Three Freezing Weeks in Sweden!!

I recently came back to Japan after the coldest three weeks of my life!! :O
But it was nice to meet family and old friends as well as new friends like Tilde on the picture! =) 

To describe the change you go through when you fly from Japan from Sweden:

When I left the Japanese airport I was greeted by Pikachu...

And when I came to Sweden I was greeted by Björn Borg.
He's kinda like Sweden's Pikachu I guess... ;D

You can see the ice to the left of him, giving everybody a hint about how cold Sweden is!! XD

It's the coldest winter in Sweden in more than 100 years so our house was whiter than ever before.

Struggling to keep warm. 

In Japan you "Dress to Impress" but in Sweden you "Dress to Survive"... ;)

No need for a fridge, just put the stuff on the balcony!

Went to the pretty new shopping center "K5" in Vällingby to update my closet for these cold weeks.

K5 was actually voted to be the most good looking shopping center in the world in competition with shopping centers in New York and Tokyo! :O

I liked this hat from my favorite Swedish brand G-Star Raw.

Or is it Swedish? Haven't seen it anywhere else.

This two meter tall staff was working there. He was nice and gave 50% off on the jeans

I bought even though it was only supposed to be for members.

I love the surrounding in the store with Rhinos in G-Star Raw-clothes in the background!^^

Inside the changing rooms they had computer with web cams!

Are you supposed to connect with the other changing rooms and look what

they're trying on or something..? XD

Top Shop had some fun things as well, like this hat. =)

I was suprised you could find travel bags looking like this in Sweden.

Felt so typically Japanese!

And "Uggs" are everywhere, in all sizes!! :D

Even babies can wear them now!!^^

Wearing some of what I bought.

Jeans from G-Star Raw, Jacket from MQ, red cardigan and bag from H&M.

Everything was really cheap since it was 50% off because of the sale everywhere.

Wore this outfit but with my tail attached to the bag to a Gyaru-meeting in Stockholm which I wrote about here!

  

Later I met another cool Swedish gyaru named Tilde in Västerås.

She has been reading Japanese fashion magazines like Ranzuki and EGG for some years and went with the class she was studying Japanese with on a trip to Japan last year.

She showed me around in Västerås that was even colder than Stockholm but it was a nice town! 

We went to the world's first H&M and some other stores.

I didn't know that H&M, which is now everywhere in the world, came from Västerås originally.

You can read Tilde's fun blog here!!

Visited Amadeus, that goes to the same Japanese school as me but also is in were in Sweden for the holidays, in his "natural environment" Infernal Online. ;)

Infernal Online is appearently the biggest "Online Gaming Café" in the world.

Started off New Year's Eve in Amadeus crib.

Playing some Smash Bros Brawl to Wii. 

Carl that lived in the same guest house as me and went to the same Japanese school for 9 months was there!! =)

He's studying at a university in north Sweden now but said he missed Japan so much and hopes to come back!

The green tail that Amadeus used to wear in 2010 is now outdated!

The tail your supposed to wear 2011 looks like this according to him!

He found it in Harajuku as you might have guessed.

Then we went out to watch everybody celebrate.

This child with a torch must have been the most hard core! XD

2011!^^

Went to the club Spy Bar until morning.

If you wonder why it's named Spy Bar it's because they actually have spy cameras all over the place!

Lots of Balloons in the roof! I liked the furnishing with some crystal chandeliers.

Gave you the feeling of partying inside a castle much like in the club Trump Room in Shibuya.

Met these three cool people inside! =)

It looks like we're sitting in some nice house but it's one of the rooms in Spy Bar.

One of the DJ's.

Stockholm looked pretty beautiful when I went home in the morning.

Here you see the most central part of Stockholm "Sergels Torg" but it's not a single person there! That would never ever happen in Tokyo...

Also got shot by my cousin Adam's air bazooka but survived. :P

If I were to pick a theme song for my stay in Sweden it would definitley be "Written in the Stars" by Tinie Tempah and Eric Turner.

Every time I listened to the radio in Sweden it was on, and today I heard it in Japan too. Eric Turner that sings the chorus used to be my cousin Adam's math teacher before he got this huge hit that has been played over 28 millions times on YouTube!! :O

I think I've listened to it a hundred times now but still love it!

Before I went back to Sweden I had to buy some Swedish souvenires for my Japanese friends. 
Here's some of the things I bought, you will see more later!

The text "Absolut Svensk" means "Absolute Swedish". 100% Swedish.
I thought it would look fun on Japanese people to wear those.

They were so cheap to buy in a souvenire shop in "Gamla stan" so I bought about 15 of them...

Here you see Fiona from the duo "Rebecca & Fiona" wearing a "Absolut Svensk"-shirt. 
I didn't know about them before my sister showed me their new TV-show while I were in Sweden.

The picture is taken from their artsy blog which you can read here!

This pink "Elefant suitcase" I bought includes typical Swedish candy like "Bilar".

And then the joker "Salta katter"!! Salta katter = Salty Cats
It's licorice which they don't have in Japan as far as I know and their reaction when they taste it is always very very intresting... ;D

Before I finish this post I just need to say that the pizzas in Sweden are about four times the size of the pizzas in Japan...

Sweden Street Snap #4

This trio were walking around in the supermarket "Hemköp" in the bottom of the department store "Åhléns".

Åhléns in central Stockholm.

The photoshoot happened to take place right in front of where all the candy is.
First I thought the girl to the right had brought the Hello Kitty rod but she just picked it up from there, and the next one found a "Geisha"-bag! How fitting!! =D 

 



Wherever you are in the world, I noticed you always find the coolest "Street Snap"-people
in the most unexpected places... Like Hemköp, you know! ;D

Sweden Street Snap #3

This cool girl were walking around in "Kista Galleria".

I thought she was inspired by Japanese fashion but she said it was "Glam-Rock"-style.

Then I came to think about when the triplets from the band Wild Flowers went to my Japanese
school Kai. Everybody in the school thought they were hosts or gyaru but they were glam-rockers.

Among many other things they have been kissing Lady Gaga in her music video for "Paparazzi".
I will write more about them later!

Gifts from Wonder Rocket in Harajuku

When my sister was visiting me in Japan about a year ago her favorite store were Wonder Rocket
in Harajuku. So before I went back to Sweden she wanted me to buy some clothes there for her.

The furnishing inside Wonder Rocket with rabbits, leafs and clocks everywhere
really makes it feels like you slipped down the rabbit hole from Alice in Wonderland.

And the staff are the best!!^^
I wonder if anyone would get that nice if they lived in there cute little world for a while? ;)

I didn't really know what clothes to choose so luckily the girl to the right helped me out,
and my sister loved what she picked. =)
You got the bag she has on this picture as a gift for shopping for more than 5000 yen. 

Only bad thing was that my sister's favorite staff
that helped her when she was here wasn't there. :(

She's the funniest shop staff you'll ever meet!^^

I don't remember her name but we always called her "Mii"
since she reminded us of Mii from Moomin with that ball
on top of her hair. ;)

The staff packed the accessory I bought in a nice package like this.

If you come to Harajuku, don't forget to drop by this cozy store on Takeshita Street! :)

We didn't only go to Wonder Rocket when my sister was here though,
we also went to Disney Sea! =)

The atmosphere in Tokyo Disney Land and Disney Sea is
just amazing!^^
I've been to Disney Land in some different countries but 
there's something special about TDL!*

*TDL = Tokyo Disney Land

Marifume from Tutuha in Disney Land to the right.

Goofy together with Moripi from JSG, Masshu, Yuunyan and Minorun from Daisy and Hayato from Co&Lu. Most of them wearing Daisy's "Boarder Mickey"-shirt that was a big hit.

One of the reasons why Tokyo Disney Land and Sea probably is so much fun is because all the Japanese people there are so extremley happy.
It seems like it's the best day of their life and most Japanese people would probably move there if they could!^^

Just some days ago you could see people walking around in kimonos everywhere because of the "Coming of Age"-ceremony "Sei Jin Shiki" for people turning 20 years old.

My sister's friends mom are a kimono-dresser so she got to try a kimono when she was here. 
After hours of hard work it looked like on the picture.

Some of the EGG-models that recently turned 20 is Yuunyan, Takkezou, Azusa, Riopon and Yunkoro.

Azusa and Riopon looked beautiful. 

But I think Morieda was the coolest one!

Finland Street Snap #2

I got so suprised when I had been taken photos of these three because when I was gonna tell them my blog adress they said that they already knew it.

One of them said she had found it from Viivi's blog since she have this
blog as one of her favorites there.

Felt so strange that the first people I talked to knew who I am...
I love their super cool hair and they match eachother so well!^^