Travel Diary: HAUL - from Japantown in San Francisco

Japantown was smaller in comparison to the busy, hustlin' and bustlin' Chinatown in San Francisco! The town was quaint, quiet and very peaceful. It was the last stop on my list before heading to the airport for my flight. I arrived before noon and the town had no more than 5 people in sight including myself. It could be that it was too early for the locals, but even as time progressed it was clear that Japantown was not a popular attraction. I didn't mind it. It was a nice change from all the crowds that I've encountered in the couple days before. However, it begged the question whether Japan town really had anything amazing to offer... Because I had high expectations.

 Me, being a skincare addict - I was most anxious and excited to visit beauty stores! I was hoping to find good products with reasonable prices. I was ready and willing to spend money on skincare! However, unfortunately, there were only 3 beauty stores around town and I left with nothing... It was very disappointing. There were products available, but the price of one was more costly than if I were to buy it online myself. Which didn't make any sense to me, and I would only cheat myself out if I were to purchase something.

Apart from that, I went to this Japanese store called, Daiso Japan which is similar to the General dollar store. Almost everything is priced at a $1 and almost everything is made in Japan. I was able to find a few things, so I suppose that made the trip worth it. Oh and I was able to do a puriku photo booth! It's where you get to take cutesy photos and then embellish your plain looking picture with fun decorations such as adding bokeh and typography! Instructions and editing was all written in Japanese, so I had a difficult time decorating mines. I did the best I could with the limited minutes given. I wish I wore something cuter though! In all honesty, I really didn't like my overall choice of outfits that I brought for the trip. And let me not get started with my hair color.. It was transitioning into black, hence my greenish-light-grayish-bluish hair  >.<





I also purchased two Japanese magazines, ViVi and Emoda. I love Japanese magazines! I especially love how they include freebies in between the pages of the magazine! There were so many to choose from. And it literally took me 15 mins to decide which one I wanted, because the freebie was all tempting and equally nice! I wanted to buy more but my luggage was already overflowing with other stuff and my clothes (which I always over pack!). Okay, enough rambling. Hope you enjoy the pictures ~


Ironically, I bought more stuff in Japantown than I did in Chinatown. :P