The Shrine Awaits the Purest

It is in a castle's nature to attract princess'.

Its beauty, majesty, and power are all that entice her lavish eyes and heart

to want to drown herself in an extravagant and carefree world. 

It is in a princess's nature to attract castles. 

Its the twirl of her dress, her passionate dreams, and twinkle in her eyes

that make her belong nowhere else.

However when the day comes to an end, and the moonlight falls on the princess,

all evil is stripped away leaving only her purest form visible.

All the black, the wealth, the materials, and the attitude are blown out.

The girl feels naked and empty like her shoes, 

but, in reality, it is the most noble she's ever been.

Alive since 1612, here stands the Nagoya Castle located in Nagoya Central Japan.

It was during the Edo-period of Japan when the castle was housed by the Tokugawa lineage.

It was used to protect the position of the Tokaido Road and block attacks from the Osaka direction.

Dress// Deandri

Choker & Harness// Deandri

Shoes// YRU

Butterfree

There lives a fragile girl who harvests glorious dreams.

She questioned happiness and constantly pondered on what she wanted from this life.

Pressures from her surrounding sometimes threw her off track…she gets lost in despair…overwhelmed…

It has kept her confined in a dark space of her chrysalis.

Until one day, the heavens parted their clouds and bestowed a ray of Light.

Little did she know what the universe had to offer for her as long as she was inclined to embrace it.

She learned to trust and believe that she could do anything. 

Still, at times she would feel that it is pathetic to believe in such an abstract idea. 

Luckily, she now has the Light to always remind her of her beauty and power.

She always had a passionate desire to become extraordinary, but there was habitually a pinch of uncertainty in the way.

The Light was able to uncover her delicate faded pink wings from the dark and make them visible.

She can now flutter around in liberation….in liberation from herself;

because all that was holding her back was

herself.

She now flies far out into places she's never even heard of, forever exploring the world and herself, never satisfied and only confident enough to reach higher and higher until her wings can't take her no more.

Top// [esqape]

Bottoms// Dollskill

Heels// YRU

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A little note to readers:

This trip to the Arashiyama Monkey Park in Kyoto, Japan with my amazing partner was so inspirational. I wanted to share my epiphanies because I thought that it was ridiculous how I used to see these motivational words as something stupid and cheesy. However, when the realization actually hits you, everything makes sense and the only way to express it is to sound like a Disney movie.

Hums from the Lavender Field

I love staying with my grandmother in Nagoya because she lives next to a fairly large park named the Arakogawa-koen. 

The best time to visit this park is during June where the lavender blossoms, and the park hold festivals for it; I'm lucky to have picked this time to visit since I adore lavender. 

One of my favorite treats here that I look forward to get every visit is their lavender ice-cream. It is unlike lavender ice cream made anywhere else…so dreamy.

I fill my YRU "black sunrise"with the lavender petals from the fields to keep with me as I flutter across the world. 

Dress// Dollskill

Shoes// YRU