Vol. 1 by Speelycaptor (It has all the essential tracks.)
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GELLONIMO, VISUAL KEI JROCK THEMED BAR IN TOKYO, JAPAN. LUNA SEA, ALICE NINE CONCERT POSTERS & MEMORABILIA.
While we love our regular Kabuki-cho hangouts — Marz, Decadance Bar — the Spooky Friendship Club also likes to nightrcrawl in new haunts. We invaded Gellonimo, yet another Visual Kei and J-rock themed bar in Shinjuku. (PS: keep reading for a photo preview of my new hair color and skintight latex pirate outfit.)
The red lighting makes everyone look extra creepy.
Gellonimo is a cozy little hole, not far from Club Marz. With glam-metal posters on the walls and ceilings, it felt like we were in a teenage headbanger’s den.
The Marie stuffed blob on the couch is pure lunacy. (Or Luna Sea?)
The girls at the bars were regulars and sang along to the Jrock live videos on the small TV.
Would you like to see more photos from Tokyo Visual Kei bars? I visited Visual Kei Bar Zin, Fu-ki’s Bar Midian, and Osaka’s Moonwalk and Rock Rock. Coming up… photos from Star Cafe.
I’m officially an iPhone addict now. Here’s a sneak peek at my new hair…
Naturally, I’ve been snapping and sharing tons of photos of my Scottish Fold baby, Basil Farrow. He’s sad that I’m not taking him to LA…
I leave you with a teaser of my skimpy latex dress and pirate hat outfit photos from today… To see the full outfit, please add me on Twitter (I follow back). This way, you can keep track of my LA invasion with Seba!
Do you decorate your walls with rock posters? If so, which bands are up there? Important question: should I wear more latex?
Japanese Word of the Day: Dango = Dumplings
Song of the Day: Luna Sea – Gravity
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