Long distance birthday gift for your girlfriend in Tokyo when you are in Los Angeles

8 long distance gift ideas for your girlfriend in Tokyo

1. A pixel game you can play together over a call Our product

   oin turns your story into a small 2D pixel game with her as the main character, generated from an authorized photo, plus two custom NPCs made from authorized photos with consent. Two letters from you open and close it, a 5-question quiz about your life apart and together rewards flowers for correct answers, and the final level is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; New York and Tokyo are coming soon. It plays in a browser with no install, is usually emailed within an hour and costs $29.90. See how it works →

2. A care package

   A parcel of snacks, a candle and a few small things from your city. Check customs rules and allow 1-3 weeks for an international parcel. Around $30-90.

3. Jewellery with a small engraving

   A simple chain or bracelet from Mejuri or Pandora, engraved with a date. Check size and taste first. Around $50-200.

4. A Wi-Fi photo frame

   A frame you can send photos to from your phone, so a new picture appears on her shelf every day. Brands such as Aura and Skylight make them. Around $100-200.

5. Cook the same recipe

   Pick a recipe, buy the ingredients and cook it together on a video call. Eat at the same time, in different kitchens. Around $15-40.

6. A film night on a call

   Pick a film, press play at the same time and talk through it. Streaming services each have a watch-together option or you can use a screen share. It costs little.

7. An online class together

   A cooking, language or drawing class you take at the same time, from your own homes. Around $20-100.

8. A meal delivered to her door

   Order dinner to her door from a delivery app that works in her city, and eat it together on a video call. Around $25-70.

Los Angeles to Tokyo: the time difference

Tokyo is about 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles, so 8 pm in Tokyo is roughly 3 am in Los Angeles. The gap shifts by an hour for part of the year when the clocks change.

You are on opposite sides of the day, so a call means one of you is up early or late. Choose a weekend and tell her the exact hour in her own time.

What a parcel across the border costs you

A parcel from Los Angeles to Tokyo crosses a border, so allow one to three weeks and check customs rules for food, liquids and anything with a battery. A digital gift has none of that.

Buying for your girlfriend

The best gifts for a girlfriend are specific. Pick a memory, an inside joke or a place, and let the gift point to it.

Pair a small thing she can use with one that is purely sentimental.

If the birthday is tomorrow

Gift cards, flowers and a personalized game can be arranged online the same day. An oin game is usually emailed within an hour of payment, so it can still be ready for the morning. Pair one with a handwritten card and she still has something to open.

Birthdays have a clock, so order anything that ships at least a week ahead and keep the digital gifts for the day itself. A card with a specific memory beats a long message.

Opening it together on a call

Pick a slot when you are both free, send the link and stay on the call while she plays. The quiz makes a good conversation, because only the two of you know the answers.

The final level you can play today is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; a final level in New York or Tokyo is coming soon.