Finally we had the chance to visit Disney Sea XD
We already wanted to go there in autumn but somehow every free day was busy or the weather was bad.

Yoshi came home really late on Monday and the reason was his stop at the Disney Store ～～

Inside the little Stitch were two passports for Disney Sea ^o^v  What a cute surprise!

We left Peko at the pet hotel close by ( I need to get him today night...he`s always the favorite dog at the shop since he never barks and only sleeps the waiting time away ^^;) and started in the afternoon around 4pm. We had the mood "Just enjoy!" ~~  No big styling, simply having fun together.
It takes about one hour from our place to Disney Sea and while we took the train the rain stopped  ～～ sadly too late for my hair which simply became straight although I had curls at the beginning  XD   So the "non-styling" day was perfect XD

It was always our dream to buy those hats XD  Since Stitch was sold out (I`m a huge Stitch fan ^^;) I went for Minnie & Yoshi got his beloved Winnie Pooh....somehow he was the only guy in whole Disney Sea having this Pooh hat XD  I was amused how many people were laughing at him XD

We really love rollercoasters, but we hate the waiting time ～～ so we just visited various places and took two rides with Indiana Jones+the Volcano thing.
We also watched one of the Christmas shows, which was really nice ～～ I recommend Disney Sea at Christmas! Best kitsch ever ～





Snack time with a sandwich.

Changing hats ～～ XD

 

 

My favourite place is still Little Venice ～～ 

 

The big tree ～～

A very excited Yoshi& a very happy Sarah　ＸＤ

I hope you have a nice Christmas season ～～ 

Good evening ～～

While Yoshi&I  are watching Arashi`s show I`ll do a little update ~~

Pudding got a new cage! It has a integrated floor heating system and Pudding is really happy about it ^^ Finally she isn`t doing violent acts at night like screaming or throwing her food against the wall XD  She`s really a crazy hamster ^^;


Yoko did a great job in taking care of Peko  ^^ He returned happy and energetic like always and finally he is able to do some walks ^^  At night I always walk home from Sangenjaya instead of taking the train. This 20 minutes walk helps him to sleep well ^^
Tomorrow I want to do a walk in the afternoon　～～ but since he is always sleeping until 3 pm (I always thought dogs love to get up early ^^; ) it seems difficult since sunset is already around 5pm  XD

I`ve met Risa ~ She is living close by and we hang out a little. Her sister is studying animal therapy in Germany. While we took purikura she wanted to take two with Peko, too ^^

She keeps three dogs ~~ Next time we will go for a walk together. Finally a walking partner for Komazawa Daigaku Park XD

I can`t wait when we move into the new apartment. Although Peko is that type of dog who isn`t afraid of noisy places I don`t want to take him everyday with me. Well, it`s just for the last three weeks ～～

Yoshi and I went to check out the Christmas illumination in Harajuku and Omotesando ~~
I miss the German Christmas feeling a little...I love the tradtional decoration a lot more than the over-excessive Japanese Christmas, but it gives you a feeling of being in Disneyland 24 hours everyday.... XD

Since Peko is still sick the doctor told me to get him something when his trembling doesn`t stop...so I shopped at Omotesando`s Pet Paradise and finally found things in XXS ~~ Now he has  stylish jacket for cold days. Although I`m really against dressing dogs, I understand he needs to be warm ～～ and Yoshi needed something "oshare"...so yeah XD Here it is ～～

Otousan Nabe Set arrived together with 15kg food from Yoshi`s family ^^ Nice ～～～

 And some happy sleepy Peko pics ～～

Happy St.Nikolaus to everyone ^^

My cellphone doesn`t work since last night because I totally forgot to buy a new prepaid card yesterday...
I will try to get a new one tonight or tomorrow ～～for those who were sending mails to me or called ^^; Sorry ^^;

While we put medicine into Peko`s ears last Friday, he whined a little and what happened?? ^^;  Someone rang the door bell as crazy and knocked on our door...it`s maybe the lady living in the apartment in the first floor (our building has 4 apartments/2 floors, 3 are occupied at the moment while one is still empty). We didn`t open and after 5 minutes the person went downstairs, but it was a big shock to us...so we had to bring Peko over to Yoko`s place for this week. In case someone of the housing association wants to come over and check our place...Japanese people are pretty easy ashamed if something was a mistake, so if they check our apartment this week and find out we have no dog, they will make the lady never call again and when Peko returns this week we hope it`ll be fine. Yoshi also called his friend`s girlfriend who is working at a dog parior. She already has 3 dogs but in case someone will make trouble again she would take Peko until we return to Germany ～～

Last night we checked out apartments and didn`t find any good one...all of them take a deposit of more than 500.000 Yen... we just have 200.000 Yen. Finding a modern house close to Shibuya~Ginza which allows pets seems really really hard... ^^;
Today we thought we have found THAT apartment of our dreams...built in 2006, super modern, small (27qm) but the floor plan was perfect...and NO caution...and the best: It was the ideal location. Directly in front of the Komazawa Olympic Park, close to Shibuya...BUT the housing association lied about the caution...in the end it was more than 250.000 and so our dreams died right away....

Furthermore Yoshi can`t return to his job before Christmas due to his health condition. Even though we`re happy about his holiday, it`s really hard for him since his salary will be just 80% this month. Enough to live a good life, but not enough to change apartments that fast....

Anyway....we`re out right now to watch the Christmas illumination together. Need a little happiness ^^ I miss Peko...

Yesterday we needed to visit the AQS Japan (Animal Quarantine Service) to prepare Peko for his trip to Germany.

  
It seems difficult to take him with me since his final papers may arrive aound January 9th...and I go back to Germany from January 6th. I could take him with me, but when I return to Japan two months later it will be really difficult since the AQS is really strict and even though Germany and Japan have similar guidances it`s better to have the second anti-rabies inoculation in Japan.

Then I don`t have any waiting time when I return in March (it can take up to 12 hours!

So you need to stay a long time at Narita Airport which is pretty annoying), because I get all papers in Japanese and Peko obtains a double passport (European Pet Passport+Japanese documents which proof he is healthy and bought+raised in Japan) for both countries. So in the worst case I need to change my flight (seems impossible since most tickets are sold out) or Peko needs to be sent through an animal shipping service, which will be about 30.000Yen ^^;  We`ll see...

For those who are planning to buy a pet in Japan and bring it back home...all costs for the passport etc are around 100.000 Yen (1000Euro). So you should think carefully about it. Yoshi saved money for about one year...happily Peko was nearly free due to his sickness in the pet shop, but the cots for the vets and all stuff were incredibly expensive. I still have to buy a transport box for the airplane which will be about 20.000Yen...so all in all we`ve spent about 120.000Yen for Peko already and he still needs to get a final blood test XD    Pretty expensive Christmas gift...

We spent 2 hours in trains...and after 4 hours of waiting, doctor visits and so on we had some free time until we would receive the documents. Since Odaiba was the closest place for a dog walk, we changed trains in Shimbashi and headed to our favourite spot.
In Odaiba we had our first date and also became a couple, so it`s a place full of memories for us.
While we were walking on the beach Yoshi checked the internet for apartments close to Odaiba. Sadly most of them are expensive like hell (30qm =  250.000 Yen ~). But it would be to great living in Odaiba someday...Tokyo Beach in front of you...supermarket, Conbini, restaurants, shops...everything`s there and every night you can have this wonderful  view over Tokyo.






Since we didn`t get any call until 7pm we went to Venus Fort to eat dinner. Peko slept all time because of his 2 hours hardcore running around the beach XD  Too cute.

  

Venus Fort has a really beautiful Christmas decoration...you should go there if you have the chance.

At night we picked up the documents and went home...we watched some DVDs from Tsutaya (Christmas movies XD  Yes...it was simply the mood to do it XD) and fell asleep around 4 am...