Archive for January, 2008
These are a sweater and a knit cap with skull prints by Hysteric Glamour.
If I wear both of them at the same time, it would be too much.
Hysteric Glamour (Japanese site)
Hysteric Glamour (US site)
I found them at Sanrio official flower and zakka shop. kitty’s face made by white carnations.
They make passersby happy smile. (^-^)
I hope someone adopt them soon!
flower gift ; Sanrio Online Shop (ships Japan only)
I introduce handmade a shoes shop “Sonomitsu” in Tokyo.
They’d measure your size and tailor a pair of just-fit shoes for you in its workshop-store space. They have a branch in Fukuoka.
Last several years, those craft made products have been booming in Japan. Partly due to the poor quality of the products produced in those emerging countries such as China, I wonder if this sort of order-made brand will be more exciting in the coming years.
sonomitsu
Adress:
4-4-27 yanaka tatito-ku tokyo
03-3823-7178
CLOSE Thursday
I went back to my parents home on holidays.
Waiting for the train, I noticed toooo many vending machines in the station.
Yes, the station is on the outskirts of Tokyo. But not so small one, not so much wait time.
These machines are selling snacks & sweets, food supplements, paperbacks,
of course hot & cold drinks, and newspapers!
You can see a convenience store behind the newspapers vending machine. A lot of foods and goods in there. Moreover, there’s coffee shop & juice bar in the back of the store.
I could not understand why & who sets so many vending machines…(?_?)
Japanese vending machines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many kinds of izakaya are open near my house, because huge universities are around here. Students enjoy drink with friends or someone steady (-_^)*
To tell the truth, I don’t touch alcohol beverages (T_T) but I love izakaya!
Delicious foods and non-alcohol drinks in there.
Follow to the custom, a staff gave us hot wet towels in big smile, then an otoshi were served. Next what we did is you know… “Kanpai! (cheers!)”
My friends and I had a sweets break at TOU CHOU (The Sweet Dynasty). We had a TOU CHOU original parfait, a Tofu pudding with mango which is a brand-name desser and mango puddings.
If you go to TOU CHOU,you can’t miss the sweets. They are heaven!!
“monojyayaki”
Do you know “monjayaki”? It’s similar to “okonomiyaki”, but “monjayaki” is known as a snack food of Kanto area including Tokyo, while “okonomiyaki” is its counter-food in West Japan such as Hiroshima or Osaka.
This is “okonomiyaki”.
“okonomiyaki” by laughlin
“monjayaki” is made like this: Firstly mix the ingredients like cabbages and sea food with water and flour, then place the mixture on a heated plate. As you turn and mind the mixtures with scraper tool, the liquids is evaporated. Once the mixture is partially sort of burnt it is ready. Now you’d take the individual smaller scraper and help yourself a small portion by scraping the cooked (burnt) mixture directly from the plate.
The way of cooking and eating “monjayaki”
I know eating burnt bits is rather wired and shocking way of eating, but it is tasty.
eating “monjayaki”
There is a “monjayaki” restaurant that had celebrities including Brad Pitt visited in Tukishima, a downtown area of Tokyo. I reckon trying ”monjayaki” is becoming a part of Tokyo tourism for foreigners?
by Kanko*
When the New Year has arrived, I’d always visit a shrine for Hatumode, and consult an oracle or get a lucky charm (amulets) each year. Of course I did so this year, too.
The lucky charms usually categorized by the area of your wish such as “prosperous business”, “successful study”, “well-being of family” and “fulfillment of love or wish for finding a partner”.
by Kanko*
Nowadays, they have more fun sort of luck charms featuring the popular characters such as Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty or Snoopy and they are all cute. But I think that those traditional lucky charms with delicate fabrics are still very pretty.
Happy Hello Kitty Omamori (Strapya World!)
There are some books (in Japanese) introducing the lucky charms form shrines and temples in Kyoto.
Omamori - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Omamori (about.com)
This marron tube cake is made by Gin no budou. Gin no budou which means the silver grape is one of my favorite Japanese confectionery companys. They produce sweets of the season.
Gin no budou (in Japanese)
I got a new bag from mina perhonen. Akira Minagawa’s brand is called mina perhonen. “Mina”means “I” in finish and “perhonen” means “butterfly”. The butterfly is a symbol for his brand, his highly femenine fashion evokes images of wings fluttering in the air.
The Mina Perhonen brand is known for its prints. His works are unforgetable. They’re never be way behind the times.
