During quarantine, many of us couldn't visit our local cafes. In fact, sitting at my favorite coffee shop with an iced coffee while working is probably the thing I have missed the most! As a result, lots of us decided to create our own at-home cafes with recipes inspired by our favorite coffee shops. Of…
Continue reading ➞ Easy Japanese and Korean Cafe Recipes to Make At Home
Another year, another Blippo Kawaii Shop Tokyo Sale! The Tokyo Sale is an annual event at Blippo Kawaii Shop, where a select number of kawaii products are significantly discounted. In recent months, Blippo's selection has been dramatically expanding. They have stocked a bunch of new items from brands like San-X and Mindwave, and started carrying…
Continue reading ➞ Blippo Kawaii Shop: Best Of The 2021 Tokyo Sale
I'm back! After a much-needed break from blogging, I (finally) feel inspired to write again. At first, I wasn't sure I would continue, since I just started a new blog called Wellness by Haley to chronicle what I'm learning about mental health, social work, and grad school. I'm also preparing for a busy year: my…
Bento is a Japanese tradition of packing lunch in a small, single-serve container that dates all the way back to the 1100s. When you think about how old it is, it seems crazy that the bento craze only reached the United States a couple of years ago. Kawaii character-inspired bentos, called kyaraben, are one of…
Each year in Japan, the cherry blossom, or sakura, trees bloom between late March and early April. It's customary to celebrate sakura season, or Hanami, with an outdoor festival or a party beneath the sakura trees. It's a dream of mine to one day visit Japan during sakura season (and get my hands on some…
Continue reading ➞ How to Celebrate Sakura Season (Hanami) in the U.S.
Above all else, this blog is about being honest -- so I have a confession to make: I've been in a bit of a blogging rut lately. I live with depression and, lately, it's been like pulling teeth to get myself to write blog posts for work, let alone for the fun of it. However,…
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may receive a commission from any purchases made through my blog. All opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting my blog! If you were born in the 90s like I was, then glittery, rainbow-colored stickers were probably a major part of your childhood. I never had…
Continue reading ➞ How to Start Collecting Stickers | How I Organize My Sticker Collection
In case you haven't noticed, I am obsessed with Asian pop culture. From anime to otome games, Pokemon to K-beauty, I just can't get enough of all things Japanese and Korean. Lately, the same goes for fashion: a lot of J-fashion and K-fashion outfits are popping up in my feed, and I'm obsessed! As someone…
What's your stationery aesthetic? Whether you were originally hooked on stationery by studyblr or by bullet journal Instagram,.you have probably heard the names of some stationery items repeated over and over again. Brands like Zebra, Stabilo, and Kokuyo are favorites in the aesthetic stationery community for a reason, yet they often come with a high…
In the United States, the New Year is a time for $1 gym memberships -- but in Japan, it's fukubukuro, or lucky bag, season. With the exception of Tatcha's free-with-$100-purchase lucky bags (which swept the beauty news circuit), this trend unfortunately hasn't swept the U.S. yet the way some other Japanese fads have. If it…
Continue reading ➞ Four Lucky Bags (Fukubukuro) to Help You Ring in the New Year
