Agepoyo

Åland - Korea's Trendiest Store オーランド、韓国の一番オシャレなお店

2012-02-28T00:02:00.000+01:00

Staff at the store Åland in Myong-Dong, South Korea.

ソウルのミョンドンであるオーランドってお店の店員さん。

The bustling streets of Myong-Dong are full of screens and stores, a bit like Shibuya or Times Square.

ミョンドンの道ではたくさん画面とかお店があって、ちょっと渋谷みたい。

Interesting that they named the store after the small Finnish Island Åland. =)

オーランドって名前はもともとフィンランドの小さい島から来た。

Cool staff and clothes inside. I like those jeans!

店内、かっこいいスタッフがいる。そのジーンズが好き！

Crazy colorful accessories!

カラフルなアクセサリー！

Insane iPhone Covers　すごいiPhoneカバー

2012-02-27T00:02:00.000+01:00

iPhone covers shaped like a traditional sandal and a skateboard at Village Vanguard in Tokyo.

ビレージバンガードって東京であるお店の下駄とスケートボードのiPhoneカバー。

When you're iPhone is tired of rolling at the skateboard you can let it walk in a sneaker. :)

スケートボード以外、スニーカーのカバーでも動けるよ。＾＾

Cover looking like the Japanese dish Yaki-Soba. Dangerous if you become too hungry...

焼きそばのカバー！お腹がついたら食べちゃうかも！（笑）

Funny Food: Potato Chips Hot Dogs　面白い食べ物：ポテチのホットドッグ

2012-02-26T09:56:00.000+01:00

I've been showing a lot of food lately for some reason. This snack were popular in Myong-Dong, Seoul.

最近このブロぐで色んな食べ物について書いた。このポテチのホットドッグはソウルのミョンドンで人気のスナック。

Leon Eats a Paper Sandwich ;D　レオンは紙のサンドイッチを食べる！（笑）

2012-02-25T19:33:00.000+01:00

Leon found this low calorie paper sandwich in Sunshine City, Ikebukuro. :D

This was over a year ago when I were going to see a movie with Leon.

At that time I ate almost nothing to become an EGG-model haha. Then I discovered the dessert pizzas... ;)

We passed by this store with a super long line! What's going on!? :O

Everybody were lining up to buy these pretzels! :D

All these people! I bet some of them didn't even like pretzels, they just did it for the "fun" of it. ^^

Some Purikura with a Purikura pro! :)

I were at Level 5 out of 8 in my Japanese school at that time. Didn't always understand what Leon wrote then, so fun to look back at the photos now.

We went to Leon's friends store where he showed us this rare jacket.

There's of only five of it in the world and it costs $1700 or 11 000 SEK.

Then looked around at funny things in the department store Sunshine City.

Stitch umbrella in the Disney store. ^^

Did you ever hear about models eating paper to stay thin? Now they can eat a whole sandwich of it...

As you can see it got lettuce, cheeze and tomato just like a real sandwich! ;)

It didn't taste too good so took a chocolate waffle & pumpkin ice cream at Cold Stone, the singing ice cream bar.

Here's what it looks like when they sing funny songs while serving you at Cold Stone hahaha... XD

Bought my tail which was really popular accessory in Japan back then.

Purikura with the tail haha! :D

"Kouichi" is Leon's real name. Kouichi means "The health first".

Then we went to see Harry Potter which is so big in Japan.

After the movie you could see a chart of how all the characters are linked to each other! :)

And of course buy all kinda movie-related goods like this monster book.

It was fun and kinda unreal to hang out with Leon. A very special person who dared to be different in Japan where nobody's supposed to stand out.

I hope we meet again on "short days in the Ikebukuro" haha! ^^

Finest Blog Awards

2012-02-24T13:20:00.000+01:00

Engla and me went to the Finest Blog Awards party. Met lots of cool people like Victoria here from the TV-show Top Model. =)

Got a new much shorter hair style since I came back to Sweden.

Met up with Engla at the central station. Ready with umbrellas to protect our party hair from the rain! ;)

Wanted to switch to this umbrella but the store were already closed. ;)

First we had a little meeting at Burger King to discuss how to become rich on our blogs haha...

Got these home made cakes from Engla! She likes to bake but can't eat everything by herself so she asks all her friends for help! ^^

Time to get up the camera since lots of celebrities were going to be at the party! ;)

Engla at the red carpet at Café Opera.

Inside!

This place is about to blow! :)

Many people had come from far away, even other planets! :O

These girls must have kissed the aliens! ;)

With Andreas Wijk, one of Sweden's biggest fashion bloggers. He remembered Engla from an interview she did with him before he were famous.

Engla: -"You two kinda look alike!"

Andreas: -"Ah yeah I thought so too!"

Andreas: -"What did you say you're doing? Teach Chinese!?"

Engla: -"No I'm teaching English to Japanese people over Skype."

Andreas: -"...that's the sickest thing I've ever heard."

Stylish with the hooks on his arms!

He and Sweden's blog queen Kenza with more than 320 000 visitors every hour(!) won prices. Appearently she's so popular that people have to grab her...

Her blog was probably the first one I ever saw, when my sister showed it to me many years ago.

It was fun that she were so nice even though she's almost on every magazine cover in the stores sometimes.

Kenza's friend Jayson from New York which is a DJ at clubs around Stockholm.

Performance on the stage by the band Love Generation with a song from Red One who has produced most of Lady Gaga's hits.

Met blogger Dennis M in the crowd. He's in a TV-show now called "Stylisterna".

He asked me to send the pictures and wrote about it on his blog here. Thanks! :)

With Sanna Bråding, TV-personality and confrencier for the night. She said she actually never read blogs.

Awesome hair! :)

Engla and Finnish-Swedish rapper legend Markoolio switched drinks haha...

The celebrity photographer Bingo Rimér asked if Engla were a Japanese blogger hehe.

Blogger Daniel Paris were happy to be on a photo. =)

He's on TV while I'm writing this, talking about what happened at the event.

Talked about Japanese fashion with Victoria from Swedish Top Model and her friend Teppo. Really friendly! :)

Teppo's nails.

Victoria often makes her own dresses and were wearing her friend's grandmother's hat today! High fashion is high fashion! :)

She had the same spiky shoe model as Kenza.

Victoria and Engla went to the toilet and came back with goodie-bags.

Here's what were inside.

This mini-UGG were one of the things haha! ^^

Remember when I saw this huge UGG in Australia btw? Now I've seen both the biggest and smallest UGG ever. I can finally die happy! ;D

Lots of people recognized Victoria from Top Model and came up and asked for photos, like in this video Engla filmed for her video blog here.

Randomly met Marlie I got to know a few weeks ago. =)

Got some champagne.

Chillin'.

André in the middle works with the main sponsor for the event One Piece. They make One Piece suits that a lot of bloggers are wearing.

The owner of the company, Thomas from California.

They had a limo waiting outside. =)

This is how we roll! ;)

Engla & Co enjoying "the good life" in the limo. ;)

Haven't cruised a lot in limousines a lot in my life, but I guess I could get used to it...

Victoria and Teppo took cola from the fast food restaurant Max with them. Looked funny. ^^

The driver.

Marlie's friend.

Crazy night in the blogosphere! :)

Once upon a time people used to lock and hide their diaries, nowadays everybody share their private life with the whole world on blogs.

Funny Food: Cranberry Pizza　面白い食べ物：クランベリーピーザー

2012-02-22T03:44:00.001+01:00

Ate this cranberry pizza with chocolate sauce at the COEX mall in Seoul, South Korea.
The COEX mall is the largest underground shopping mall in Asia. The buildings you see here is only what's above ground! :O
If you ever visit one of their two food courts, be sure to try this crazylicious pizza! :)
Lots of leaves! This is the closest you come to nature in the mega metropolis Seoul. ;)
Pizza can be pretty greasy to eat, but who wanna take a napkin when they folded them this nicely!?^^
It's really cheap in South Korea compared to Japan, so I ate a few pizzas... Here's a bacon & potato pizza at Pizza Hut.
In Korea and Japan you can usually ring a bell to call the waitress. All countries should have them! Really convenient!
I've earlier been writing about dessert pizzas in Japan here.
I found a new one with ice cream and brownies at the restaurant La Pausa! All my sorrows were gone after a slice. ;)
This one at Shakey's is gotta be "The Mother of All Dessert Pizzas" though! One bite of it and you're in seventh pizza heaven! ^^
Other than dessert pizzas, the Pruscuttio pizza is popular in Japan.

The pizzas in Sweden are huge compared to the Japanese ones so a visitor Japanese thought one were meant for five people.
Always remember to do the Pizza pose when you eat pizza! (Honestly have no idea what pose we're doing)

Spanish Gyaru Sheep Visit DecaBar スペイン人のギャル・ウサギとデカバーで飲み会！

2012-02-21T03:27:00.000+01:00

Met up Andrea and Chelsea to visit their DJ-friend Kenny Creation at Tokyo Decadance Bar.

It was really cold this day, so had to dress winter style.

Anne that lived at the same guest house as me came too. The mirror at this kombini was much cleaner than mine! :/

Chelsea and Andrea looked so cold! I've heard of Gyaru Mama, Dark Gyaru(kuro-gyaru) and even Farmer gyaru(nou-gyaru) but never Gyaru Sheep! :)

It looked so funny when they walked around among all the salary men in black suits! ^^

Tokyo Decadance Bar, Decabar, is inside this amazing place Christon Cafe.

In the sofas at DecaBar.

This sofa/throne were pretty colorful!

Just like the crazy menu and drinks...

...not to mention the bartender! XD

Met Kenny Creation there with over 4000 Facebook friends including Andrea and Chelsea.

He were DJ and played some of his favorite German songs when he heard that Anne comes from Germany.

Saw on their New Year Party invitation card that my friend Tina had been their model. She's modeling for Ageha sometimes too.

When I went to the toliet the walls were full of eyes! :O

Pretty psychedelic interior overall. ;)

Then time for some Purikura, Rola edition! (The girl standing in the background)

Rola from Bangladesh has become extremley famous in Japan for acting in the childish way she does in this commercial.

And here is our super childish Rola-purikura! ;)

Never wanna grow up. :P

Japanese & Spanish Lesson ;)　日本語とスペイン語のレッスン　（笑）

2012-02-20T16:38:00.000+01:00

The post about Chelsea and Andrea were so popular, so I will soon write more about them! But first a Japanese & Spanish lesson. ;)

The word "age" can mean that something goes up, like when the tension goes up in "agepoyo". But sometimes it means "fried".

And in Spanish the word "pollo" which is prounanced "poyo" means chicken.

So agepoyo might actually mean "fried chicken!" Can I have some McAgepoyo Nuggets please? ;)

Anyhow, in the next post our adventures continue with a visit to DecaBar and more Purikura haha...

If you can't get enough of cool Chelsea and Andrea until then you can visit there blog here! (Spanish)

¡Hola Japón!

2012-02-19T08:04:00.000+01:00

Chelsea and Andrea from Spain didn't have any problem making friends on their trip to Japan! ^^

Met them at Shinjuku station to go to a party in Roppongi.

But first some traditional Purikura of course! :D

We're elastic like Luffy in One Piece! I promise my upper teeth look better btw! :P

The photos ended up in some calendar. Living the dream, being in digital calendars and all... ;)

Full body shots and Rilakkuma purikura.

While waiting for the train at Shinjuku station...

...Chelsea and Andrea showed me their newly done nails. =)

Then I interviewed them about their fashion and Japan. After watching this clip I realized that my English now is officially broken. :/

You could see Tokyo Tower outside the club Roppongi FORUM we were going to. =)

@ the party destination! ^^

The girl to the right practically lives in this club.

Many people in different kinda Santa outfits since it was Xmas day.

La gente esta muy loca! (The poeple are very crazy!) ;)

Everybody wanted to take photos with the gyaru girls from Barcelona. =)

Later they had a lottery where you could win on your entrance ticket number.

Chelsea and Andrea were lucky and won! ^^

What could be inside!? :O

A peeing fountain and a Luffy suite haha! Exactly what they wished for! ;)

When we came back to our home town Shin-Okubo, these SHINee-fans started waving at Chelsea and Andrea and thought they looked like dolls.

It was pretty funny that two of them wore the same jack models from Liz Liza! :)

Reminds me of when Carl from my Japanese school met a guy with similar jacket taste. Fashion is a universal language! Specially jackets! :)

The Tiger Baby　虎の赤ちゃん

2012-02-18T18:52:00.001+01:00

Saw this cool kid with a Tigger outfit in Korea Town Shin-Okubo.

The mother thought it was fun that I took pictures, but the kid were kinda shy.

Maybe he's somehow related to the tiger lady I wrote about here.

Mad Man or Genius!? バカか天才！？

2012-02-17T01:56:00.000+01:00

I've seen so much strange people in Japan but this old man Said and I saw were just too much! XD

Some of he's amazing accessories is the aquariums with living gold fish hanging from his gigantic hat.

I wonder how a person become like this. Did something tragic happen to him or did he find some kinda inner peace?

What is he thinking while proudly looking at his reflection?

Movie Review: Chronicle　ムービー：クロニクル

2012-02-16T23:52:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I watched the movie Chronicle about regular boys discovering super powers which is all fun until people get hurt.

Before the movie we ate fried bananas and discussed what super powers we would like. I would choose to be able to read people's minds, because girls are so complicated! ;D

What super power would you want, and why?

I love that it's filmed with the boys own camera, just like one of my favorite movies Cloverfield, which makes it feel real.

Here's a clip from when they're playing around with their super powers. The movie really had it's moments but considering the huge potential it could have been even better. I give it 75 out of 109.

If you happen to get a super power, don't forget what the Swedish character Pippi Långstrump says: -"If you're really strong, you have to be really nice!" :P

Egg Model Akkiina: Super Mario in Sweden too!?　エッグモデルのアッキーナ：「スーパーマリオはスウェーデンでもいるの！？」

2012-02-16T09:12:00.001+01:00

We often ran into Egg-models while taking photos for TokyoFaces. Here together with my old friends Morieda, Akkiina and a new girl model.

These three colorful guys were on their way to a Street Snap shoot for Egg. They were really nice and thought it was funny to take photos together.

Here's Said's photos of them. Not sure how this guy came up with his style but I love it! ^^

The blonde reminds me of some K-pop idol with that hair and glasses.

This is what the Egg-photoshoot on Shibuya crossing looked like.

There were also a demonstration against Nuclear plants in town.

Lots of protestors in the streets.

On the sign: "Let's save the planet with Femininity!"

Passed by one of the most famous Egg-models Takkezou and the Egg-editor in Harajuku another day.

The snap of Takkezou for TokyoFaces. The "cowboy hat necklace" that he's wearing were really popular at that time.

There's a park between Harajuku and Shibuya where you can see people walk on robot stilts sometimes! :)

Looks like so much fun! Seen them do tricks as well. I wanna try! ^^

Back in Shibuya outside 109 these guys were like: -"Seriously? You want us for a photo!?". It's fun when people react that way and not ignore you or get scared! ;)

Saw Morieda and two model friends who had been to another Egg-shooting. He works as a host nowadays and said it's tough.

Do you recognize us from when he and Masshu used to work at Shibuya 109? Almost everybody I knew there quit and became hosts because the salaries were too low.

Akkiina(right) who's a guy, have never been girlier with his super light voice and leopard heels. But so funny!

After Said had told him we're from Sweden he found this photo on my camera and shouted: -"Is there Super Mario in Sweden too!?"

Said's photos of them were flawless, as always!

When I showed them the site we're taking photos for on his iPad they recognized one of the people on there. They were not the first ones.

It was Mayu Mori who works at Tutuha in Shibuya 109, got 20.000 blog readers a day and is fanatic about Lego...

The first thing that's written in her blog is "I♥LEGO!!".

She's part of a crew called "Hadesa" which means "flashy" together with Bazu which I met earlier. Read about my meeting with her here.

Bazu(middle) was one the coolest people ever but when I saw Mayu Mori at a Ramen-place she was really stuck up. I tried to talk to her but she and her friend started rolling their eyes.

It's hard to not smile when you see her happy outfits though. More Mayu at this tumblr.

Today's lesson is that the Danish toy Lego is big in Japan while the Japanese game Super Mario is popular in Scandinavia. ^^

Anyway, now I'm gonna go build myself this lifesize Buzz Lightyear from the Lego store at Odaiba. ;D

Whitney Houston RIP ホイットニー・ヒューストン

2012-02-13T04:52:00.000+01:00

Whitney Houston started performing at the age of 11 and were the most award winning artist ever. My mother used to listened to her songs. Thank you for the music!

ホイットニーヒューストンは１１歳の頃からステージで歌ってて、誰でものアティストよりたくさん賞をもらってた。僕の母はよく彼女の曲に聞いてた。音楽、ありがとうございます。

Pig is the New Black!　豚が流行ってる！

2012-02-09T16:35:00.001+01:00

Here's some things shaped like pigs that I stumbled upon in Japan. First some Pig dumplings at a convenience store in Shibuya. ^^

これは僕が日本で見掛けた豚のような形の物。先ず、渋谷のコンビニでピッグみたいな肉マンがあった！＾＾

Speaker looking like a pig Yodobashi Camera in Akihabara. Hopefully it doesn't sound like a pig too! ;)

秋葉原のヨドバシカメラのピッグスピーカー！ピッグのような音が出るかなぁ？（笑）

Pig cushion at a funny store in Yokohama.

横浜のデパートでピッグのクッションもあるよ！(･ω･)

Pig lid for for keeping the heat in a hot bowl.

日本人なら多分僕よりこの商品の説明が分かるはずけど、豚の蓋でしょ～　~(=^・・^)

Yuki - Donald Duck Undercover　ユキは秘密のドナルド

2012-02-09T03:24:00.000+01:00

Met this awesome girl Yuki at Burger King of all places. First time I make a friend at a fast-food place! :P

このスタイリッシュ女性ユキを最初バーガキングで会った。その時、初めてファストフードのお店で友達を作った・・・

Went to a bit far more stylish restaurant the next time we met. ;)　

次回ユキと会ったはバーガキングより上品なレストランに行った。（笑）

Love the interior! The pillows and curtains everywhere made it feel like you sat in a palace. ^^

レストランのインテリアが大好き！どこでも枕とかカーテンがあって、パラスにい座るって感じてる。＾＾

Yuki likes the Tokyo Decadance parties and showed her Donald Duck outfit she wore there at Halloween.

ユキは東京デカダンスのパーティーが好きって。ハロウィンにそこで着たドナルドの仮想を見せてくれた。

She even had a mouth piece that made her sound like Donald Duck! Must have been hard having a deep conversation! XD

ドナルドの口も着てた！それで話せば深い話は難しそう！ｗ

Then she showed me this bar with both a Teddy Bear and eyeballs in the back. What is it with this fascination of things that's both cute and scary at the same time? :/

後でこのバーに連れて行ってもらった。縫い包みも目玉も会って、可愛いけど気持ち悪い物は人気だそう。

Funny Food: Halloween Cakes 面白い食べ物：ハロウィンケーキ

2012-02-08T17:17:00.000+01:00

Got scared by these cakes at Myong-Dong in Seoul. ;)

この怖いケーキはソウルのミョンドンで見た。きもカワだよね！（笑）

Music Video: Big in Japan　音楽ＰＶ

2012-02-08T11:59:00.000+01:00

This cool song has been on the radio a lot in Sweden recently.

この素敵な曲は最近スウェーデンのラジオでよく流れてる。

The video includes things like Purikura, Shibuya crossing and even gyaru! =)

ＰＶはプリクラとかギャルとか渋谷交差点も入ってるし！＾＾

Tom Cruise goes: Agepoyo...? トム・クルーズはコールに「アゲポヨ…？」

2012-02-07T23:39:00.000+01:00

Tom Cruise were recently in Japan to promote his new movie Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

トム・クルーズが最近、『ミッション：インポッシブル／ゴースト・プロトコル』のワールドツアーのスタートの地である日本に到着！

After he arrived at Haneda airport a group of school girls repeatedly shouted:
-"Tomu, Agepoyo!"

制服姿の女子高生がしきりに「トム、あげぽよ！」と叫んだ。

Tom Cruise smiled and replied:
-"Agepoyo...!?"

Sources: CinemaCafe & 2nn (Japanese)

トムは笑顔で「アゲポヨ…？」とつぶやく一幕も。

詳しくは：CinemaCafe & 2nn

If he googled it he probably found this blog. Tom, you can find out the meaning of "Agepoyo" in the first entry of this blog here. ;)

Tom Cruise were in Japan when his last movie Knight & Day had preimiere as well.

That time he played a funny game with Cameron Diaz and the extremley popular Japanese boy band Arashi.

I were watching it together with Mr. Jakob who had just seen the movie.

Me: -Was the movie good?

Mr. Jakob: -Filled with clichees and at the end you kinda wanted to shoot yourself.

Me: -Hahaha I see.

Mr. Jakob: Other than that it was okey.

Street Snap ストリートスナップ #43

2012-02-07T14:31:00.000+01:00

At Roppongi station on new years day. She were going to a temple.

お正月に六本木駅で、この彼女は神社に行く途中だった。

EGG-models on a Walk エッグモデル散歩中

2012-02-07T00:07:00.000+01:00

Met these two EGG-models Seii and Yuuri when I came out from some karaoke at Center Street in Shibuya.

カラオケを歌った後で渋谷センター街でこの２人のエッグモデルさん成位とユウリを出会った。

Seii and Yuuri together with some of the other EGG-models.

成位とユウリ、エッグモデルの仲間と一緒に。

Pretty original artsy clothes! Looks like they thought of matching each other.

２人のかっこいいコーデは似いてるじゃん。

Seii, who's one of my favorite models, has many different fashionable styles.

僕がけっこう前から好きなモデル成位さんは色んなオシャレなスタイルをしてる。

Love this pic from his blog! You can read it here. (Japanese)

この凄い写真は彼のブログで見た。ブログはここで読める。

Funny Moments #26 Men's Wig メンズウィッグ

2012-02-04T15:51:00.000+01:00

Passed by a store in Shibuya 109-2 where you can buy wigs for men like this one.

Ｓｈｉｂｕｙａ１０９－２のお店でメンズウィッグが買える。

Can you tell which wigs are for men and which are for women? ;)

男性か女性のウィッグを分かるか？（笑）

In Japan you need to have very short dark hair at most work places, so I guess this is convenient if you want to change style in your free time. ;)

More wigs for men here. (Japanese)

日本では働いてる時だいたい紙を短くして黒くしなくちゃと聞いた。だから暇な時間にスタイルを変わりたいなら、こういうウィッグは便利じゃん！＾＾

詳しくは： http://www.mens-wig.jp/

Street Snap of the Day 今日のストリートスナップ #42

2012-01-26T17:55:00.000+01:00

Saw these two while looking through the vintage and second-hand shops in Shimokitazawa.

下北沢の古着屋に見た時、この二人を見掛けた。

Afro Dog & Co アフロ犬達

2012-01-25T02:55:00.000+01:00

Passed by this colorful dog with an afro-haircut at Shibuya station. =)

渋谷駅でこのカラフルなアフロ髪型の犬を見掛けた。(^ _ ^)

The owner were just as cool as her dog!

犬の飼い主も凄くオシャレだった！

The dog's hair reminds me of the toys The Good Luck Trolls.

犬の髪型を見たら「The Good Luck Trolls」って玩具を思い出す。

Well the dog is cuter though... ;)

まあ、犬の方が可愛いけど・・・（笑）

Afro Dog is not alone though, there's lots of fashionable dogs in Tokyo! ^^

東京ではアフロ犬のようなカッコイイ犬がいっぱいいる！Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

These two were lining up for the "All Day Breakfast"-restaurant Eggs 'n Things in Harajuku.

この犬達は原宿であるエッグスンシングスって朝御飯のレストランへ並んでた。

Judging from the line they must have some good breakfast!

列は長かったのでそこで美味しい朝御飯を食べれるかな？

Happy couple with two lively dogs!

この優しいカップルはとても元気な犬を持ってた！

Dog waiting for his owner outside a supermarket. Good thing he had a jacket since it was cold!　

この犬はスーパーのそとで飼い主に待っていた。ジャケットを着てたから、寒くても問題なしっ！d(-_^)

If you can't get enough of amazing dogs, don't forget to check out the previous post Super Dog Special here! :)

素敵な犬が好きなら、このブログのスーパ犬スペシャルをこちらで見て下さい！＾＾

Memories 思い出

2012-01-13T02:22:00.000+01:00

On Friday 6th January I left Japan for this time. These memories of meetings with unforgettable people will always remain!

Sharing all the crazy things that's happened in this blog has been amazing! Thanks for your fantastic responce so far!

Even if life's been hard at times with school and everything...

...it's also been a party!

There's so much I'm gonna miss now when I move back to Sweden.

It was hard to hold the tears back when I passed this red line at the airport and left the country. I'll come back sometime!

On the flight back I could clearly watch the majestic Mount Fuji while thinking back.

There's still so much cool experiences which I didn't write about yet.

I hope to get time to share all that here soon!

To sum up my two years in Japan: I came, I saw...

...I took Purikura. ;)

Swedish Christmas feat Japanese Kids

2011-12-27T12:08:00.000+01:00

Japanese kids came to eat Swedish candy like "Daim" and "Bilar" at Christmas in IKEA.

The Swedish furniture store IKEA is all over the world and very popular in Japan.

It originally came from a place in Sweden called "Småland" which is written on the sticker the kid got. So cute!

They had a Christmas event for Japanese families with a Swedish Santa Claus giving all the kids funny hats.

This kid documented it all! ^^

Afterwards they could bring traditional Swedish Christmas food home as well. Not this big gingerbread house though. ;)

We're on TV Tonight? 今夜またテレビに出るかなぁ？

2011-12-13T10:50:00.000+01:00

Tonight me and Said might be on Japanese TV talking about Japanese that sounds like Swedish. Time: 9pm. Channel: Nihon Terebi

今夜、サイッドと僕は日本のテレビで日本語に似いてるスウェーデン語について話す。２１時、日テレに出るかもしれない。

We got interviewed by the TV-channel Nihon Terebi when we were taking photos of cool people in Shibuya for TokyoFaces.com

僕達のストリートスナップウェブサイトTokyoFaces.comのために写真を撮った時、渋谷で日テレにインタビューされた。

Tonight's show is called Nepu & Imoto's World Ranking. They rank countries on different topics and then listen to what people from those countries has to say about the results.

今夜の番組の名前は「ネプ&イモトの世界番付」。世界中の国は色んなトピックでランキングされて、その国の人々は結果について話してるって内容。

Last time I watched this show they ranked the countries where women are strongest in society. Sweden ranked in as number one followed by Norway and America. Japan were on 41st place.

最近その番組を観た時、「社会に一番強い女性の国」について世界中の国はランキングされた。調査によると１位は母国スウェーデン。ついで２位は隣の国ノルウェーで、日本は４１位になった。

They talked with Sahel Rosa which I've met before about women in Persia which came on 18th place.

僕は久しぶりに会ったサヘル・ローズがペルシアの女の人について話した。

You can read about when I talked with her here.

彼女と偶然で会った時はここに読める。（英文）

In Egypt, the last country on the list, it made big news when a man had said "I'm sorry" to a woman.

ランキングで最下位のエジプトでは男が女に「ごめん」と言って大ニュースになった。

The comidian duo Harisenbon that interviewed me here about my room were also on the show. They went to South Korea, the country which performs most plastic surgery in the world.

More interesting rankings and facts about the world tonight! Hopefully Said, me and Harisenbon will all be on TV again! :)

Channel: Nihon Terebi
Air Time: 9pm

チャンネル：日テレ
放送時間：２１時

Funny Moments #25 Baby Toilet 赤ちゃん用トイレ

2011-12-08T08:18:00.001+01:00

This bathroom in South Korea had a special toilet for kids. =)

ソウルのお手洗いで子供のために特別なトイレがあった。(^ _ ^)

Next to the store LUSH in Myong-dong they had a bathtub out in the street by the way. To show off their bath products I guess.

ちなみに、ミョンドンでラッシュってお店のとなりに浴槽もあった。そこでバスとシャワー商品を見せるかなぁ。

iPrayers in Seoul ソウルのｉ祈り

2011-12-07T12:11:00.001+01:00

When I arrived in South Korea, Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs had just passed away.

韓国に来た時、アップルの共同創設者スティーブ・ジョブズ氏は最近死んだ。

At a gathering in remembrance of him in the capital Seoul, this man were praying to an image of him.

彼のために、ソウルで多くの人が集まってた。この人は彼の映像に祈った。

Apple's iPhone is everywhere, specially in South Korea. I've never seen as much smart phones as there.

アップルのiPhoneはどこでもある、特に韓国で。そんなにたくさんスマホは見たことない。

He will definitely be missed by people all over the world.

世界中の人々はスティーブ・ジョブズ氏がきっと恋しくなる。

Funny Moments #24 Zzz...

2011-12-06T15:36:00.001+01:00

Lately I've been just as tired as this guy on the subway. So many tests to take, and decisions to make. Gotta wake up!

My First Fan! ;D

2011-11-04T15:05:00.000+01:00

When I asked this Yamamba "Run-Chan" for a photo he surprisingly said:
-"Hey it's the guy from TV!" and wanted to take the photo together.

He and his friends asked about how much the rent is at my guest house and said he's friend with Ashley that's been in this blog before.

Creds to awesome Hopy for taking the pictures!
Check out her cool blog here!

Couldn't imagine to ever be recognized by guys like this when I were small and saw them during vacation in Tokyo. Looove his shoes btw! :D

Hopy also showed me this "Sun-guy". More Yamamba-fashion in the streets please!! ^^

TokyoFaces.com Reborn!

2011-11-03T11:15:00.000+01:00

Maybe some of you remember the Street Snap website TokyoFaces.com. Now it's back, featuring lots of fashionable people including model/artist Sebastiano Serafini in this picture.

Just like before TokyoFaces will have photos of the coolest young people with the latest fashion in Shibuya and Harajuku, but this time we're thinking bigger...

We will go to all kinds of places in Japan, taking pictures of all kinds of people. =)

There will be trendy Japanese poeple, as well as foreigners!

And romantic moments! Instead of always asking everybody to pose for the camera we try to catch the moment and make the photos natural.

Fantastic fashion and people straight from the streets of Japan everyday.

TokyoFaces.com

Street Snap of the Day #41

2011-10-17T23:21:00.000+02:00

Saw this man running around in Shinjuku from far away. =)

When I asked for a photo he wanted to put on his tiger mask first.

Transformed into a tiger he did thumbs up for photo and continued his run in the concrete jungle. ^^

Funny Moments #23 Face Plants

2011-10-17T22:47:00.000+02:00

I always thought that a "face plant" is when you fall and land on your face, but then I saw these face plants in Shibuya. ;)

South Korea Street Snap

2011-10-15T17:52:00.000+02:00

I just came back from some days in Seoul, South Korea.

I lived in Hong-Dae in Seoul, which is kinda like Japan's Harajuku or Shibuya. Met this guy at a market there.

Even though he was so colorful he wanted to show me a photo of himself in black and white for some reason.

Street Snap of the Day #40

2011-10-15T16:56:00.000+02:00

In Kabukichou, Shinjuku.

They were handing out flyers for a Halloween Visual Kei-event. Just noticed that the the guy to the right got a gun...

You can see in the streets that there's soon Halloween in Tokyo.

Laughed at by Millions on TV ;)

2011-10-05T20:55:00.000+02:00

One week ago I became known in TV as a "Charai"(Playboy) who buys crazy hats for my countries money...

Here's how it happened:

Since there's no English subtitles I will try to explain and translate the show.

My guest house had been choosen to be on a show about people that's poor but still happy. It was the most watched show on TV that night in Japan.

Here's two of the poor girls. Pretty funny that those two are considered poor in Japan...

As in many Japanese TV-shows a panel of famous people are watching and discussing everything that is shown.

While you're watching you can randomly see the famous people's reactions in the box in the upper left corner.

Here's the translation of my clip:

The famous comedian duo Haruna and Haruka has come to our guest house and says:

-"I would like to see who else is living here."

That turns out to be a "23 year old international student from Sweden" named Fredrik...

They come into my room and goes:

-"It's really clean!" (Before the TV-show it was really dirty)

-"Oh you have Japanese magazines."

-"A Playboy bible!?"

Haruna and Haruka: -"Are you a player!?"

Me: -"I'm not a player."

Haruna: -"You take pretty much Purikura... Is that your girlfriend?"

Me: -"No, she's a friend."

-"PLAYER!"

Haruna: -"What's this?"

Me: -"A hat..."

Haruna: -"How much did it cost?"

Me: -"About 8000 Yen."

Haruna: -"Are you working now?"

Me: -"No I get money from the Swedish gouvernment". (Loans mostly)

Haruna: -"Ah like a scholarship."

"-I can't believe this is what you're using Sweden's money for!"

Then some of the people in the studio laugh so much that they almost fall of their chairs.

Here's a longer version of the TV-show I'm in with a part from the studio and more info about my guest house:

14,5% of every household with a TV in Japan watched this show. Feels crazy to think that more than 10 million people might have seen it.

It's been strange to be recognized in the streets and read people's comments about you in internet forums.

Thank you all so much for watching and recording this. I can't believe how nice everybody's been! ^^

TGS Merchandise

2011-10-05T16:38:00.000+02:00

They're not only showing games, but also selling game-related stuff at Tokyo Game Show.

Like these paper-characters.

Or game controller buttons, in case you miss any or played too much. ;)

Very dedicated staff in the stores! ^^

Animalistic PSP-cases...

...promoted by animalistic girls. ;)

Evangelion-hairclips to look like the girl with blue hair.

And of course a lot of Super Mario-merchanise. =)

Me and My Room on TV テレビ出演！

2011-09-27T11:56:00.000+02:00

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, I will be on Japanese TV. If you have time to watch, it will be on channel 4 (Nihon Terebi) 10pm. =)

The picture above is from another TV interview with Fuji TV about Women's Soccer.

The show is called Bombii Gaaru(ボンビーガール). It's about people and their rooms.

They will look around in my room and ask about the things they find...

This hat might be one of the things they notice. :)

If somebody can find it and link to it on YouTube it would be much appreciated!

Street Snap of the Day #39

2011-09-26T15:57:00.000+02:00

In front of Purikura Mekka at the street Senta-Gai in Shibuya.

This style is called "Center Guy". Maybe because they're "guys" that hang out on "Senta-Gai"?

Outfit from Alba Rosa, which is characteristic for Center Guys. They're pretty mind-blowing to see.

Kayo Police かよぽりす

2011-09-21T17:41:00.000+02:00

The Street Fighter producer and many of the best players in the world were at Tokyo Game Show last weekend. One of them is the girl in this pictures.

Or I thought it was a girl. Then my friend told me it's the Japanese model and TV-personality Kayo Satoh called Kayo Police, who in September announced that she had been born as a male.

Kayo claims she haven't had any surgery done, and once beat the world champion Daigo.

Kayo in Japanese TV:

Typhoon in Tokyo

2011-09-21T16:55:00.000+02:00

We didn't have school today because of the Typhoon in Tokyo. When it was over there were trashed umbrellas all over the streets.

Some bikes fell over outside Don Kihote as well.

Firetrack on alert. Hopefully there were no big accidents, tomorrow it's supposed to be over.

Tokyo Game Show Cosplay

2011-09-19T20:48:00.000+02:00

This weekend I've been to Tokyo Game Show and seen dozens of fantasy characters like this! =)

Thanks to Rodrigo from my school who works at the Spanish gaming site Vida Extra I got a Press Pass. Thank you! ^^

Many say that Tokyo Game Show are becoming less about actual gaming...

...and more about the Cosplay around it.

Apparently the light circumstances between the showcase halls is close to perfect, which has made it one of the biggest Cosplay scenes.

Halo and Assasin's Creed Cosplayers from overseas in the line for TGS(Tokyo Game Show) on Saturday.

When I were taking photos of them this nice blog reader Estefania from San Diego came up to me. Such a fun surprise! ^^

She was one of the 83.000 people that came on Saturday to check out PS Vita and all the new games.

Not to mention the amazing Cosplay again. They must have put so much effort into their costumes and style!

This guy even managed to become the Evangelion Mecha I had on my shirt this day! ^^

Pink fur overload!

If you know what game/animé some of the characters are from, you're more than welcome to comment about it!

A lot of Cosplay from Monster Hunter.

A photo of me holding a pig together with two other Monster Hunter characters ended up here at the big gaming site Kotaku.com.

I think every friend I've met since then has told me that. Thanks! =)

Bayonetta.

Chocobo from Final Fantasy.

The vocaloid Hatsune Miku.

There's so much people taking photos of the cosplayers... They must feel like celebrities for a day.

It's very important for them to pose correctly and look good on every picture taken of them.

When I asked this girl about a photo while she was walking around, she first had to find a good spot and have her items ready. She had bought the gaming console Neo Geo because her character got it.

It's still extremley humid in Tokyo so it must be tough trying to look perfect in those hot suits.

Sometimes you need to take a break and chill out with your cell phone.

Cosplay can be really fun and playful...

But there's also a scary side to it. :/

No, I'm not referring to these happy monsters...

...or this guy with a bag over his head. ;)

What's scary is how sexistic it can be.

The less clothes a girl has the longer the lines is to take photos of her.

Sadly girls are often looked upon as objects in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Another example of that is the "Booth Babes" that's supposed to bring hype to the games.

Some companies went so far that they had pole dancers next to their games...

Anyhow there were more innocently dressed girls there as well.

Cool half-Persian half-Japanese girl.

More about Tokyo Game Show later! =)

Street Snap of the Day #38

2011-09-14T19:39:00.000+02:00

Saw these punksters in Shin-Okubo, Korea Town.

Pretty extreme style!

There's a lot of people with Punk-style hanging around in Korea Town for some reason. Once in a while you see this guy as well.

The Vacation is Over...

2011-08-29T12:28:00.000+02:00

It's been a crazy week. Here on Purikura with the Egg-models Naokyun and Genpon, the French Gyaru-O Chris and Matt, and Jonathan.

I've been hanging out with French people a lot lately. They're really cool! =)

On thursday we saw the two girls in the middle who were visiting from Fukuoka in Japan.

Yes, they doesn't only have similar clothes, they're twins. :)

Went by a Japanese pet shops where animals live in very small boxes waiting to be sold. Would be illegal in many other countries.

One of the puppies in there.

Sometimes they even sell apes at those stores.

On Friday we went to EggNam for some Purikura before going clubbing.

The Egg Models Genpon and Naokyun were there and were stunned when they saw Matt and Chris, and starting taking pictures of them. =)

Purikura together! ^^

On the way to Club Atom. Chris looks like a Final Fantasy character, no wonder the Japanese people thinks he's cool!

It was raining a lot but when it finally stopped Matt and Chris played Super Smash Bros IRL! ;)

Jonathan thought it was funny haha! :D

When Matt and Chris took up their ID-cards to get into Atom you could see how they looked before they had this style. =)

Pretty different!

Inside Atom. Only one floor open now so it's very crowded.

Then went to club Destiny next to Atom, where Jonathan knew some people.

Met this mysterious gyaru/manba girl Yuuki there

Yuuki has been working at a tanning salon, teaches children Japanese writing and drink whiskey for breakfast she said...

She had made her own fake eye-lashes in four different colors and tried to eat as little as possible every other meal. Then she's so hungry the next meal that she eats a lot.

Karaoke in the morning.

It has been happening so much in the week since I came back to Tokyo, that I feel like I already need vacation again! ;)

Street Snap of the Day #37

2011-08-26T01:39:00.000+02:00

Matt and Chris from France, in Tokyo for vacation.

Beijing Airport: People

2011-08-26T00:28:00.000+02:00

On my flight from Sweden to Japan I had a stop at Beijing Airport.

Funny Moments #22 Extreme Decoration

2011-08-22T21:16:00.000+02:00

This girl at the hair salon MINX in Harajuku were decorating head phones.

Japanese people love to decorate everything from their cell phones to nails, to the extreme. Sometimes it looks too much, but I think these ones turned out cool. =)

Blogger Carrying a Street Sign

2011-08-21T01:43:00.000+02:00

Yesterday when I were going home from partying in Stockholm I saw something you don't see everyday: two people carrying a street sign. :O

One of them were Hugo Rosas, Sweden's most popular male blogger now.

He's known for doing crazy stuff as challenges in his blog, so maybe there were no coincidence that he was the one carrying the sign. ;)

Then Hugo's friends showed up and he hanged onto their car while they were driving away.

With Hugo. That's not my new hair style, it had just been raining a lot. :/

Earlier that night I saw the blogger Desirée Nilson, that i wrote about before, again.

The Swedish blogosphere including Desirée and Hugo.

Went out with Gabrielle and Emmie, their last night in Sweden.

First to the club LaRoy.

And then Collage.

I was surprised to meet Danielle, who used to be at my Japanese school KAI, there. =)

Now my summer vacation is over and tomorrow I go back to Japan. But before I got up from the sofa I thought about the differences between Sweden and Japan.

I guess the main difference is that people carry around beds in the streets of Japan instead of street signs. ;)

Met Famous Comedian =)

2011-08-19T00:47:00.000+02:00

We had a sightseeing day in Stockholm and ended up meeting a famous Swedish comedian. :)

Emmie and Gabrielle are here in Sweden for the week, so I tried to show them around in Stockholm.

They thought it was blonde people everywhere in Sweden, like these entertaining babies that passed by. :D

Started the Stockholm Tour at the youth festival Ung08 in Kungstradgarden.

Some fun activities there! Maybe I'm too old though. :/

Standing in front of the fountain in central Stockholm.

At NK, the most expensive mall in Sweden.

Close to NK I saw one of most famous comedians in Sweden, Peter Magnusson. He once did a show in France so he spoke some French with the girls.

It's him to the left, in a show where they make fun of the royal family of Sweden. He's supposed to look like the king. ;D

Here's the royal familiy's castle, where they hide from Peter Magnusson and his sketches. ;)

Many street perfomers this day.

These were performing in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.

There it's like Stockholm used to be hundreds of years ago, with small narrow streets. ^^

It's the most popular tourist spot, so there's lots of souvenire shops there. Found the perfect souvenire for a Japanese person to buy. ;)

Took a boat from Gamla Stan to Djurgarden.

They thought the Nordic Museum there looked like the Hogwart castle from Harry Potter.

Later we ate meatballs at their guest house. Doesn't get much more Swedish than that. ;)

Went to the bar Wok House in the night where they have palm trees inside.

Reminds me of the club Cosmos in Tokyo where they also have trees inside. It feels so strange to look at photos from Japan when I'm in Sweden by the way.

Randomly met my sister and her friend Tina who just finished work closeby.

Then tried to get into the club Terassen which is like a big staircase and balcony by the sea. It was a member's night so we couldn't get in. :/

Instead I saw Sweden's 5th most popular blogger Desirée Nilsson at TGI Fridays.

That was our day in Stockholm. =)