~*♥★☆.｡.Neko in Japan .｡.☆★♥*~

Hallo everybody!

Long time no see....
Spring has finally come today! Or are we already in summer?
Anyway weather is good and it's quite hot.

Few weeks ago I went to Kawazu in the Izu Peninsula during the Golden week.
Hum? Golden week?
It's a large consecutive holiday including the Emperor's birthday and the children's day.

Seems that it was raining heavily in Tokyo the day I went to Kawazu so I was pretty lucky♪

I took　some pictures of the landscape, enjoy!

Kawazu station:

The restaurant where I had some wasabi soba....
Huh wasabi soba?

This is REAL wasabi not the fake powder one (but much easier to prepare rather than grating it :p)

Maybe not very clear but soba has a green color.
Honestly, taste was so so but wasabi itself was tasty.

Wasabi / Vanilla ice cream.

I was a bit reluctant but the wasabi taste wasn't too strong so I could eat it....

But once is ok huhu

100 yen for 3 small stones.
There is a big rock behind with a basket on it and if you can throw the stone into the basket your wish will come true...

The girl looks a bit snobbish don't you think :p?

Shokei waterfall

The most impressive waterfall, Kama waterfall

3 hours from Tokyo, not too far if you want to breathe some fresh air and escape from the big city.

Hi everybody!

Long time no see~

I went to Korea for a week to meet some friends.

I spend in total 4 days in Busan and 3 in Seoul.

The first day I arrived, my friend took me to a Bulgogi restaurant.

Beef was super soft and it was mixed with a delicious sauce:

Then she took me to a Chijimi restaurant. We took a mixed one with sea food, kimchi and chicken:

Next day we went to Nampo dong (in Busan) and had a Bibimbap:

Then we had a walk. This area has a looooot of food, socks and mobile phone cases stands. It was paradise☆.
Especially the artbox shop which sell cute things like stationary, stickers, key holders, cups etc. Everything I like :)

Busan tower!

Sakura full bloomed!

Busan university station.
In opposition to Paris, the nearest station of the university is the best place to do shopping or having lunch/dinner. It's cheaper than some tourist places.

Inside the university:

Winnie the pooh:

In a hidden place of the university,in the middle of the forest, there is an open restaurant.
Chijimi:

Noodles:

Seoul.
The Gyeongbokgung palace:

Dongdaemun, famous for its market (of shoes, books, socks, clothes, everything?)

Then I walked for like 3 hours trying to find for a good restaurant. I wanted to eat Toppoki.
Anyway I was surprised to find out that communicating in English or in Japanese in Seoul was tough...
So I ordered some toppogi but didn't know that it was cooked with seafood... hum...

Breakfast.
After eating so many spicy foods I was missing sweets.
You will find tons of donuts shops in Korea, and it was difficult to resist to the good smell of Duskin Donuts:

For lunch we went to a restaurant specialize in Samgyetan.
Chicken is boiled in a soup stuffed with rice, chestnut and ginseng

Ehem

Insa-dong, for couples :s
Nice shops which sell artistic items:

Went back to Busan!
Food stand with Gyoza, (super spicy) Toppoki, tube-shaped fish-paste cake:

Fried chicken!!
I wanted to eat this dish for a looooong time and after walking for an hour, we finally found it...But it was closed :(.
Fortunately there was another restaurant just next to it.
We ordered only one plate, but even with my friend we couldn't finish the plate..