OTTAIPNU Lion Hankie

Funny king of the animals hankie from OTTAIPNU.

Some of them are baring their fangs, and others are in silence in the hot pink field.
I love their tiny bodies and cute tails too.

Lion – OTTAIPNU

eneloop in pink

Latest eneloop brand (one of the most famous rechargeable battery in Japan) is from Panasonic, but… old designs from Sanyo is much cuter and cooler.
Still now we can get some of these, so I got limited edition, eneloop in pink gradation.
These lovely batteries makes me happy to use anytime!

eneloop (Japanese)
eneloop – Wikipedia

Tabi socks from karancolon Kyoto

I got tabi socks at karancolon Kyoto.
These are 2 for 840yen, and you can choose from several designs.
Reasonable, cute and fun!

karancolon Kyoto (Japanese)

ALICE’s EAT ME Biscuit Ring from Q-pot

The adorable Disney characters are presented by Q-pot.
Disney inspired jewelries are so cute and adorable. I am in love with the Alice ring.

Q-pot.

Kuniyoshi’s Ukiyoe cats purse

I got a unique purse at “suikinchikamokudottenmeikai”(the shop name means all planets of the solar system!), it was made by traditional handcraft in Tokyo.

So many beautiful modern design purses at there, but I chose Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s famous ukiyoe cats one.

This was designed to be very flat shape, for put it into kimono’s obi to bring safely.

suikinchikamokudottenmeikai
Bunkoya Ozeki (Japanese)
(suikinchikamokudottenmeikai purses are collaborated with this artisan shop)

Muromachi Bouru from Zen Kashoin

My friend gave me a very fine Japanese sweet, Muromachi Bouru from Zen Kashoin.

It was like very light cookies. Also, they had a light scent of milk and eggs. They were melted soon in my mouse.
I really enjoyed the cookies with milk tea at home.

Zen Kashoin (Japanese)
Muromachi Bouru (Japanese)

Snake Daruma

As lucky charms, I got a couple of tiny snake daruma – this years zodiac sign (from Chinese Zodiac).
They were made as self-righting daruma toy that is called Okiagari-koboshi. It means if when something goes tough, you can get up and beat it easily.

Not only that good meanings, I like their cute hat and ribbon.

Okiagari-koboshi - Wikipedia
Chinese Zodiac – Wikipedia

Lucky Charm cakes silicon mold

Happy New Year 2013!

I made maneki-neko and sea bream shaped financier (French gold butter cake) by lucky charm cakes silicon mold from MUJI.
Both of maneki-neko and sea bream are good-luck symbols in Japan.

May all 8tokyo readers’ New Year sparkle and shine!

Good Luck Charm cakes silicon mold – MUJI (Japanese)
Maneki-neko - Wikipedia
Tai: Japan’s King of Fish (meaning of Sea bream in Japan) – Kikkoman Corp.