Diary: Japanese Friends from Nagoya Visit!

This was actually right before Halloween...anyway, my friends from my share house adventures in Nagoya came to visit America!

They came mostly to see New York, but since WV is so close by, they stayed with me for a few days!  They made my time in Japan amazing, so I wanted to try my best to show them the best of Morgantown.  They also brought a bunch of snacks and stuff for me from Japan!

First we had a little welcome party, introduced them to some friends, and I showed them around WVU's campus, then they did some exploring by themselves. They said WVU's campus was like a movie XD

Of course I showed them some of my favorite food places.  I had class for part of the time, so they also went to eat at some other places that I recommended without me.  I took them to Chico's Fat, the Morgantown Brewing Company, and the Cupcakerie

I hope they had a lot of fun, and I look forward to seeing them again in Japan!

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Blog: Pittsburgh Double Date: Food

Sorry, I've been so behind and I have so much to post! With school going on, I'm doing more fun bloggable things, but I'm also busy with school and work DX

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First we ate ramen! Pretty much every time I go to Pittsburgh, this is always a stop on my list. The Ramen Bar! It's not really Japanese ramen, but it's still really good

And I'd been having an extreme craving for macarons for a while and couldn't find any in Morgantown (which I now have found at Naticakes!) so we found some at a bakery called Gaby et Jules right down the street from the Ramen Bar

Flavors are: strawberry, rose, and poppy!

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Blog: Birthday Adventures!

I was feeling kind of meh about my birthday because every year my friends are always busy or out of town, or I'm moving or getting ready to move, or something is going on that I never see anyone or really do anything fun, and it's been really getting to me.  I mean, I totally understand there are important things that people need to do, but sometimes I wish I was always the most important thing on my birthday X( I never really have a big party or anything. Last year I sort of had a party thrown for me by my friend Chris and we went swimming, but most of my friends couldn't come, so it was only me and two others. It was still fun though!

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At little after midnight when it officially became my birthday, Takeru ordered me pizza from Papa John's! Good start to my birthday <3

I spent the first part of my birthday with Takeru, pizza, and cuddling, but he had a final exam to study for and work, so he couldn't spend the whole day with me. Later, Ashley came over with her bird, Callie, and gave me a present (I'll talk about presents later XD) and we went Pokehunting around town. Callie became my model (and tried to destroy things) when I found pretty flowers

 After that, we went to Olive Garden with two more friends and I got free cake for dessert! I took pictures of it cuz food porn XD Lasagna, chocolate mousse cake, and caramel lasagna

Then the next day, I had a few drinks at the Brew Pub with Katie, and we went Pokehunting for a while

Ok, now for presents! =D From my mom, I got the EOS Candy Brown contacts from Pinky Paradise, from Ashley, I got ILNP nail polish in Champagne Blush, and from Takeru Lush bath bombs (which haven't come in the mail yet) and I'll do reviews of everything I got eventually =D

Not a bad birthday this year =)

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Food: Phoenix Bakery, Morgantown WV

I think I'm going to start doing separate food posts and add a tag for restaurants, kind of like reviews! I'll still post about food in my more broad blog posts about my day or week or when I travel, but for some restaurants that I really like, I think I'll do this.  Hopefully it will help people find the good places I like to eat at and bring them more business XD Plus, it'll be my little place to keep track of these restaurants, no matter where I go. This is my last chance to hit up all of my favorite places in Morgantown! When I live in Japan, I can go to my favorite places I ate at before, and find new ones and share them with you guys too. I'll include links and pictures of my food, and possibly the other people I go with's food, a picture of the place, and whatever else.

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So I'll start with this one! It used to be called the New Day Bakery, and now it's called the Phoenix Bakery in South Park in Morgantown, WV.  They have amazing pizza, but you can only get it on weekends. Every day they have different stuffed ciabatta. 

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I got the mozzarella and pepperoni stuffed ciabatta! Basically a giant pepperoni roll

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Blog: Japan Day 4 Part 1: Shibuya 109 Shopping

This day was full of shopping, friendship, and music! It started out with meeting some of Takeru's friends for Chinese food near the station.

Then we went to Shibuya. When we were waiting to meet Aya, there was this super fashionable guy also waiting nearby.  I wanted to take his picture, and Takeru said that he actually thought that he looks like a guy he knows!  So I went to the bathroom and came back, and then they were talking! XD Turned out he actually did know him.  So I was able to ask for his picture ;)

Then we met Aya went to Shibuya 109!

In Onespo!

Aya got me my first ever Swankiss purchase!! The girls who work there are so cute, and I follow all of them on Instagram.  I'd been to the store before, last time I was in Japan, but didn't buy anything, so I was soooo excited!

After that, we went to Liz Lisa, and I got a dress (all the clothes I got will have their own post)
And I saw this super cute girl dressed head to toe in Liz Lisa! Takeru asked for me to take her picture because I'm too shy, and Japanese is easier for him (of course)

I'll do part 2 from this day next!

Blog: Japan Day 3 Part 2: Harajuku and Shinjuku

Of course I couldn't not go here at least once!  It was only a very quick trip, since I have been here before many times.  It was nice to see these places I haven't been in so long, and be reminded that it wasn't just a dream!

I went to the new Harajuku Etude House

And here's just random quick pictures

I know this isn't particularly interesting to you guys, but I got to revisit the first conbini I ever went to when I first went to Japan, in Harajuku! XD

Anyway, after that, we headed to Shinjuku to meet some of Takeru's friends for drinks at an izakaya.  We hit some pretty rough rush hour traffic on the Yamanote line...

Can you find Godzilla?

This is the inside of the izakaya! It was called: 磯丸水産 (Isomarusuisan)

And here comes the food porn...

Japanese alcohol is the best!

After that, we went to karaoke and ate ramen, but I was a little drunk and didn't take pictures of it XD  That's all for that day!