cat day cont'd

after leaving the cat cafe and walking in the residential area, i saw a mother and daughter across the street checking out this beautiful tortie.


Tortie was very coy and even posed for me!

cat day

i re-visited this "home convert into a cat goods shop on weekends"
they had a eco-neko exhibition. eco is short for ecology (i think), or environment friendly. neko is cat in japanese. it is actually a environment friendly bag exhibition.




after nen-neko ya, i chanced upon this cafe that has 2 sister cats.




the black cat sat beside my bag while i had my delicious lunch

residents of the cat cafe

very hyper-active russian blue, checking out birds beyond the window american shorthair taking a break from the crowd exotic calico hiding in basket *leave me alone humans!*
this american curl, no matter how i disturb it, just wont budge. haha..

this calico scottish fold has a simply bo chap look
so cute, i couldnt resist taking more pics of her

all about japanese cats

i went to a cafe that feeds stray cats. this cat was snoozing on top of the aircon unit

this sweet black and white one was in the cafe

i noticed most japanese cats i came across are chubby and plump

saw a man walking a very big dog in the park

at 1pm, i went to the cat cafe which i have made a reservation. it was packed with humans!

bento accessories

loft is one of my favourite shops. in this section, i found many many types of bento boxes, and tools to make bento into the cute shapes they are. they even have a case to keep banana!

okonomiyaki dinner

later that night, i met my jap girlfriend whom i got to know in singapore where she worked for 2 years.

she brought me to this lovely okonomiyaki restaurant. i tell you, it is so much nicer than the food you find in takashimaya food court! of course lah, the price also different. hehe.. well, actually not that much difference. i think the dinner costed 5000 yen for 2 persons.

this is chicken cooked in okonomiyaki style. i loved the bonito flakes and mayonnaise!

this is yaki soba or fried noodles in omelette.

and last but not least, okonomiyaki ~ tada

freezing thursday at kamakura

it was raining and freezing on thursday. i took a train to kamakura as planned, but alas, i could not walk from the north kamakura station to kamakura station as it was too cold.

i took a train to kamakura station, and walked 10 minutes to see the famous 大仏 or in chinese 大佛.


on the way back to the station, chanceed upon this interesting cat goods shop. they have very pretty postcards and ornaments.


i bought this jacket for 199 yen, which is only $2.60!