Doraemon Museum: Fujiko F. Fujio Museum

This mark my 2nd time visiting the Doraemon Museum also known as the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum. I would be in Japan right now visiting for the 3rd time if the global pandemic didn't happen and I had to cancel my Japan trip. 

I will never get bored and tired of going to the Doraemon Museum. The second time around, I actually got to explore and see different things that I missed out on during my first visit.

You can read about my first visit to the Doraemon Museum on this post here and how to get there and purchase tickets.

Riding the Doraemon bus to the museum at Noborito station was always something I looked forward to because there are new buses every time. I never even noticed that there are cute foot prints of Doraemon's cat paws on the ground at the bus stop waiting area. How cute!

Line Friends Store: Spring Sakura Items

Japan is full of pink and sakura items all across the country in the spring time. Even the LINE FRIENDS store is sooooo pink and cute. 

I miss shopping in Japan so much. Hoping to be able to go back again soon in spring 2021. For now I will have to live with looking at these pictures on my blog. I hope they make you feel a little happier looking at all these cute and pink stuff. 

Window display at the Harajuku store. So pink and cute! (✿ ♥‿♥)

  

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

As a ramen lover, visiting the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum was on my top must-visit places in Japan. I can't wait to go back to Japan to visit the Cup Noodles Museum located in Yokohama as well.  

A little background on the museum. It was founded on March 6, 1994 and it is the world's first food-themed amusement park. At the museum, you can freely enjoy the different regional flavours of ramen across Japan without stepping on a plane or train to get there. There are a total of 9 different ramen restaurants showcased in a street-scape replication from the year 1958 which is also the year when the world's first instant ramen was invented. 

You can easily spot the museum with these green ramen bowls at the top of the sign. 

There is even this moving ramen bowl with a TV screen from RA-HAKU TV the showing all about ramen from ramen world fairs, ramen history in Japan and famous ramen shops.  

Tickets can be bought at the front entrance to the museum. Adult (13 and older) cost 310 yen and child (6-12) and seniors (60 over) cost 100 yen and free for children younger than 6 years old. 

When you first enter the ramen museum, there is this wall that display ramen bowls used in successive ramen restaurants in different unique patterns as well as some history photographs of Japan and Japanese culture. 

You can also grab a pamphlet translated into many different languages as well as renting a locker to store your bag and other heavy duty things you may not want to carry with you around the museum. 

The ramen museum is divided into 3 floors. B1F and B2F is where all the ramen restaurants are and as well as some snack shops with snack and food from Japan's good old days. On the 1st floor there is a gallery where visitors can learn all about the history of ramen, museum shop and an IRIS slot-car race track. 

Shiro-Hige's Cream Puff Factory: Totoro Cream Puffs

I'm pretty sure you have seen these cute totoro cream puffs all over instagram. Aren't they just the cutest thing ever? If you are a huge Studio Ghibli fan and especially if you love the animation movie My Neighbour Totoro, then you will love this cream puff factory!

The cream puff factory is located in a pretty hidden quiet neighbourhood in Tokyo in the Setagaya-ku district but you will see signs along the way to direct you to the cream puff factory so it is not hard to find at all. 

This little cozy cute spot with the wooden chair and logs at the front of the shop and cafe is perfect to take a selfie with the sign of the shop!

Tokyu Hands in Shibuya

Like Loft, Tokyu Hands is another great department store for buying things like souvenirs, travel goods, home decor and appliances, stationary, beauty and health products. I highly recommend visiting one when you are in Japan and prices are affordable too! 

Loft in Shibuya

One of my absolute favourite department store to shop at in Shibuya is Loft. It has 7 floors that sell a variety of unique and special things including stationary, gifts, health and beauty products, household goods and home decor and interior items. I can spend hours at this place and not be bored! 

The working life in Japan can be quite hectic and you'll often find a lot of different health and body care products sold at department stores.