The Japan Story
I'm a birthday kind of girl and birthdays, like anniversaries and first anything, are always big deal to me. With my birthday happening every last week of September in the middle of typhoons and stay-inside-your-home advisories, I find myself praying for clear skies and sunny weather on the first hint of rain. How you celebrate your birthday dictates the kind of year you're going to have, after all, and ludicrous as it may seem, I wouldn't want to risk a gloomy year ahead. The sun gods favored this then would-be 27 year old and granted me two dry (and I say this in a literal, good way) weeks to go places and celebrate with the usuals. First stop: Japan with the family. I've always been fascinated with Japan. The thought of real-life dolls dressed in Lolita fashion and goths in visual kei parading in front of me has always excited me. I find Japanese street style very unique and avant-garde. I love how they're never safe and they can be all costumey and whimsic...