Touching up before the Philippine Airlines plane took off for the four-hour flight to Narita.

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Getting a cab back to Villa Fontaigne Hotel where her entourage was billeted. “Safe mag-taxi dito,” says Claudine.

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Claudine’s Tokyo entourage (left to right) Alvin Anson, Claudine, Rose Flaminiano and daughter Lizette (on her hunches), Inday Barretto, and Bernard Cloma.

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At the Weno district in Tokyo with FLT Films producer Rose Flaminian, who joined daughter Lizette (producer of Claudine’s show).

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With Lizette Flaminiano and Alvin Anson (a guest in Claudine’s show) in downtown Tokyo. “Ang kyu-cute ng mga items dito kahit sa street shops lang.”

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With her Mommy Inday at Akihabara, Nagoya’s electronics center, where the star bought, for Mommy, a component.

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Claudine and party bumped into director Rory Quintos at the NAIA. The director was on her way to the 14th Tokyo International Women’s Film Festival where her film, Anak, was included. The director then asked Claudine, who appears in Anak, to be present at the filmfest. Claudine obliged.

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Warming up the crowd made up of Pinoys and Japanese at her Celebrity 2000 show in Tokyo.

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Eyeing pasalubong items at a Tokyo grocery.

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At the Shu Uemura (internationally known Japanese make-up brand) section of Matsuzakaya in Nagoya. Claudine: “I bought some items, pandagdag sa make-up kit ko.”

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