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    Village Vanguard. Ridiculous + Awesome Holiday Shopping
    December 18th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    If you’re heading back to your home country for the holidays, and a terrible planner, you’re probably in the frenzy of last-minute holiday shopping. Yes, you can show up to Mom’s doorstep with traditional Japanese omiyage, OR you can shop at Village Vanguard and make yo ... » Continue Reading
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    Eat, Drink, and Be Genki… Let’s Go to Osaka
    November 8th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Food & Dining, Shopping, Travel
    Okay Tokyo people: it’s time. The holiday hoo ha is ramping up and the leaves are changing. Get ready to hop on a train for the West Side of the island and do the tourist holy trinity: Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. Rather than hit all of the usual castle-temple-shrine-y goodn ... » Continue Reading
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    Tokyo’s Beauty Billboard Top 10: RanKing RanQueen
    October 25th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    With so many beauty-girl products on the shelves, it’s easy for the foreign lady to get her brain scrambled trying to figure out what’s what. Apparently, the same applies to the local girls—hence the ranking of the bestest in beauty at RanKing RanQueen. (See what they d ... » Continue Reading
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    Size Matters: Shopping in Japan
    September 5th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    For a lot of women, finding clothes and shoes outside of the big Western chain shops can be a time consuming process. Last week I posted a few sites that ship to Japan, that also have cute stuff you’ll want to wear. (This quip is prompted by looking in an advice section ... » Continue Reading
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    Best Fashion Sites that Ship to Japan
    August 30th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    Shopping for most of us, can be pretty fun, especially in Japan. But for foreign girls who just want to quickly buy what they need and leave, shopping in Tokyo is a living nightmare. The crowds, the nightclub music cranked to 11, the repeated, echoing screams of いらっ ... » Continue Reading
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    Beauty Survival 101: It Gets Hairy at Matsumoto Kiyoshi
    August 23rd, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    Hey Girl, confused about what to buy in the beauty aisle? Yeah I was too. For those of us new to Japan, something as simple as buying hair spray is a confusing experience.  Even if you studied Japanese back home, understanding which product does what specifically, an ... » Continue Reading
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    Dude, seriously. Let’s talk about your face.
    August 19th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    You Know What's Hot? Man Beauty. It’s been recently brought to my attention (by Anthony) that I’ve neglected the men in my product reviews. Girls can tell when you put a little work into your routine, so here are a few products and skincare tips especially for my me ... » Continue Reading
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    Neighborhood Watch: Tsutaya Books in Daikanyama
    August 15th, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    Poodle. When I think about Daikanyama, that’s the first word that pops into my head. In my head, I see sidewalks filled with shiny, well-dressed women with little poodles stuffed in gauche logo bags. Now this is totally delusional, but I wrote this tony neighborh ... » Continue Reading
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    Green is Good: Eco-Shopping in Japan
    August 1st, 2013By Cynthia PopperCategory: Shopping
    I’m just going to say it: I feel bad about using disposable wooden chopsticks (waribashi). In a not-so recent article from Japan Times, the Forestry Agency estimates that 25 billion pair are used every year. Used once and tossed. Am I the only one who feels like a jerk ... » Continue Reading
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    Shopping For Poisonous Snake Tea and Some Big Red Underpants
    July 19th, 2013By Jonelle PatrickCategory: Shopping, Travel
    If you haven’t been to the shopping street known as “The Grandma and Grandpa’s Harajuku,” you’re missing out on one of the wackiest excursions in Tokyo. A five minute walk from Sugamo Station – the most hipster-shunned stop on the Yamanote Line – is the Koshinzuka st ... » Continue Reading
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