Over the weekend, I caught up with the Girls’ latest season. Shosh wakes up in a quirky Tokyo apartment, living in Tokyo, breathing Japanese culture, and living my dream life!
What?! Since when?! Did it happen in the previous season? I can’t remember. But there she was, experiencing things that I had wished for! Well, sort of, since *spoiler alert* the losing-her-job part sucked, and I am perfectly content with my non-Japanese BF.
The First Scene of Shosh’s Japanese Life
A Glimpse of Her Tokyo Apartment
The first scene was stuffed with a toy hanging on the ceiling was the vt all! I like the hanging lion (mine would be a cat), the green teapot (mine: pink), the bed (I used to sleep on the mattress on the floor before I moved to Singapore), and I have the exact white lantern. I also want green poles.
The First Sighting of Japanese Shosh
We share a pink obsession, a vintage drawer, and thick eyebrows.
Let’s talk about her talking alarm clock. It’s called Clockman. He talks (in Japanese, of course) and rolls his eyes. It originally came in four colours, each with its distinct personality based on blood groups. I already put it on my Japan shopping list.
Japanese Unit Bathroom
A typical bathroom scene in Japan.
The Japanese Unit bathroom is a single-piece toilet made of plastic produced in the factory. It’s pretty normal to spot this in a Tokyo apartment.
Japanese Breakfast On The Go
Shoshanna is buying breakfast with a long queue behind her. I wonder what it could be, as I never ate Japanese breakfast on the go if we don’t count the onigiri from 7-Eleven. Is it some noodles? Is it dim sum? The pony-tailed girl is eating it like dim sum, and a stack of steamer baskets is in the background.
Commuting in Japan
Shoshanna is on her way to work, standing on the train like sardines and walking past Shibuya. I have done both scenes. I squeezed into Tokyo’s morning commute and walked, aimlessly and minus the Kawaii headphone, around Shibuya.
Shosh is a Japanese working environment. She greets everyone effortlessly, even complimenting Mari on something in Japanese. I also want to work in Japan, wear quirky clothes, and greet my colleagues in Japanese.
Immersing in Japanese Culture
But then I’d also need girlfriends who want to chat naked while soaking in hot water in an Onsen. So maybe I can also convince my friends to move to Japan with me. We have done it before; it would just be another round of girl time for us.
My favourite part of Shosh’s Japanese life so far is when the girls’ chillaxing time after Onsen and that, too, with cotton candies. This reminds me of the time in Lake Akan’s Tsugura Wings, where my friends and I spent the days soaking in the Onsen, eating buffet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and trekking the neighbourhoods. The Japanese (and my) kind of staycation.
I was drinking with my friends in Asakusa’s small neighbourhood food stall. I have done this as well! Shosh, we are soul sisters!
Throwing stuff randomly into her patterned suitcase, oversized sweater with cute pictures, pink iPhone and nail polish, multiple rings, food fridge magnets, and cancelling an appointment at the last minute. This episode gave me Japan fever, and I want to live there!
If interested, you can rent Shoshanna’s Tokyo Apartment on Airbnb.
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