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Day 2: Tokyo Station / Ueno / Shinjuku

Continuing on my Tokyo Travelogue blog series, the itinerary I planned for our second day in Tokyo took us to a ramen eating feast at Tokyo Station, some sneaker shopping at Ueno and then our very first earthquake experience in Shinjuku while eating a really good Tonkatsu! RAMEN STREET The husband has this crazy obsession with ramen. What better place to get good ramen than at Ramen street. It’s a street filled with the top 10 ramen brands in Japan.…

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Ju Ann Travels

Tokyo Day 1: Shibuya

I’m back from Tokyo! We had a great time shopping and eating there! Here’s the start of a Tokyo travel blog series where I will share where we went, what we did, where we stayed, where we shopped and most importantly, what we ate! We flew in from Kyoto (1h 15mins via ANA), arrived at Haneda airport and took a limonsine bus to Shinjuku Station – this was where our airbnb is closely located to. There was the train (Haneda…

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What to eat in Orchard / Somerset / Dhoby Ghaut

Someone asked me this the other day and since I made effort to come up with some suggestions, I shall share it here too! :) Fine, I always find myself asking what on earth to eat at Orchard/Somerset area as well. So here you go! I won’t recommend you the obvious chain restaurants that are available almost everywhere (i.e.: Crystal Jade, Din Tai Feng, etc.) but here are some nice little places you might wanne consider! 1) Wild Honey |…

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Cafe Review: Hoshino Coffee

I must share with you what is now my favourite restaurant to go to now! :) Located at the newly opened wing of Plaza Singapura, Atrium @ Orchard, Hoshino Coffee is a new Japanese cafe that just opened not too long ago! There are always long queues for this but this is one queue worth waiting for! (There’s another Jap restro here called Hifumi. The queues are just as long. Check out my review here) There were 4 of us…

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Ju Ann Beauty Reviews

Exciting new makeup from Dejavu!

I love having new makeup toys! :) First up, here are the base makeup items from Dejavu: 1) Dejavu Mini Pact S$25 In a pretty pink shiny compact case, Dejavu’s Mini Pact is thus named because it is specially formulated to blend into and cover up unevenness and dark spots where makeup has faded. I haven’t tried it but will do so and put up a more detailed review soon. First look, love the compact size, and the SPF31 in it.…

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