Japan- Mint and pink

Wind Breaking Anorak, thanks to Pilgrim

Necklace- Target

Jumper- Zara (similar HERE)
Skirt- Portmans

These pics were taken in Hiroshima, Japan such a beautiful and peaceful place!  The cherry blossoms were in full bloom and just so gorgeous. 

I bought this mint knit in Japan, seriously needed some extra warm clothes.  Doesn't hurt that is is pastel perfection with those pink cherry blossoms : )

     

Japan- Anyone for oysters & sake?

 

Jeans- Saba
Tee- Marcs
Shirt- Sportscraft
Bag, thanks to Ooh La La Accessories
Teapea shoes, thanks to Steve Madden

Something I didn't know was that Hiroshima, Japan is famous for its oysters, so what does that mean? It means oysters for lunch : ) And they were amaze- BBQ'd, big, meaty and delicious.  Of course with rather a big glass of sake to wash them down- perfect!

These pics were taken on a little island off Hiroshima called Miyajima, here we found the Itsukushima Shrine.  At high tide the shrine appears to float on the water, it's pretty cool.  We spent the whole day at the island, so by the time we left it was low tide and we could actually walk out to it!

This place was the mildest of our trip, I was SO excited to get down to a t-shirt for a little while, and to CARRY my jacket- Woohoo!! I should also take this opportunity to point out the cute little shoes from Steve Madden that I'm wearing- they are as comfy as slippers and were my staple shoe for my holiday!

     

Japan- Flower power & the friendly deer

OUTFIT 1:
Shirt- Zara
Earrings- Tilkah
Wind Breaking Anorak, thanks to Pilgrim Clothing

OUTFIT 2:
Jeans- Saba
Tee- Ojay
Scarf- Witchery
Icebreaker Bliss Wrap, thanks to Natureshop
TeaPea shoes, thanks to Steve Madden
Bag, thanks to Ooh La La Accessories

I love a bit of diagonal photography, but gee whizz, it seems I went a little nuts in Japan and have managed to take a fair whack of crooked pics... apparently on purpose!  I do wonder what on earth I was thinking, and I do hope I'm not driving you nuts with my arty-farty photos : )

The garden pics were taken at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, only open for 4 days a year, and timed perfectly with our visit!  The deer is a friendly deer who lives in Nara where we visited the largest wooden structure in the world- the Great Buddha Hall.  Rather spectacular indeed.

     

Japan- Black eggs and a bit of luxury

OUTFIT 1:

Bag, thanks to Ooh La La Accessories

Jacket, thanks to Pilgrim Clothing

Icebreaker Roma dress, thanks to Natureshop

Shirt- Sportscraft

Boots- Aldo

Scarf- Witchery

OUTFIT 2:

Teapea shoes, thanks to Steve Madden

Jacket, thanks to Pilgrim Clothing

Bag, thanks to Ooh La La Accessories

Scarf- Witchery

Shirt- Zara

Jeans- Saba

From the amazing and crazy Tokyo we headed up the mountains, and I mean UP, to Gora.  A little town in the Hakone region of Japan near Mt Fuji.  We had splashed out on some insane accommodation here for 2 luxurious nights to celebrate our wedding anniversary.  Boy was it worth it- such a beautifully traditional and amazing place!!  We were even served breakfast and dinner (each a veritable feast) in our room by our housekeeper- very surreal, but extremely awesome : )

It was freeeeeezing cold so a thermal under my woolen dress, plus another shirt on top, plus the jacket and I was barely warm enough for a half-day trip further up the mountain to find black eggs cooked pretty much in a volcano!  Word is they add 7-years to your life. I ate two ; )   Then a wonderful afternoon staying warm and relaxing at our ryokan.

We were given a kimono, puffa vest, special socks and thongs which we were to wear while at the ryokan.  We could even wear it to the village if we wanted too!

 

You can read my review of this dress- HERE

     

Japan- Tokyo photo diary

 

OUTFIT 1:

Bag, thanks to Ooh La La Accessories

Wind Breaking Anorak, thanks to Pilgrim Clothing

Shirt- Sportscraft

Pants- Asos

Boots- Aldo

OUTFIT 2:

Teapea shoes, thanks to Steve Madden

Wind Breaking Anorak, thanks to Pilgrim Clothing

Orange shirt, thanks to Junk

Jumper- Zara

Jeans- Saba

If you follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram you may have gathered that for the last 2 weeks I have been on holiday in amazing Japan.  Now that I am back home in sunny Melbourne, Australia I thought I would share with you some of my outfits and favourite pics from Tokyo.  It was pretty chilly so thank goodness for my travel perfect jacket from Pilgrim Clothing which I wore every day!

We stayed in traditional style accommodation at Ueno, Tokyo.   We were right near a huge park which was filled which cherry blossoms just coming into bloom- so beautiful!  Along with Uneo cherry blossoms, also pictured is the busiest intersection in the world at Shibuya at night (10,000 people every crossing!!), Shinjuku (electronics galore!!), green tea icecream (interesting!!), kimono action, sushi (yum!!) and details from shrines we visited (so beautiful!!).