Konnichiwa

I signed up to a website to make new friends in Japan. As I had already started talking to a girl in Hokkaido and e-mailed as it was nice to know more about a place I wanted to know more of and I like the sweet pictures she would send and I have received postcards from her so I thought I'll seek other friends :) who doesn't like getting mail? especially from a country they love to know more about.

I message quite a few people and some politely replied and some I email, facebook and this morning I received a letter :)

Cute Hello Kitty stationery and a tiny Japanese Kit Kat. Its amazing how many kit kats there are in Japan we just have the basic ones we did have double chocolate and white chocolate but that was all not like Green Tea or Berry flavour like they do.

I'd love to visit Japan and meet these people I have befriended and shared things with.

I might be a bit too obsessed with Japan but thats just me. The films, the people, the culture, the beauty I could just see myself living in Japan it have to be a traditional house and I'd love a kimono. I love my bonsai trees and kokeshi dolls.

I follow people on her who moved to Japan to teach or what have you and I'd love to do the sam travel all around and blog about my experiences. Take photo's of wacky and wonderful things and experience the things I want to like in Kyoto I'd love to see Geish and do the tourism thing of dressing like one :p visit shrines, bath houses etc. These are on my list of things to do before I die, I just hope I get the opportunity and not forgetting the Ghibli musuem.

Happy Easter!

So for a while everyone has been preparing themselves for the holiday as 'Easter' Since March or probably sooner stores began to sell Easter eggs and Easter themed goodies.

Its quite a important holiday as it celebrates the resurrection of Christ. People celebrate buy eating lots of chocolate although I don't get the connect of chocolate shaped eggs? I have just read that when eggs come to life as in when Christ comes back to life, natural symbol for fertility.

This year seems to be bigger than last year for some reason I noticed. Stores go crazy selling Easter based products especially the one I work in not only is there Chocolate and lots of it in different shapes and sizes but decorations, toys even children's play costumes. I can't believe the amount of chocolate people have been buying as I told my friend in Japan just adds to the obesity problem in this country. The most chocolate eggs I sold to a customer was about 20 :O and I'm just as bad buying them :( Its hard to resist and selling little chocolate bunnies and little eggs 5 for a £1.
Some of the eggs are expensive we went to Booths today and a Easter Egg Kit Kat Chunky was £5.99 where as our shop sold them at £1.99 as I bought one for someone and you get a free mug! I don't know why you get a free mug but still pretty cool and at a good price.

I have done my nephew Caleb a Easter bag. I got him Thomas mini book set, book, train 'Cranky' a Thomas easter egg and a Kinder egg :) oh and a Easter card.

Easter is more for kids like Christmas and for adults to gorge on chocolate.