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May 4th, 2013 | 
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So the month of May marks Children's Day in South Korea! Since the holiday is all about children, many places here have special children's day items~ yearly I look forward to the goodies Baskin Robbins and Dunkin' Donuts Korea put out because they are usually extra cute!
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Gundam is a staple in anyone's childhood that grew up in Asia, of course this included Koreans even though the importing of Japanese entertainment goods was fairly tight due to Korea's censorship back in the day. With the notion that Japanese anime were too sexual and violent for kids in Korea, a lot ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Arts+Crafts, Crafts + Kits, Pop, toys | 
Tags: I Park Mall | 아이파크몰, Japan, Yongsan | 용산 | 
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Tags: I Park Mall | 아이파크몰, Japan, Yongsan | 용산 |
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Meet the super-star Korean Artist Hyung-Tae Kim!
If you are a player of games such as Magna carta, War of Genesis, or just have a fondness for beautiful character art overall, chances are you have at least come across some of 김형태 Hyung-Tae Kim's beautiful art before!
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Posted in Arcade, Artists, Arts+Crafts, Pop |
Tags: Blade & Soul, Hyung-Tae Kim | 김형태, Interview, MMORPG, Video Games |
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Tags: Blade & Soul, Hyung-Tae Kim | 김형태, Interview, MMORPG, Video Games |
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K-pop singer Lee Hi released a new single recently that I just fell in love with on TV and had to feature in a K-pop eyecandy post!
“It’s Over” is one of the five tracks that was released for Lee Hi’s first full album "First Love".
Lee Hi 이하이 is still considered a rookie soloist, ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
One thing there is to know about me is that I love children's books, especially ones with cute illustrations. Even now that I am older I still vividly remember which books I loved when I was young...often it had to to with the artwork. Actually Nara is the same way, so it may just be an artist thing ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Today I would like to share with you one of Korea's loveliest cultural collectable dolls~ Youn-Ji 연지 by Sonokong! Youn-Ji 연지 is an 11" fashion doll that was specially developed to celebrate Korean traditional beauty and aesthetics ♥
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If you are in Seoul and looking for some kind of electronic gadget, game, part, accessory, etc for your home, office, car, or just for fun~ chances are Yongsan Electronics Market 용산 전자상가 has come up in conversation! Yongsan was once one of the best places to find everything under the ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Arcade, gaming, Places, Pop |
Tags: Electronics, Tourist Shopping, Yongsan | 용산 |
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Tags: Electronics, Tourist Shopping, Yongsan | 용산 |
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At long last the newest Disney animated movie Wreck-It-Ralph (also promoted as 주먹왕 랄푸 Fist King Ralph) is making its way to theaters here in Korea on 12/19!
Sometimes movies have a late release here because they dub them into Korean~ most animated movies here offer two screening ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Today I have a really fun Korean indie accessory brand to share with you~ 봄곰 Bomgom! If you like toys, random fun items, and have a playful style this brand is one you should definitely check out! If this brand looks familiar to you it is because it is very popular with K-pop stars ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Read the rest of this entry »
Time for a simple cute post~ Pororo snack time!! I kept seeing all these cute treats and finally caved one day and bought them all so I could give them a try! I am such a big kid.. so now that I have a blog to share this with it kinda gives me a good excuse to buy extra cute junk hehehe
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