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What’s in My Kanken? Japan Trip Edition

11 / 30 / 1712 / 1 / 17

Hello from Japan! If you follow my Instagram or Twitter accounts, you’ll know I’ve been in Tokyo since this past Saturday, and I’m having a wonderful time! Before I left, I filmed a video of what I packed in my Kanken bag for my flight from Brisbane to Tokyo. If you want to know what kinds of things I bring when I travel internationally, check it out!

I’ll admit that I bought the pink neck pillow just for this trip and it turned out to be way to firm to actually be comfortable to sleep with! When I put it on on the plane, it pushed my head so far forward that I had to take it off and just use it like a regular pillow to lean against the window. Whoops!

Do you have anything you always have to take when you travel? Let me know in the comments!

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is Out Now in Australia!

10 / 26 / 17

Did you tune in to the 15 minute Nintendo Direct dedicated entirely to the long-awaitedย Animal Crossingย mobile game thatย aired yesterday? The game, titledย Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, was finally unveiled, with a worldwide release slated for late November. However, it turns out that Australians get to play the game early! It’s already available to download on both the Google Play Store and iOS App Store in Australia, so I jumped on the opportunity to try out the game. (Pokรฉmon Goย was also released in Australia and Japan before other territories, so it seems like we’re a popular spot to test out apps before their worldwide release)

Check out the above video to see a little over 10 minutes ofย Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp in action! I share my current campsite, visiting villagers, all the different areas you can explore in the game, and more! My first impression from theย Nintendo Direct was that the game seemed way more involved than I had previously assumed anย Animal Crossing mobile game would be, and so far the game itself is living up to that.

As you may know, I’m a huge fan ofย Animal Crossingย and even purchased the Japanese limited editionย Animal Crossing: New Leaf 3DS XL back in 2012 so I could play the game before it came out in English! Whileย Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp isย not a completely fleshed-outย Animal Crossing game in that some of the customization is stripped away (you can’t make your own clothing or decor patterns at this point in time, for example), but it’s dripping with the same adorable charm.

What do you think ofย Animal Crossing: Pocket Campย so far? Does it look like it’s going to live up to a proper Animal Crossing release, or will it fall prey to microtransactions?ย Share your thoughts in the comments!

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Poppin’ Cookin Tanoshii Ramenya-san Making Video

9 / 7 / 17

I can’t believe it’s been 6 months since my last food video! This one is extra special, too, because it’s a collaboration with my friend Meivu and her Meivu Makes series! We both decided to make Japanese food-themed Popin’ Cookin’ videos that include both footage of the candy kit making process and our thoughts on how the food tastes. Be sure to check out Meivu’s video after watching mine below!

You can tell it’s been a long time since I did a candy kit because I make a real mess of it! I also wanted to film the video while I still had good lighting, which meant that I didn’t read the directions very carefully and ended up “free-styling” a few things. Looking at the photo on the package, I think I should’ve put some of the gyoza filling candy in the soup, as well! Whoops!

Regardless, this video was a ton of fun to film! I have a lot of candy kits left in my cupboard, so expect a few more DIY candy videos over the next couple weeks!

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January 2017 Favorites: Hobonichi and Ys

2 / 23 / 174 / 27 / 17

January 2017 Favorites

Well look at that! It’s nearly the end of February, but here I am posting about my January favorites. When I took on the (self-imposed) task of posting a 4-part guide to blogging every week for the month of February, I may have underestimated how much time would be involved… But I wouldn’t want to miss out on sharing my favorite things from last month! This month’s favorites will be short and sweet since my February favorites will go up in two weeks, but there’s still a lot to be excited about!

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Sake Kit Kat Tasting Video and Giveaway!

4 / 19 / 16

Sake Kit Kat Giveaway

Sake Kit Kats are the latest in Japan-exclusive Kit Kat flavors, and after covering them back in February, I simply had to get my hands on a box! Not only did I get one for myself, but I also got one extra to give away to a lucky reader! Check out my Apricotsushi Samples tasting video to see what I thought, and if you want to give sake Kit Kats a try yourself, enter the giveaway using the widget below!

The giveaway is open worldwide and ends on April 25th at 11:59 pm EST. Don’t forget to do the daily entries for more chances to win!

Sake Kit Kat Giveaway

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Visiting the Kit Kat Chocolatory in Tokyo

3 / 11 / 163 / 11 / 16

Kit Kat Chocolatory Tokyo

On my last trip to Japan, I pledged that I wouldn’t leave the country before visiting the Kit Kat Chocolatory, a one-of-a-kind store in Tokyo that sells Kit Kat flavors you can’t find anywhere else. Well, a whole year and a half later, I’m happy to say I did visit it, and I even tried some of their special edition flavors!

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Unboxing Sailor Moon Cafรฉ Sweets and Rilakkuma Totte Oki Gift Re-Ments

12 / 8 / 15

It’s been a little over a month since I last posted a video, but I’m back with a vengeance! Today I’m unboxing two random blind Re-Ment boxes I purchased a few weeks ago: one from theย Sailor Moonย Cafรฉ Sweets Collection and another from the Rilakkuma Totte Oki Gift series. I just love the anticipation that comes with not knowing what will be inside! I won’t spoil it, so watch the unboxing to see what I got:

To be honest, now I’m not sure what to do with them! If you like miniatures, how do you use them? Right now I’ve just got mine displaying on a shelf. They could also be good for props in figure photos… Well, for the time being, I’m happy just to look at them!

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I drew some of my favourite australian birds.

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27 Jan

A lil late, but Happy Lunar New Year~
Hope everyone had a good one, and got to sneak in a little White Rabbit candy.
I'm a rabbit baby, and apparently it's real bad luck when it's your own zodiac year so uh.. Good luck to me 2023..

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Before and after! Moving day in less than a week! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

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Happy Lunar New Year! @jessjhs took this lovely ph Happy Lunar New Year! @jessjhs took this lovely photo of me and Pai Pai to commentate our last Opera House visit. I canโ€™t believe she and I are moving to the US on February 2! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ wishing you all a blessed year of the rabbit! ๐Ÿฐ
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The Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei LE is here! The Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei LE is here! Otome game fans are being so well fed this year oh my ๐Ÿคค Are you picking this up at the end of the month? If so, which boy are you going for first? Full unboxing video is available on my YT channel youtube.com/apricotsushi โญ๏ธ
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To celebrate the Splatoon 3 world premiere splatfest, Iโ€™m giving away this fanart keychain I made of Lil Judd! This was my first time making keychains of my art and Iโ€™m really excited ๐Ÿ˜† To enter to win, simply comment on this post! Extra entry if you tag a friend (up to one additional entry). 
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Continuing my 3DS appreciation posts ๐Ÿ˜† I recent Continuing my 3DS appreciation posts ๐Ÿ˜† I recently learned that the Kid Icarus Uprising box that comes with the 3DS stand goes for quite a lot of money online! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Itโ€™s one of many games in my backlog that I havenโ€™t had a chance to play yet. Do you have any rare 3DS games in your collection? Bonus: swipe to see the game under Strange Journey! 
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