Sapporo Lion Beer Hall in Ginza

Before we had a Choco-Ring from the Heart Bread Company, Antique, we went to a Sapporo Lion Beer Hall in Ginza.

This is the inside of the store.

They are using red brick for the wall which is more like a western style and the you just feel like you are in Germany drinking beer or something!HAHA

This is the ceiling and tiling.

The ceiling was soooo high! it's a really huge place.

It's been like 76 years or something since this Beer Hall was build.

It's really old but beautiful:))

Red Brick + Lamps = pretty!

HAHAHA

There are many pictures and posters on the wall which was taken or published more than 70years ago!

The details of the wall just reminded me of the church in Germany:))

aahhh I miss Germany and my family...

Sorry ladies, needed picture for my blog.

so under the tiling picture, there is a kitchen where they prepare meals/beers for the customers;))

Near the exit.

It's a big hall with almost 100 tables and it's kind of crowded but really nice place!

We went to eat like 4:00 pm and I could see many range of people from babies to old people!

Because it was the last day of the Golden Week, many families were there too to have some family-time late-lunch:))

This store is open from 11:30-23:00 (Mon-Sat) and on Sunday or other holiday, it is open from 11:30-22:30. And the lunch time is a 11:30-14:00pm

Many people were ordering this Garlic Bread so did we!HAHA

My mom got a Black Beer and I got a Perrier Water:P

And some fried potatoes from Hokkaido:))
(Hokkaido is the famous place for Potato/Sea Food/and what else?)
My father is from Hokkaido but he hates Potatoes.LOL
Goshh I can't believe I ate all of this and went for the Choco-Ring...
ABSOLUTELY TOO MUCH CALORIES.

View from the entrance.
It is said that this Ginza's Sapporo Lion Beer Hall is the birthplace of Beer Hall in Japan. This hall was build in 1934 and then the idea of Beer Hall or Beer Garden spread to other place in Japan.
oh and according to the source, many Beer-pouring masters were produced from this place:D HAHA
So if you are going to drink beer, you better come here in Ginza and taste the real good Japanese beer:))

Outside of the beer hall.
Shiiit, this lady is on the way.LOL
But you can see the huge Yebisu Beer cans at least:))

Ginza Lion Company Website: http://www.ginzalion.jp/
Ginza Lion Beer Hall Website: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g131800/
Little History that I've talked about, source is taken from: http://www.sapporibeer.jp/story/beerhole/index.html

Ginza Lion Beer Hall is located in 7-9-20, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0061.
The phone number is 03-3571-2590
You can reach here by Ginza Line(subway):Ginza Station, JR Line: Yurakucho Station or Shimbashi Station.
The nearest station will be Ginza Station though, it only takes 3 minutes while if you come from other stations, it will take about 7 minutes.

Heart Bread ANTIQUE in Ginza

So, the friend of my mom told her that there is a really good yummy Chocolate-Ringed shaped bread in Ginza the other day. Me and my mom were supposed to go and see some shoe stores in Ginza anyway so we just went to this store to check how tasty they are:P

This is the entrance of the shop, Antique. I guess this huge brown thing is representing the melting chocolate.

It was queuing and according to the friend, it's always queuing. We waited for like 15minutes, which is not that bad.HAHA
So in this store, this huge piecrust doughnut shaped bread, which has melting chocolate and walnut inside is very famous. It is called, "Choco-Ring" FYI.
So as you can see in this picture, there are some other tasty looking bread which this store is selling, buuut nobody buy it! (we bought couple of it.LOL) They came from whatever the place and queue and buy that Choco-Ring. And because this Choco-Ring is so famous, one person can buy only three rings!HAHAHA

This is the inside the store:)) MANY MANY MANY Choco-Ring...HAHA

Those are the other bread that Antique is selling:))
First row is almost selling out! This half-doughnut shaped bread is the Choco-Ring! They just decorated and put some fruits and nuts on it. Still looks yummy though.HAHA They also sell scones and toasts and bagels.
We bought Cranberry Scone and the Matcha Scone with White Chocolate Chip inside:)) both were good!

I'm sorry that I forgot to take the Choco-Ring before I eat. I was just hungry that I didn't even think about to take picture.LOL So this is the Choco-Ring. It looks small in this picture but it is actually really biiiig:O

Second Floor of the Antique! Nobody except my and my mom.LOL

I guess people just come and buy the Choco-Ring and eat at home.

Second Floor has a Cafe where you can eat what you have just bought with some good coffee or latte, or even juice:))

The huuuuge mirror!

see.....NOBODY!

HAHAHAHAHA

ZOOOOOOOOOM!

Finally, the good warm weather arrived to Tokyo!

Today's degree was like 31C or something like that

Second Floor: Making the Choco-Ring!

It would be so much fun to make bread.LOL

I can't cook so I'm pretty sure that at least I can just roll it, spread some walnut and chocolate on the dough.HAHAHA

Inside the Elevator.

Look for the Choco-Ring!

That's the Antique!

Outside the shop.

HAHAHA there is security guard! He was not there like 1 hour ago!

This was like 7 o'clock pm. Still queuing!

WOW,,, it is famous ring!

Entire building.

Oh I went to the Abercrombie & Fitch Store in here, Ginza. The entire street smelled soooo nice (It was a perfume from A&F store!).

Because inside the store is soooo dark and they used black wall and ceiling, we just didn't know that they had a elevator!HAHA

We went up till 6th floor and my mom realized it but we just had only 2 more floors so we just used the stairs.

It was a nice work out.LOL

Anyways, it was a fun day!

I'm going to introduce one more store in Ginza afterwards. Bye!

Heart Bread Antique Website(Japanese): http://heart-bread.com/shop.html

You can even order the Choco-Ring through internet: http://heart-bread.com/i-chocoring.html

The address for this shop is OPTICA 1F-2F, 3-4-17, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0061.

Phone/Fax: 03-6228-6806

It is open from 10:00-21:00

HABUTAE DANGO

This very traditional looking Japanese Dango(Skewered Dumplings) Shop is called "Habutae Dango" which is located in Nippori Station:)) Nippori has many Korean food stores and restaurant I often go to buy a Korean dried laver seaweed.HAHA Anyways, this shop is like 180 years old and it's very old and very traditional.

This is the entrance of the Habutae Dango Shop.

This is the side of the shop:))

And... there is the place where you can eat inside which I will show you later but when you go out, there is a small old-fashioned Japanese garden like space where you can eat your dango:))

There is a small pond where you can see the carp and beautiful flower and full of greens!

wooo! you feel like you are in the Shrine or Temple or even forest!HAHA

There is a small gate which I guess it was made for just showing the Japanese style. Beside this store is a apartment, so I don't think people can use it. The bamboo look a like wood is blocking off your way. so ya it's just an object but still it's beautiful!

okk so the food! There is the An-Dango (Sweet Bean Paste Dumplings) which is the brown one and the Yaki-Dango (Baked Soy Sauce Dumplings) which is the orange one and of course the Green Tea! It was delicious:)) I liked the soy sauce one, well I like the soy sauce it self so...HAHA for this set, it only cost like 480 yen or something like that. It's just perfect snacks to eat while you are facing the beautiful japanese garden!

This is my friend. Sorry I just paste Lady Gaga's face on her face because I didn't ask for a permission to upload on my blog so just you know, in case she blame/criticize/scream at me for uploading it.LOL So,while you are eating out of the shop (This garden is located inside the shop but has the place where you can eat in and out. wow huh?lol), you will sit on this Tatami(straw mat) bench like my friend on the picture:)) I just felt like I was in Kyoto or something because you can't find like this place in Tokyo, like you know in the city! So I was just very relaxed and enjoyed eating Dango:))

So, this is the inside of the Dango Shop. It's very old/traditional Japanese!HAHA The staff wearing triangular bandage with the uniform and that man is just a custmer who's trying to pay.lol There are some tables and chairs and this picture is just showing half of the room so there are of course more tables and chairs where you can eat at:))

So they have tables and chairs but also they have Tatami (straw mat) room where you take off your shoes and sit on that cushion. We decided to eat at the table because we just had a huge smoothie and a Latte 1 hour before we came to this shop so it will be hard to eat on the tatami you know.HAHA

I was just happy to feel "Old Japanese" in the city:))

Here is the website for "Habutae Dango"; http://www.habutae.jp/

sorry its in Japanese though!

OUTFIT

HAHAAA!

Everyone say that my eyebrows are too thin, but I DON'T CARE, PEOPLE:)) It's my eyebrows FYI.

I got this blue shades from "Thank You Mart" where they sell clothes, accessories, shoes, hats, scarfs, key rings, and many many stuffs with 390 yen. The reason why this store is called "Thank You" mart is because in Japanese, we say 3, as "San" and 9 as "Kyu". It's a Japanese-English but it will be like "SanKyu Mart"="Thank You Mart":))

Before, they were selling the stuffs with 390yen but they kinda raised the money and now, including the tax, its like 403yen or 408yen. It's still cheap though.HAHA

AAAAnd this short-sleeves Cardigan! I got this from a Forever 21 in Harajuku:)) This leopard printed cardigan is trendy and very cute! that's why I bought it. HAHAHA oh and the camisole that I'm wearing under the cardigan is from Costco:))
Cheap Fashion but it's cute.LOL

STARBUCKS TIME

On Wednesday, I went to a Aoyama Book Center which is located inside the Roppongi Hills to get a new issue of People Magazine because...

Justin Bieber is on the cover! yay! I thought whole magazine was about Justin because it says "All About Justin Bieber" but it was like only 4 pages long. Well...I guess we can summarize some stuffs and still can tell the whole story lol but anyways good that I could get one:))

So, after I bought the magazine, I met up with my mom and have some coffe time:))

This Starbucks is also located in the Roppongi Hills with bunch of confy couch:)) which I forgot to take pictures because I was so tired that I slept in one of those confy couch while my mom was drinking her coffee.HAHA

Starbucks in Black and White:))

I'm actually on a diet butt... well maybe sometimes?HAHA

I got a suger-coated doughnut with a Espresso & Cream Frappuccino. This drink is new I guess:)) and it was tasty! The cream on the top is not like a usual white colored cream but more like cream-color cream and was good:)) I prefer this kind of cream rather than the white one!

My mom got a cup of coffee with a New York Cheese Cake! yum yum:))

The view from where I was sitting (or sleeping).

This Starbucks has 2 floor and this place where me and my mom was drinking coffee is located on B1 Floor. Upstair Starbucks is more crowded and there is no way you can get the seat so we always go to the downstairs one:)) Beside the Starucks is office and it is very clean place:))

T-shirts

Comfy t-shirts:))

I always see this kind of flared t-shirt with pocket in Alexander Wang's collection.

And...I totally love it:))

*By Wyatt (bluefly.com)

*Sauce Pearl Tee in Purple (shopthetrendboutique.com)

* Paranga T-shirts (mirabella.jp)

* LNA Long Sleeve Shirt (asos.com)

*Fluxus Pocket T-shirt (bluefly.com)

*ASOS Stripe Pocket Polka Dot T-shirt (asos.com)

*Alexander Wang T-shirt With Pocket (brownsfashion.com)

*By Erin Kleinberg (jades24.com)

They are all fabulous:))

Fashion-Damaged Jeans

Celebrity Fashion on damaged jeans!

I love damaged/ripped/destroyed jeans because you can add the "edgy" part easily.

There are many kinds of jeans and I would like to introduce my favorite celeb style todayy:)))

*Whitney Port from The City... She's so skinny and tall and she's just like a fashion model! She's wearing black skinny jeans which is ripped and damaged. While this jeans represents the edgy part, she didn't make her fashion edgier. Instead, she wore a beige color tank-top which has frill and I like how she always mix girly fashion with edgy fashion or boyish fashion:))

*Stephanie Pratt from The Hills...

She is wearing black damaged jeans with converse shoes(my favorite outfit.HAHA)! She kept her style as Casual Rock fashion where she wear damaged jeans and converse shoes and having some rock elements, but also she wears white tanktop with the studds(?) vest. I like her fringe bag too:)) This fashion seems really comfortable and pretty!

*Rachel Bilson from The O.C. ...Rachel wears baggy damaged jeans with the roll-up. I like how she kept simple by wearing just a white t-shirt. it's like a comfy summer fashion:)) her bag and sandal also match the color and it just looks really comfortable style! (you can walk a lot with this flat sandal:D)

*Audrina Patridge from The Hills... I just looooove this ripped jeans! I love the color of the jeans and I love how damaged are being over-done. It looks like she's wearing leggings!hahaa This black tops also matches with this grey colored jeans and I think her skin tone/color matches with this jeans color! I love her hair color too:))

*Ashley Tisdale from The High School Musical...Nowadays, she's having such a good taste on fashion! I like her bleached damaged jeans with this gladiator sandal! it looks fabulous! exactly! haha oh and I just looooove this PRADA bag that she's carrying. it's vintage-looking, old fashion style of the bag but I like old fashion bags. It is beautiful:)) the color of bag also matches with her burunette hair!

*Kim Kardashian... I have similar damaged jeans as hers which I bought from H&M last year. She kept it edgy by using studds sandal and leather jacket with leather bag. I like White&Black fashion it's just so cool. She also used scarf as an accent for her fashion.

*Miley Cyrus from the Hannah Montana... I love Miley's recent fashion! It is like boyish and rock fashion;)) Like this style, she wears black damaged jeans with this military, laced-up boots. She also wears oversized blue jeans shirt. All of them look awesome on her! While she's keeping her fashion very simple with no pictures or details on it, she uses this colorful bag:))

*Beyonce... cuuuute! White tank-top+Light grey damaged jeans+Metal color bootie+White studds bag+grey hat+metal color belts! I like how she styled her self with similar color; white, light grey, and silver(metal)! it looks gorgeous on her! I hate when I wear jeans which is roll-up because it makes my legs look shorter and I don't wear heels here because the road is kind of not straight that you soon will hurt your feet.lol So I basically wear flat shoes or converse shoes most of the time. However in Beyonce's case, she's wearing roll-up jeans but her legs just seems fine and it is because of her bootie. She's wearing heels but also it's not just a heels, the booties doesn't stop around ankle. It's little bit above the ankle and I think that is making her legs slimmer and beautiful. I might try on this style:)) I better buy a new not-that-much heels or bootie:))