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January 14, 2009

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100 Yen Store

By Heart2Heart | Shopping, Travel | 8 Comments

And if you are lucky to bump into a 100 yen store, even better!! They have many many things all for a 100 yen!! That is around P 56.00 ( exchange rate 85 yen to US$1 = P48 ). For Japan, believe me that is cheap because everything else is expensive! So I let my son go wild in this store and he does- I tell him to buy anything he wants! 🙂 It is his favorite store!

We saw around 3 of them and we found Daiso ( website: Daiso ) to be the best among all since it had more assortment. Daiso has around 2,500 stores around Japan. In Daiso and another store, they say 105 yen which should include taxes. Hmmm…

In the Japan Home Center here in the Philippines ( Everything P 88.00 ), they have a Daiso section for P 66.00

These are photos are from different 100 yen shops

Oh my gosh! They had a section for Heart2Heart! 🙂

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January 14, 2009

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Convenience stores

By Heart2Heart | Travel, Yummy! | 7 Comments

And if drinks from vending machines are not enough, there are many many convenience stores around the city!! Round the clock 24 hours! Like having Starbucks in every block 🙂 Lawson has the best selection among the ones we have been to. I wish COOP ( Sango and Coop March 1, 2007 ) ( New Snack Discoveries at Coop March 28, 2008 ) were still open 🙁

Candy, Chocolates and junk food galore!! As usual attractive packaging and so many to choose from!

James’ favorite – Crispy Caramel Sandwich from Haagen Dazs. Acoording to him “THE BEST!”

Haagen Dazs flavors not found in Manila yet

Go crazy over all the japanese frozen delights!!!!!!!!

Even Royce ice cream!

Heart2Heart’s favorite, PINO! Ice cream covered with chocolate

Mochi with ice cream inside

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January 14, 2009

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Vending Machines

By Heart2Heart | Travel | One Comment

Walking around Japan, you will see many vending machines selling all kinds of drinks….even the kids go crazy when they see them because they have hot chocolate, fanta grape or orange and even hot corn soup! It was so cold that when you see these machines they are like a life saver! Sometimes, I just borrow the cans and hold them to keep my hands warm 🙂

Even ice cream!!! The kids still buy some even in the freezing cold!

Even in amusement parks, vending machines to sell drinks! at double the price 🙂

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January 13, 2009

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Mitsukoshi Food Hall

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | 4 Comments

When in Japan, we do mostly window shopping and you cannot imagine how much our eyes buy by just looking at all the many things to see. Japanese really spend a lot on packaging and presentation. In the department stores, there is one or two floors of food in their basement. And WOW! The food just looks all so YUMMY! For Philippine standards, their products are expensive but to them, it does not seem so. It is always jam packed with people…

Their pastries always look so pretty and so good to eat!! and with all that FRESH FRUITS!

Bakeries like these are all over Japan and they have a great selection of breads…

This looks like a flat bread with cheese! Looks YUMMY!!

And many food to go counters…

UNAGI ( Eel)

Tempura

There was a long line going around the escalator – really long line! I went to see what they were lining up for and it was this! I wonder what it is. It looks like a Brazo de Mercedez? It looks like cream inside a roll…I was so curious what it was but had no time to line up! The line seemed to never end

These are our favorite Yoku Moku rolled cookies- it is like lenguas de gato but rolled. Then this Almond leaf – it is a crispy cracker with sugar and almonds on it! YUMMY!!!!

OH MY GOSH!! FROZEN YOGURT!!!! Of course we had to get some! This was a gelateria and yogurt place so they were selling also gelato

Interesting frozen yogurt!!! with fresh fruits and then syrup lined on the sides

And WOW!!! Look how they display their fresh vegetables!!!! It’s a work of art!!!! And the vegetables are so nicely packaged and you won’t see a single speck of dirt on them! They look so perfect!

And their seafood and meat section…also WOW!!!

Look at those gigantic crab legs!

Sashimi to go- looks soooo fresh!

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January 13, 2009

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BIC Camera Store

By Heart2Heart | Photography, Shopping, Travel | One Comment

Japan is the land of gadgets and electronics! Wow!! And this store is just so amazing because it is a one stop destination for many many gadgets! Problem would be that the instructions and everything written on it in Japanese. Hmmm… But never mind, just tinker with all the gadgets- they have a sample of everything and you can test and try them out…I wish I took photos inside the store

A giant 103 inch LCD screen for five million yen – that is around US$ 59,000.00

A refrigerator with so many doors!!!

The store guide of the store we went to…just to give you an idea of what is inside the store! You will go crazy!

For more information on store locations and floor guide per store: BIC CAMERA STORE GUIDE

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January 13, 2009

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Zakuro

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | 4 Comments

Dad and Mom’s favorite Shabu Shabu restaurant in Tokyo

Wine brought by James all the way from Manila, just pay corkage

We ordered more of the lunch courses which were complete meals already…

Their tomatoes are so red, juicy and really FRESH!!

Quito ate all the beef already before I could take it, so this is just the cooker and cooking a few of the vegetables

Sorry about the menus, the hardest to take photos of. Especially in Japan where they think I am spying on their restaurant…how do i explain my website to them? 🙂

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January 2, 2009

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Nay’s House, Tarlac

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | 8 Comments

Thanks Tita Isabel and Isa for hosting a great dinner in Nay’s house during our Tarlac visit. This is my first time to have the real Kapampangan food. It was really delicious. Makes me love Filipino food even more.

Nay’s house also won 1st Place in the Monumental category of Belenismo. Congratulations!

Last year’s visit, 2007

This year’s visit, 2008. I think I was so hungry that I did not get to take proper photos. I did not even take the photo of the YUMMY Homemade Buko sherbet that they had which I had two servings of 🙂

Their version of paella – it was like suman type. Interesting!

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December 31, 2008

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Belenisimo sa Tarlac 2008

By Heart2Heart | Christmas, Travel | One Comment

Congratulations once again to Tita Isabel and Isa for another wonderful display of Belens! Now on it’s second year!

Previous Entry: Belenismo sa Tarlac December 12, 2007

FIRST PLACE in the DIORAMAS category

GRAND – MUNICIPAL – 1st Place VICTORIA- This Belen had live characters in it with dancers and instruments

GRAND- MUNICIPAL – 2nd Place PURA

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GRAND- Municipal – 4th Place – VICTORIA

GRAND Non Municipal – 1st Place TARLAC PNP – Tita Isabel and Isa’s Belen made together with the PNP

Grand Non -Municipal 2nd Place Our Lady of Remedies Parish

MONUMENTAL CATEGORY: FIRST PLACE – Nay’s House

Monumental 3rd Place Coco Grill Express Restaurant

SAN MANUEL

They made the figures look like it was made of CAPIZ. We travelled almost near Baguio to see this

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December 2, 2008

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Asian Spices at Segara Village

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, Travel | No Comments

Inside Segara Village they have a restaurant to service the guests and outsiders as well. We wanted to try it so we had dinner there and we enjoyed the ambience and the food. It is okay for Subic standards and considering they had just opened. We were a big group so we placed our orders in advance to be sure they could handle us. We almost occupied the whole place so it felt like we were in our own private dining room 🙂