QUICK & RANDOM TOKYO SHOP GUIDE

QUICK & RANDOM TOKYO SHOP GUIDE

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Here are some of the lovely shops in Tokyo which I visited in the last couple of months which I think some of you might also love. If you click each address it links to google map.

1 & 2: Otsu Furniture (Gakugeidaigaku/Meguro) - a shop in the neighbourhood I like to visit now and then, they sell Japanese vintage furniture at relatively reasonable prices.
Address: 1-4-9 Takaban Meguro-ku

3 & 4: doinel (Aoyama-Gaienmae) - gorgeous little shop selling imported homewares and zakka. i love their great selection of bio wines too!
Address: 3-2-9 Kitaaoyama Minato-ku

5: cloth + cross (Jiyugaoka) - beautiful linen items, home & tablewares in lovely interior.
Address: 2-14-11 Jiyugaoka Meguro-ku

6 & 7: B+B (Shimokitazawa) - new & fun book shop where you can also enjoy beer while browsing books. (beer + books) they sell not only books but also zakka items and even all the furniture they use in the shop. really great shop i wish it was somewhere closer to me!
Address: 2-12-4 Kitazawa Setagaya-ku

Hope you like them!

:)

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HANNA TŌ JUKKA

HANNA TŌ JUKKA

Saturday, 4 August 2012

One afternoon during the rainy season, I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Hanna and Jukka from Finland.
I had known Hanna from this exhibition I went to 2 years ago at biotope (it was in Gakugeidaigaku then but now moved) which Hanna had with another amazing illustrator Hana Akiyama called "Hana to Hanna". Though I didn't get to meet Hanna then, I had been a fan of her works since so I was very happy to meet up with her and Jukka whom we'd known each other on instagram! We had a nice lunch at my favourite cafe ikanika.

Hanna brought me a treat from Finland, the cute packaged lollies AND one of her gorgeous prints AND a set of beautiful post cards!! How lucky am I??? If you are in Japan you can now buy her post cards from Gallerie Doux Dimanche in Aoyama or in Jiyugaoka or from their online shop here so please check it out!
I had also bought this sweet tea towel of Hanna's from NAPA books, which I LOVE!

Kiitos Hanna and Jukka :-)


P.S. You may have noticed but I have a "new face" for my blog now (as well as for my shop blog) :) Also I now have a facebook page where I share what I hope to be useful information on Tokyo, about shops, cafes and exhibitions etc., so please join me here also! Arigato :)

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Past Days, Randomly.

Past Days, Randomly.

Monday, 7 May 2012

From March and April, in Tokyo.

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Sakura, Spring 2012 #01

Sakura, Spring 2012 #01

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

This year's sakura season is over now but oh it was so beautiful. These are mainly from Jiyugaoka and Nakameguro, daily scenes turning all so incredibly stunning. This is the time I feel most happy to be in Japan than any time else every year and I hope you know what I mean :)

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quick tokyo shop guide by one-use square camera

quick tokyo shop guide by one-use square camera

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

01. KOHORO - a beautiful Japanese style tableware and zakka
(addresses shown at the end of the post)
02. box & needle - full of very exquisite paper boxes made in Kyoto!
(I simply can't get enough of them! They have a really great style.)
03. Tsutaya Shoten - E-v-e-r-y-o-n-e in Tokyo was talking about this new grand book store when it opened in Daikanyama last December. Bit overwhelming but well worth a visit.
04. My all time favourite -Baden Baden which by now you all know
if you've been reading my blog for a while :)
05. "Do" at Claska

and last but not least, my very favourite bento shop (actually a rice shop) near my house who sell delicious home made obento only on Wednesdays.


All photos were taken with disposable square camera.

Addresses:
01. KOHORO
3-12-11 Tamagawa Setagaya-ku (google map)
3 mins from Futakotamagawa Station on Denentoshi and Oimachi lines.
Right behind Takashimaya department store.

02. box & needle
Same address to KOHORO shown above, they are located next to each other.
Both shops close on Wednesdays.

*Futakotamagawa is 2-5 minutes from Jiyugaoka on Oimachi line,
both express and local trains stop.

03. Tsutaya Shoten (Tsutaya books Daikanyama)
17-5 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku (google map)
3 mins from Daikanyama station on Toyoko line.

04. Baden Baden
2-31-7 Chuo-cho Meguro-ku Tokyo (google map)
About 5 minuite walk from Gakugeidaigaku Station on Toyoko Line.
Openin hours: 12：00~20：00 / Closed on Wednesdays
THEY HAVE CLOSED (SAD!!!)

05. "Do" at Claska
1-3-18 Chuo-cho Meguro-ku Tokyo (google map)

06. Hakusan Rice Shop
3-6-10 Jiyugaoka Meguro-ku (google map)
Take away bento lunch boxes available on Wednesdays only.


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Yakumo Saryo - Baishinka Tea House

Yakumo Saryo - Baishinka Tea House

Thursday, 27 October 2011

I never knew what I recognise as "that old and huge house on the corner" which I have passed countless times ever since I was a child has been turned into such an exquisite tea house until I saw this amazing post by uponafold who seems to have the best eyes for finding the best designs and places in Japan than anyone from Japan (seriously!). Baishinka - Yakumosaryo is produced by the same people of HIGASHIYA which I never got a chance to visit before they closed it, so I was really happy to find that this beautiful space is within an easy bike riding distance from my apartment.

I think I have said it many times here before but I love old Japanese house. Sadly many of the beautiful and big old houses get demolished because of the high inheritance tax in Japan, but what they did to this house is truly admirable.

Yakumo Saryo - Baishinka
3-4-7 Yakumo, Meguro-ku Tokyo (google map)

It's in a little tricky location but there is a bus from Jiyugaoka that goes here. Take Tokyu Bus #11 that goes to Shibuya, get off at Yagumo Koukou and walk back a couple of minutes. Or you can walk from Jiyugaoka or Toritsudaigaku station, both a 15-minute-plus walk. If you prefer to walk it's easier from Jiyugaoka, just walk along Jiyu-Dori Street.

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Good Cafe Days

Good Cafe Days

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

photos1&2* my favourite jiyugaoka lunch place - cafe ohanaya,
3&4* D&Department Dining Tokyo,
5&6* fabulous little darling cafe margo in yutenji,
7* japanese cafe - cocoocen,
8* cafe&antique, cafe 6-chome,
9* JIYUGAOKA BAKESHOP - top of IDEE shop,
10* vietnamese cafe in kamata

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