Spring Hits and Misses

This season, Starbucks has turned yet another popular dessert food into a drinkable form. The Tiramisu Frappuccino, which is currently only available in Japan, has trended on social media over the past month for both its uniqueness and remarkably similar taste to an actual tiramisu. The frappuccino itself is a blend of a variety of syrups (including caramel and hazelnut), coffee soaked sponge cake...

Festivities along the Meguro river were in full swing the past couple of weeks. Stands selling food like yakitori (skewered chicken) and amazake (sweet rice drink) lined the streets as crowds of people gathered along the bridges to take pictures of the famous river. Their cameras captured the hundreds of cherry blossom trees heavy with sakura flowers dipping towards the serene water. The clear skies ...

On Saturday, April 6, the annual prom, hosted by members of the Sacred Heart, Seisen, and St. Mary’s prom committee, took place at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel in Shinagawa. The venue was beautifully decorated with blue lights, gold, blue and white balloons, and silver table cloths to reflect the prom’s theme: “Starry Night”. Compared to previous years, when the prom events were hosted at the ...

Among the many events of Sacred Heart, it seems to be that Family Festival is one of the most highly regarded and highly anticipated of the year. As a new student, an event of this magnitude being hosted in our school and also being open to the public was a foreign concept to me. But once the day came, everything fell into place. With a range of attractions such as band performances, a bazaar, food bo...

Only a couple minutes away from Sacred Heart lies the largest Starbucks Roastery in the world. Located in upscale Nakameguro and designed by world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma, this highly anticipated roastery has been flooded with customers ever since its opening this past February. Just getting in requires purchasing a ‘waiting ticket’, and an hour of waiting in line. During its peak hours ...

The Jonas Brothers are back, better than ever! It’s been about six years since they’ve released their last song, so it comes as no surprise that their latest single, “Sucker”, was very much anticipated. Although “Sucker” has only been out for about a month, it has already garnered 100 million views on YouTube with mostly all positive comments. The song is, without a doubt, a smash hit. N...

Bubble tea, or “boba” has become the new craze amongst Sacred Heart students, especially after the recent launch of Hao Cha- a small Tapioca Cafe tucked away in Hiroo. With the numerous tapioca places in Tokyo, it is difficult to decide where to fulfill your tea cravings, but Hao Cha definitely ranks high on must-try places on that list! Hao Chao offers a wide selection of flavors from floral Jasmine ...

The latest addition to the Marvel film franchise, Captain Marvel, was released this month with strong anticipation from fans and film critics, excited to see the first ever female-led Marvel film. The story follows Carol Danvers, a.k.a. "Captain Marvel," a soldier from the alien planet "Kree", who becomes a powerful hero when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Wh...