//TOKYO_Q4::DAY7-SHIBUYA-V2

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE !!

Today is the seventh day of my travel log Today I decided to check out a chromed-out cafe in Shibuya, and shop for some beauty products !

Outfit of the day !

Today's outfit is a bit more casual : featuring my favorite Chloma sweater, some skirt-legwarmers with cut-outs on the knees (it was waaay too cold and windy that day for me to go bare-legs underneath though, so I wore some leggings underneath), my favorite Grounds Shoes and some cyber hair-pins that were kindly sent to me by Akblbaaa

Chrome cafe time

I had this cafe on my list for a while because of its unique interior design, as well as them hosting pop-ups from small businesses/artists that are always dope. The drinks also seemed to be really unique so of course this made me want to try them out !

So we headed to cafe 030 for a late breakfast / brunch. What immediately stood out to me on the menu was their "Blue latte" (can you guess why it was my first choice ?) my partner being a coffee addict, got a "Yuzu Coffee" which is espresso + tonic water + yuzu lemonade, delicious. I was wondering what could the blue latte possibly taste like, turns out it was lavender-flavored and extremely yummy ! We both got a second round of each...

They served our drinks on these adorable floppy disk coasters, which I've been doing at home for years so OBVIOUSLY they just stole that idea from me

They had on display a lot of second-hand clothes that were really cute, I particularly liked this "Giving Cunt Since 1998" shirt because it's literally my birth year... I didn't end up buying it though, because I knew that I would struggle to style it with my cyber clothes and I want to be mindful of my clothes consumption. I've made the mistake too many times of buying something for the vibe, but ending up never wearing it because I just couldn't style it with my existing clothes

Loft + Dinner

After spending a long time chatting in the coffee, we wanted to go check out the Loft nearby to stock up on some essentials. Specifically, I was looking to refill my go-to makeup such as the "Kiss Me Heroine" mascara and eyeliner, which are my HOLY GRAILS that I use every single time I highly recommend them because they DO NOT move all day, it's even hard to take off because of how long-lasting it is For that reason, I recommend that you also get their "Speedy mascara remover" because it will make your mascara just slide off with no effort

Another must-have is the "&honey Matomake stick" which is hair gel + hair oil in a tube ! Comes with a little mascara-like wand which allows you to apply it to fly-away hairs. It's particularly great to fix your bangs on the go, always helps me tame frizzy hair and keep my bangs in place. The tube format is SO convenient to have in my bag !

My partner was also looking for a notebook from the brand "Traveler's Factory", which is a famous Japanese stationery brand well-loved by people around the world The cool thing about those notebooks is that you can buy additional paper inserts when you run out of pages, and you can basically re-use the same notebook forever by replacing the paper inserts. The overall design and quality are really good, so I highly recommend it if you're looking for a new planner, diary, etc...

After shopping for a while, (Loft has 7 floors !) we were getting really hungry... It also started to rain hard... Of course our go-to for a quick dinner was the Sushiro nearby. However, at this hour the line was REALLY long but I'll let you in on my secret to never have to stand around & wait in line... Using the Line chat app to get in the virtual-queue ! No need to wait in line standing up at the store anymore, now they send you live updates telling your position in the queue with a wait time estimate. This allowed us to do other things while waiting for a table !

My plan while waiting was to try the same Purikura machine from the first purikura incident again... at that point I was still in denial and thought "surely last time was just a bug, this time I'll select the "no retouching" option and I'll look normal !"... Spoiler alert, I was wrong. I picked the same "no retouching" option, and the SAME THING happened to me AGAIN... You know what they say, fool me once... fool me twice... Thankfully the video version that you can download from the app looks pretty normal, but the individual photos still looked absolutely crazy

Sushi time

With plenty of time to spare, we walked back to the Sushiro to get seated. It felt so good to finally sit down after standing and walking around for so long !

This Sushiro didn't have the giant touch-screens to order like the other ones we've been to on Day 6, but they had the small iPads that are standard in most of these modern sushi conveyor-belt restaurants. Once again I went crazy with my favorite Ikura Gunkan (salmon roe) sushis and tried their "Mozarella Pesto Salmon" seasonal sushis ! It was honestly surprisingly good, I even ordered more... you should try it if you get the chance !

Thank you for reading this seventh travel log ! I hope you had as much fun reading it as I had writing it ! I'll see you in the next one, stay tuned !