Pompompurin Cafe Tokyo

I could not get enough ʕ￫ᴥ￩　ʔ of the theme cafe's in Japan (why do these not exist anywhere else??)

I'd never heard of Sanrio character Purin until I came across the cafe in the Cute Cube (Harajuku). I'm glad I dragged my friends into the big old queue to bask in his yellowness ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

Pom Pom is a golden retriever who has a little hamster buddy called Muffin, he likes hiding shoes and eating pudding. The cafe seems like a permanent feature so it should be about for some time (a lot of cafe's can be temporary pop up joints).

We went on a Wednesday afternoon and had to do a little hour or so queue. No problem ʅʕ•ᴥ•ʔʃ

Getting. Close. Pompom palpitations ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ

Ok. I want that, that, that, that, that, that, what is that for? Want it ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ

ʕ◉ᴥ◉ʔ chop chop diners

We are in! That's what I'm talkin' about ʕง•ᴥ•ʔง

The cafe was about 99.9.1% ovaries ฅʕ•̫͡•ʔฅ

I can't remember what this was, but it looked and tasted amazing, I think it had bananas in it, I don't like bananas in cake, but...pompompurin!

I also got this caramel latte

"Pompom, you've got a bit on your mouth, yeah just there...no worries buddy"

The hot chocolate was the "best ever" apparently (this is pompompurins butt) It came really late, but we didn't care! It's not possible to feel anger in these places! ◟ʕ´∀`ʔ◞

I bought a few things in the cafe shop, tote bag, jumper and t-shirt.

T-shirt says: In a special place, you enjoy a delicious menu with good friends. DAMN RIGHT

Day out of Tokyo: Hakone

We got outside of Tokyo for a day to see Mount Fuji from Hakone. We were really lucky it was a clear one as it was actually grey and raining that day in Tokyo. ʕु•̫͡•ʔु☂

We got the Odakyu railway from Shinjuku, I think it cost 6000 Yen for a return but that also covered the trains, coaches, rope way and pirate boat (yes) in the area. Their trains are really nice and if you download the special Odakyu app you can get access to free Wifi on the train. (・∀・)

Most importantly I discovered the Hokuo bakery in Shinjuku station which has loads of pastry/cake options and... bear. muffins. ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ Unfortunately I had to cave in and eat it towards the end of the day as supplies were running low and most of my team had died off. 

Bear Muffin #neverforget

Yes yes Mount Fuji looking nice. But: Bear Muffin.  ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ 

Was really nice to see some of the concrete free side of Japan. Although the trip up one of the mountains involved a lot of sulphur emitting from the rocks...that turned my stomach a bit. There were some nice ice creams up there though so I forgive u volcanic mountain ʕ ◔ᴥ◔ ʔ

Toxic sulfuric air? No problem ʕ•̫͡•ʔ♬✧ *lick lick

Bear in mind that if you are thinking of visiting a onset (hot spring or public pool) you will need to cover your tattoo's (you hideous beast). There wasn't any bathing going down on my visit, but had I gone for a dip I would have had to have worn some sort of long sleeve top. There is a bit of an outdated belief that tattoo's are linked exclusively to the Yakuza in Japan which means public baths ban them being on show (and might charge you a fair bit to buy something to cover them up)

The day ended with a casual pirate boat ride across the lake where you could get clear views of Mount Fuji, tres bon, nice nice, but it wasn't a muffin with a bear face.

 I think I melted into my bed when I got home ♡ॢ₍⸍⸌̣ʷ̣̫⸍̣⸌₎