An American Girl in Japan

こんにちは！ I'm a 27 year old American girl just back from Japan. I lived in Gunma Prefecture for two years and taught English there through the JET Program. Check out my blog for all things Japanese!

[cwunch]

[tanuki-kimono]

Polished b&w outfit, featuring a dynamic rangiku (wild chrysanthemum) kimono, paired with a sleek obi with scenes from the Chôjû-giga (lit. “animal caricature”) scrolls, drawings considered the oldest existing manga.

[katharineshepburn-deactivated20]

SPIRITED AWAY (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[tokyogems]

flower vending machine seen at shinjuku station, tokyo.

お花の自販機初めてみた！

[agirlinjapan]

Fushimi Inari Kyoto, Japan March 2015

[mawaru-keiki]

[agirlinjapan]

Look what showed up on my dash, vyxle!

[tokyocandid]

Which way to go

[luckyfrog]

i saw a pic of some very cute christmas outfits they wore so i drew these up just for fun!

[cafeinevitable-deactivated20220]

Tea in Japan

[candy-fluffs]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

This is one of 28 images I made for a Sailor Moon project that will be released soon! I will be posting more about the project on here~ Cheers, ~Joy Candyfluffs.com Support Me on Ko-fi Instagram @candy_fluffs Twitter @candy_fluffs Pixiv

[undedkat]

[neko-no-oto]

あついのあきた。

ご無沙汰さんしております。忙しゅうしておりました。またよろしゅうおねがいします。

I've had enough of the heat.

[moonlightsdreaming]

[kittekiroku]

入道雲

[sairenji]

[shoku-and-awe]

ハンバーグタワー＆巨大パフェいろいろ // Hamburg Tower & Giant Parfait At a cafe near Nagoya Port Aquarium. (I should note, the menu just calls it the hamburg plate - no mention of the unusual size.) So if, after your ten hamburg patties with rice and two sides (about $35), you still have room for dessert, there’s the Challenge (~$22), the Never Give Up (~$31), or the Unbelievable ($~40), depending on how big a bucket you want for your ice cream.

[tanuki-kimono]

Antique summer/early autumn outfit, pairing a hozuki (physalis/ground cherry) kimono with glittering silver ground, paired with a delicate embroidered mushi kago (insect cage) obi (can you see the subtle woven ground?)