Hey guys, it's Cathy Cat and today we are in Shibuya 109 because Valentine's Day is
drawing near and they have a special store dedicated to Japanese Valentine's Day.
And since they always have the newest kind of stuff that is popular in Japan right now,
I'm curious to find out what items are popular for Valentine's Day this year.
The store is called Kiss Me, Kiss You, Color Me and we're gonna find out what is popular
on Valentine's Day this year and what gifts to give.
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So, I think it's time for us to head inside and find out what items are popular this year.
Coming inside there are already so many cute things - just check this out, it's a massive
unicorn in a kind of like parfait...
You can already see that there's so many things and stuff going on in here, so that's not
only stuff for you, it's also stuff for other people and gifts.
See, I expected mainly sweets and stuff, but there are also loads of things that you can
wear or that you can just enjoy in many different ways.
Look at the t-shirt from Pachi Pachi Factory.
There's actually another YouTube that has made these, Kumamiki is another Japanese YouTuber
and she is doing things around the kawaii scene as well in some of her videos, so she
actually started making her own brand.
I like the idea that on Valentine's Day not only couples get to celebrate, but you can
also celebrate it with your friends, give each other something nice - I think that's
lots better than just people who are single being sad, 'cause I'm usually sad on Valentine's Day.
Since chocolate is the keyword for Valentine's Day in Japan my eyes went straight to this
fridge here which contains loads of chocolate.
So they have cute cake pops here and also apparently the cake pops have done a collab
with Pachi Pachi Factory and made a whole cup, and then they have cake pops inside of it.
And it looks really tasty, and I wanted to have a look inside.
The staff told me I can have a look inside.
So you get cake pops and you get a heart filled with nuts and other chocolate bits - it looks
very tasty - and then you have a mug to take home.
And I love big mugs, so even if you finish eating all the sweets, it's not over, because
it continues because you still have the mug.
So I just love stuff like that.
I'm a bookworm and I love reading, and look at this - it looks like a beautiful book,
but actually - I only found out because I looked on the back and found out it had an
expiry date, so I was like "Huh, a book is not expiring, what is this all about?"
So I opened it, and it contains candy!
And it contains proper matcha candies, so green tea candy.
So it's really clever also, you can just close it and hide it in your bookshelf and no-one's
ever gonna know that you've been cheeky and you've been having sweets instead.
Now you guys might know the waving cat that you often see in Japan, that is supposed to
wave in good fortune or luck, and there's actually a waving cat Nyuyokuryo - which is
like a bath bomb - and it shows you like the old gold coins of Japan, so you can have a
luxurious bubble bath, and it looks like you've given a super rich present.
Sebastian Masuda is a name that people who love Harajuku fashion and art will definitely
know, and there are quite a lot of the artworks and items that he's selling at this point
in time in the store as well, so I'm quite happy to see that he's present here as well.
And you can see it's very much Masuda style, loads and loads of cute things, lots and lots
of kawaii things coming together.
So, for example, I love this bear, it's a time after time capsule.
Look!
It's a unicorn scarf!
Isn't it adorable?
It's like smooth on one side and fluffy on the other side.
Wait a second, are these panties?
Ah, no!
These are not normal panties, this is traditional Japanese underwear - this is as Japanese traditional
underwear as it gets.
Fundoshi is like the old traditional underwear that they had in Japan, but they made it fancy
now and cute.
Made in Japan, natural material, relaxing underwear from Japan.
Best recommended for bedtime.
Japanese relax underwear: fundoshi.
So this is the ladies' version, this is how the ladies wear the fundoshi, and then you
just pull the string tight to match to your size.
But the gentleman's style, you might have seen that in samurai movies and stuff where
it just hangs here on the front.
And apparently because it's such a natural material, it's also very breezy.
Oh my God, there's a banana one!
You both get fundoshi together - for the relaxing bedtime(!).
See, I never knew how to actually wear them.
So the gentlemen, you actually put the long part on the back, then you pull the thing
around underneath, over the string you already tightened, and then you flap it over.
And that's actually how you wear it.
I never knew how guys actually tied their fundoshi, so now I've learned something.
My friends are really into gel nails recently and I found this one here, it's a whole gel
nail set for starters, and it's apparently really good quality.
I think that's a nice idea maybe for a girly Valentine's, so if two or three of you girls
come together you can do each other's nails and chat and stuff like that; I think that
is great for a girl's Valentine's night.
I had a close look at these ones over here, and they're not just made in Japan, these
shiny ones are called Studio Lanterna and they're made in Tokyo.
So that's actually a rare sight - it's probably one of the first times I've ever seen 'Made
in Tokyo' on any kind of item.
That's actually a nice gift to take home as well.
Nice idea to give that to your Valentine maybe if you come over for a romantic day in Tokyo.
But on Valentine's Day, I know loads of other people give each other flowers, but I personally
always get a little bit sad when I get flowers because I feel so sorry for the flowers.
But these bouquets here are actually not real flowers, they're fake flowers and balloons,
so that's the kind of Valentine's gift I'd actually be really happy about.
Also it lasts maybe a little bit longer than the flowers that you might get.
For example, you can have Twilight Sparkle in it!
So you can pick your favourite character and look at all these little heart balloons and
then the flowers and petals inside of a balloon... that would actually be a nice thing, and I
wouldn't have to be sad about the poor flowers!
There is a little cup here that contains foam and it says Awa - so foam - Cafe Whip Creamer,
and it took me a while to realise how it works is you pretty much put facial cleanser on
this piece, and then you keep moving it up and down until it creates lots and lots of
fluffy foam with which you then can wash your face.
In Japan, loads and loads of face cleaners work like you foam them up yourself, maybe
in your palm, and create a really soft cleansing experience for your skin without rubbing it
too hard.
So this is actually helping you to get facial cleanser, in apparently 20 seconds, so that's
a nice idea.
And you might have a soft spot for accessories that look like sweets, that look like chocolate,
candy, biscuits, all kinds of things like that and I found one here.
Look, it's a Cathy Cat biscuit cat!
So it's a little pin so you can put it on your clothes.
They all look like little cookies that you would maybe bake.
And the same cookie designer, she also made other brooches with animals on.
Also, they have crazy cases for Chupa Chups, so here's the Chupa Chup and then it has a
mask on, or you can dress up your Chupa Chups as a medieval knight and just carry it around
like that.
Only in Japan guys, only in Japan.
This is beautiful - dress up your Chupa Chups.
One thing that makes me particularly happy is that there are so many Instagramable spots
here, like this place here.
So you can put them up on Instagram - look at this!
How cool is that?
So this is one of the Instagram spots, but there's another Instagram spot over there
- let's head over to it.
It's like you've already taken a bite out of the chocolate.
Putting your pictures up on Instagram is encouraged, they have their very own hashtag that you
can then put up, and so, be sure to check out my Instagram, because I'm definitely going
to put up some pictures of this now.
And yes, the director of Ask Japanese is going to take the pictures, because he's a great
photographer.
Now this corner here, I find interesting because it has the kind of stockings that have corset
piercing on them - even though they're tights!
They look like they have hooks through them and through which then a little bow that's
tied which is kinda cute, but kinda edgy.
So that one really catches the attention, so maybe you can wear that out on your Valentine's
date.
So that was it from the famous Shibuya 109 building, and you can see that they had quite
a variety of nice Valentine's goods and I can say this year what I actually found out
is it's less giving gifts to the guy, it's girls giving gifts to each other, which is
an interesting trend.
So how about your country?
What is the Valentine's trend this year in your country?
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