We had lunch at Journal
Toshi loved this shop, he bought 9 t-shirts!
Japanese Kawaii goods store, Genki.
Toshi loved the Kewpie dolls, they are really popular in Japan!
Luna Park, St Kilda
Toshi, Emily, Henry and Me!
Yum!!! The famous Italian cake district in St Kilda.
Toshi looks like a model here, lol. It's his "Blue Steele"
Crown Casino's Christmas lights, or "Chris-mas-u Illuminations"
The famous fire show at the Casino (we went to the Casino because gambling is illegal in Japan!)
Centreplace
Cafe's
Toshi loved all the graffiti
Another shop Toshi loved, Shag.
It was so fun taking Toshi here, because he was really interested in Australian cool fashion magazines and he bought Oyster, Russh, Yen and Frankie!
Rose Street Artist Market
It was fun for Emily too, because she is from Geelong and hardly ever comes to the city. She got an "insiders guide" and now she wants to move to the big smoke!
Oh my GOSH! Melbourne looks so much more friggin' cool now! haha. Gah I wanna go so bad now. It makes where I live look sad. haha. At least in the area of shopping, arts, and culturally.
ReplyDeleteWhat is Centreplace? It looks really cool..and I like all of those vintage stores too! The ones you said Toshi likes reminded me of shops in Shimokitazawa.
Looks like you were a great tour guide, I see some of my favourite places there. I love to go to Journal when I'm alone in the city and read, and Hell's Upstairs is great...although I have been there when they were so busy they ran out of everything..ice cream..ice cubes...SPOONS! Retrostar...I love looking but can never find anything to buy, I wanted to go to their huge sale in Brunswick over the weekend but the weather put me off :(
ReplyDeleteYou know what there is special Kewpie doll covered with cod roe, Tarako in Japanese. The doll appear on a promotion video. You might want to check it out!
ReplyDeleteキグルミ - たらこ・たらこ・たらこPV
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtBNOKT8jM
oh i saw some of ghost patrol's pencil drawings in a skateboard art exhibition at no vacancy a month-ish ago. it was amazing!
ReplyDeletewhen one of my sisters visited me this year we ate EVERYWHERE and gorged ourselves at acland st. it was fantastic!...and my blogger profile picture was taken while i was eating there! haha.
tell me more about this rose street artist market! looks great.
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This makes me feel like I take Melbourne for granted... I can't wait to come home and do all these wonderful things all the time...
ReplyDeleteAnd kudos to the randomness of friend making in Melbourne. That kind of this just doesn't happen over here in the land of the suspicious.
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hahah looks like you guys had fun!
ReplyDeletei was in melbourne once last year. i went to chapel street everyday. shops called fat and shag or something like that?
amazing. you're so lucky to live there. do you ever get bored of it?
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god, this post makes me want to go back to melbourne. each time i go i just stay at my friend's place drinking wine &napping.
ReplyDeletenote to self: leave the house one time.
its so much fun to be a tourist for the day.
ReplyDeletethat casino fire thingy reallly scares the shits outta me. the noise always makes me jump and i can't stand the sudden blaze of heat. haha i'm a little pussy.
I love that pom pom necklace you made!
Fantastic post. I now know where to visit Melbourne on my next trip. On my last trip there I missed all the cool parts and did very touristy things like visit the Neighbours street and visited the Great Ocean Rd.
ReplyDeleteYour pom pom necklace looks so
ReplyDeletegood on you :)
You're a fabulous tourist guide - it looks like you guys had such a fun time.
Good luck with the bubble competition! xxx
Oh you make me miss Melbourne so much!
ReplyDeleteI should do an insider's guide to Hobart perhaps...