I don't know how many light blue stripes top that I have now. I just can't stop buying it since they always come in different styles, but all of them look sooo pretty to me!
Usually the tops give feminine vibes, especially the top in this look that has ruffles on the bottom. This time I challenged myself to style it into a slightly tomboy look by wearing denim shorts, black outerwear, and sneakers!
Top: Oui Clothing
Denim shorts: Zara Kids
Outerwear: This is April
Shoes: Tory Burch
Choker: Barlie Picks
This is my new watch from Kapten & Son! I love the denim strap!
Hellooo! Truth to be told I'm not in my highest spirit of blogging nowadays, but looking at my 'empty' blog makes me sad. So I decided to post my OOTDs with the complete details of the brands I wore today. I hope you'll enjoy this post!
Floral vest & black maxi high slit skirt from ZARA
Black sleeveless cropped top
Saint Laurent Nano Sac Du Jour in Turquoise
Saint Laurent Tribute Sandals
Wool beret hat, bought online
White tee worn as inner from ZARA
Flannel plaid pinafore dress c/o @grinitty
Heels from Schutz
Bag from Samantha Thavasa
Sleeveless stripes turtle neck top from Gowigasa
Black short cullotes from Cloth Inc
White clear heeled oxfords from @favelist
Black lace jumpsuit from Zalora (Something Borrowed)
Plaid shirt c/o sheinside.com
Heels from Schutz
Light blue long sleeves shirt from F21
Denim shorts from ZARA Kids
Celine nano bag in Indigo blue
White clear heeled oxfords from @favelist
Ribbon gray cardigan worn as top from Mango
Batik midi skirt c/o @icorisio
White clear heeled oxfords from @favelist
Red dress from Love Bonito Indonesia
Heels from Schutz
White tee & black maxi high slit skirt from ZARA
Nike Airmax sneakers from The Goods Dept
Fuchsia fringe mini sling bag from Rebecca Minkoff
Yellow batik tail top c/o @icorisio
Denim button up skirt from Stradivarius
Platform sandals from Jeffrey Campbell
Bag from Samantha Thavasa
Black ribbon backless top from F21
Lace bralette from F21
White high waisted shorts from Stradivarius
Black platform sandals from Michael Kors
Saint Laurent Nano Sac Du Jour in Turquoise
Polkadot peplum tank from @juloryul.id
Jogger pants from ZARA Kids
Fendi Petite 2Jours in Pink Ecstasy
White clear heeled oxfords from @favelist
Long sleeved gray knotted crop top from Stradivarius
Just like what I told you before on my previous post, this was our very first trip overseas (beside asean countries) that we visited without tour guide/ tour services/ packages.
This trip is my parents' 3rd visit and my 2nd visit to Japan, but previously we always took tour services from Indonesia, where we were provided everything from visa, tickets, reservations.. So we only needed to sit nicely in the bus and they'd take us to the tourist attractions!
It all started when I was randomly checking out cheap airplane tickets (in July) and found a great deal from Jakarta to Japan on Airasia's website. Then I told my parents about it. We loveee Japan very much at every visit we make, and we're also a big fan of the food there. This year, there are also so many news and tv shows about Japan's tourist attractions and at that time, we realized that there are still so many places that we haven't visited in Japan, and how we missed their authentic Japanese food / street food when we went there with tour guide (usually, Indonesian tour services will take us to chinese restaurants most of the time... lol). Moreover, we feel like we're always in a rush when going with tour, as we're supposed to visit maaaanny places in a short time. So, the shopping time and photo time are so limited!!
At first they hesitated as none of us can speak Japanese and many Japanese can't speak English.
But I read many Indonesian bloggers' blogpost about their trip to Japan without tour guide, and it's not hard at all. I was really helped by myfunfoodiary's blogposts, and also Ashley's, cominica's, stella lee's, and elle & jess' ! :)
WHAT I PREPARED BEFORE GOING TO JAPAN:
Bought airplane ticket (JKT-Narita(Tokyo) & Kansai(Osaka)-JKT) from Airasia.com (IDR 5,5mill/person)
Booked apartment in Tokyo (via airbnb.com) and hotel in Osaka (via agoda.com)
Booked pocket wifi . (very important to go around Japan to see the train schedules on hyperdia.com and also google map) from Global Advanced Comm
Making itinerary and completing documents for visa
Calculating the approximate cost of transportation while in Japan to decide whether I need a JR Pass or not
Learning about the train's tracks / maps, so the itinerary is neat and I won't overcost on transportation. I also make a draft document about what transportation I'd take from the airport to the apartment, from the nearest station from my apartment to go around tokyo, from Tokyo - Osaka, Osaka - Kyoto, till from the hotel to the airport . All of those routes can be found in hyperdia.com's website! They also include the fares, the time, and the tracks which are VERY useful.
We arrived on December 19th morning in Narita Airport, then we decided to take the Airport limousine bus where the ticket can be purchased in front of the arrival exit for around ¥3000 one way to Shibuya (cerulean tower tokyu hotel). The trip took about 2 hours.
BESTTTTT HOT CHOCO EVER!!! I drank this every morning since the vending machine in our apartment's lobby got this van houten. Hehe!
Japanese are VERY PUNCTUAL. I purchased my bus ticket for 9:05am departure at 9:03 (which means I only got 2 minutes left to hop onto the bus) , but then I 'lost' my phone and I and my parents had to get off the bus and looked for my phone, only to found out it's actually in my coat's pocket. LOL. My parents were quite pissed of how clumsy I was as their "private tour guide" on our first day in Japan, while we still got 5 days to go dealing with my clumsiness .
So, the bus left us but they said I may change the ticket for the next departure time for free!
Right after we arrived in Cerulean Tokyo Tower Hotel (which is the bus stop in Shibuya area), we asked the hotel's staff the way/route to Dogenzaka area (our apartment) since we still hadn't got our pocket wifi yet (it's delivered to our apartment).
We were surprised to see the momiji (autumn leaves)! I thought it's not available anymore in December. So we stopped to take a picture in front of the pretty tree!! #perksofnotgoingwithatourguide.
Damn soft pork belly cuts
While we were 'lost' looking for our apartment. My mom insisted to stop by this small restaurant because she said it smelled so good even from outside and we hadn't had our breakfast yet.
The staffs couldn't speak english but luckily we ordered the food through a vending machine (thank God I've read some infos about Japanese's vending machines in food stalls) and we just needed to press the number of the menu (there were food miniatures in front of this restaurant along with their numbers in the menu). Our meals were affordable! ¥480-500 with free ocha :)
This pork katsu with egg & onions were really good :9
I've calculated the whole transportation cost for our trip in Japan and we don't need a JR Pass. We decided to get ourselves a Suica card each. It's like a bca flazz card but we use it in JR train stations (for JR lines). We filled the card with some amount of money (¥2000) . Everytime we pass the gate, we just stick the card to the sensor and it'd read the station we get in, and stick again at the exit gate (and they'll charge you the fee automatically by cutting off the amount you have in your card. There are discounts too (for example. shibuya station to harajuku is ¥210, but after discount the fare is only ¥190) rather than purchasing a usual ticket one by one for every trip).
This Suica card can only be used for JR lines . For metro/subway, you need to purchase Pasmo card (same function) . I didn't purchase Pasmo card since I didn't take many routes through metro/subway lines, so everytime I needed to take a subway/metro, I just bought a ticket at the ticket machines ;)
Good morning Shibuya!! Thank you so much to the police officer in front of Shibuya station who spoke English very well and showed us the way to our apartment, and also a very kind Japanese who also helped us although he couldn't speak english.. so both of us used the sign languages.. lol
Yay... we're getting close to our apartment!! Look at the pretty sky and sunlight :D
After we've arrived at our apartment, we took a moment to take a rest and change our clothes to wander around Shibuta till night!
There's a Lawson store in front of our apartment. I got myself a pocky and also a very yummy warm milk tea :9
The famous SHIBUYA109 Mall was very close to our apartment. There are so many famous brands like Snidel, Emoda, Liz Liza, Samantha Vega, and maaaany more. I and my mom went a lil bit crazy shopping at that mall. Even the shop assistans were very pretty and cute!! xD
Randomly visited a standing (yes... standing as it means there's not any chair / seat to sit on) sushi bar in Shibuya.. The sushi was good!!
I have an extraordinary tummy, so we went in to a Yoshinoya stall and I tried this pork belly rice which's not available in Indonesia.. Omg.. it's sooo yummyyyy!! Wish they could bring this menu to Indonesia T_T
If you're wondering, my dad took all pics of me and I took all pics without me in it :D. I brought my canon eos 600D and 50mm f1/8 lens. On the two last days on my trip, my dad bought a new cam from BIC Camera shibuya. It's Canon eos m2 and we used it to took our pics while we're in Osaka & Kyoto. All of the photos in this post were still taken by my iPhone & EOS 600D!
White flowy top + my favorite denim shorts! This was my cozzyyy outfit yesterday. I went to have lunch with my friends and these photos were taken near the restaurant ;p
As simple as my outfit can be, I'd try to add more colours to it which is red in this outfit.
I wore this headband because I felt some 'gypsy' / 'country' vibes from the top, so I tried to match it xP. Look at my hair! I don't realize my hair has grown so long after 1 year not having a hair cut + a hair perm last December. I'm planning to cut it to be mid - length when I'm going to Jakarta next week. I'm going to sign myself up to a college there.. About the major and else, I'll tell you after I graduate from high school ^0^
Thanks to ma friend Kevin for taking these photos! Anyway, I'm planning to make a blogpost about some behind-the-scenes of my outfit shoots. You know, I like to fool around and not every photos of me look good. I hope I can make it since I'm nervously facing my 1st physics exam in the 12th grade x( *it's getting harder :'(*
I'd like to also announce the winner of my giveaway.. It's Milka Amelia! Congratulations! I'll contact you as soon as possible. For the others, thanks a lot for joining my giveaway. I promise I'll hold more giveaway soon!
Miley bracelet c/o @enpointe14 (line: tamaranitya)
