Hyper Japan Expo ♥

Over the weekend I went to Hyper Japan, it was running throughout the whole weekend and it was my first time attending after always hearing my friends attending the previous shows.

So what is Hyper Japan? A Japanese cultural exhibition that takes place once a year normally during the weekend. There are food stalls, fashion stalls, gaming area, live performances, competitions etc. I paid £7 for a ticket at the door, depending on what day you go there are different performances, I went on a Friday so it wasn't that busy. However, if you go on Saturday or Sunday, prepare to wait in a long dragon queue and it will be mega packed.

Was going to buy one of these but I told myself I'd come back but, flowed out of my mind after eating.

Japanese pancake on sticks

Some of the food stalls

Making okonomiyaki, the guy in the glasses looks like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean!

Strawberry and chocolate covered bananas

Okonomiyaki served with 2 tempuras for 5pounds. Tasted very nice as I love savoury food.

Takoyaki - These are Japanese Octopus dumpling balls. This was okay, could have been better, with the taste, although this picture looks very deceiving. Was still very nice since I have never tried this before.

I wanted to get some of these macaroons but no way am I paying a ridiculous amount of money for a small lil thing to go into my mouth and out the other way! Boo :( 

This reminded me of the time when I watched 'Bamboo Blade' the anime.

One of my friends had a stall and made us some really nice ice 

desserts. There he is, in the process of making mine!

This was really nice and definitely worth it for 3.50 and I am not saying that because I know him! I nearly could not finish this and writing about this at 11pm I am actually craving some nice ice to quench my thirst. This would be delicious on a nice hot day, as it's ice, it's not as fattening as ice cream which is a plus!

Mango and strawberry flavour

Extreme cuteness, these are lil rubbers. I love the attention to detail in every piece.

Does it look like them? Get your drawing done.

Love the creativity, these are candles!

I had a great time at Hyper Japan and will probably return next year. It is definitely for people that live in the UK and don't travel to the far east much because a lot of the items are over priced or you could get them cheaper for somewhere else. However, I do understand living in London it is a expensive city but, I  love my bargains and freebies way too much. So, sadly I didn't purchase anything at Hyper Japan although, I would have loved to see some beauty stalls since Japan is crazy about their make up and skincare. Worth going to once a year to have a browse and learn more about the Japanese culture and lifestyle.