Archive for the ‘goods in Tokyo’ Category
On the second of November, the MoMA Design Store was opened in Omotesando. This is their first store overseas.
There, they have a lot of products that you cannot get from their online shop.
I found that Anemone Pen, which is also very popular at 8tote’s real shop!! (@o@)
MoMA Design Store
5-10-1 GYRE 3F
Jingumae Shibuya Tokyo
This is a new card case form Michiru Abe. She started a bag brand “MICHIRU ABE” in 1993. You can get her works at Beams.
I’m not a big collector of Suica Penguin goods but I do love the Suica penguin. I got some stuffed Penguins, a Penguin pass holder, a ballpoint pen…
large map
If I take you to look around Tokyo, I would take you to Asakusabashi.
Well, if around the JR Akihabara station is a “town of OTAKU nerds”, then the next stop Asakusabashi is a “town of handmade”.
You can get beads and accessories materials, ribbons and other hand craft stuff at wholesale price.
Because Asakusabashi is wholesale-stores area, you can also find many other goods like commercial wrapping papers, display supplies or artificial flowers.
Of course, many stores accept a purchase for retail, so I often visit Asakusabashi for shopping.
I’d recommend “Shimojima”
Come out from the East Exit of JR Asakusabashi, walk to the left along the Edogawa Street , then next to a bakery there is 8-story shop building. That’s Shimojima’s 5th shop.. This one has the largest variety and number of goods of all Shimojima’s.
As it was close to Halloween, there were full of Halloween goods.
If you are into beading accessories, then you should not miss visiting “KIWA”!
Come out from the East Exit of JR Asakusabashi, walk to the right along the Edogawa Street, then you see “KIWA” right away.
There are always so many people busy with getting their beads and accessory parts.
Or if you like ribbons then check “MOKUBA”.
They have so many ravishingly gorgeous ribbons.
You can purchase from one meter. Take a roll you like to the counter and ask them to cut it to your desired length.
We’ve just started selling “lucky charm totes” at the 8tote’s brick-and-mortar shop in Tokyo!
The baby pink tote comes with a dangling English antique key arranged with lacy ribbons. Of course, each key is unique. Isn’t it romantic?
We do have a lot of our own lucky charms in Japan, too. So I did a little search around my house.
Yes, I’ve got this “MANEGI （招布）” tapestry in my bathroom. See the six, colorful calabashes? Six (Mu ) Calabashes (Hyotan) = MUBYO, and the pronunciation is same for another word that means “free from sickness” in Japanese.
Lucky charms bring us Good Luck & HAPPY SMILE ;)
Have you ever heard of “FUROSHIKI”, Japanese traditional “eco bag” ?
Typically a square of 45cm x 45cm, or 103cm×103cm (There are also different sizes).
It is quite handy piece of cloth as you can wrap any shapes of any sizes, small or large, and when you don’t use it, you can simply fold it pretty small.
Most FUROSHIKI have patterns of Japanese plants or traditions on them, however there are some geometric patterns or cute, modernized-traditional patterns nowadays. I heard that Mick Jagger has got a FUROSHIKI in Kyoto, too.
Kakefuda Kyoto - Famous Furoshiki Store
In Focus: How to use “Furoshiki” [MOE]
How to wrap with FUROSHIKI
KAKEFUDA (kyoto)
KOMEFUKU
BINGATA is a famous Okinawa’s traditional fabric Dye-Work. The technique does not use patterns such as stencils, but it uses starches to be put on the fabric and dyes it.
The “BINTANYA”, located in Aoyama, Tokyo, offers BINGATA “washi” and other paper made products. They don’t have fabric products, but are specialized in paper’s. You can even order BINGATA patterned custom business cards from them!
BINGATAYA
1-1-1 Minami-Aoyama Minato-KU Tokyo Aoyama Twin Bld West 2F
Art Paper Cafe BINGATAYA
Bingata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“yen ware exhibition” has been held at the collex LIVIN in Daikanyama. “yen ware” is a carbolated design brand by Rui Fukuda, a potter, and Toshirou Nakamura, a graphic designer.
The father of Rui, who has been influenced by Bernard Leach had restored the “shodaiyaki” pottery studio, and Rui has took it over from him as the second generation
successor. At the opening party, people enjoyed Udon, Onigiri rice-ball and SAKEserved there.
collex LIVING
1-1-4,aobadai,meguro-ku,Tokyo
large map
collex - yen ware exhibition 07
Bernard Leach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
PIERRE HERME is the French super-star patissier, his sweets are all so unique, beautiful, kawaii and shockingly delicious. Especially macaroons have many fans. His world-first boutique has been opened in Tokyo, even before Paris! Maybe he knows we Tokyo girls are crazy about anything yummy! ;9
Now those sweets are available as lovely & tiny collectible figures. So tinny, even put on your finger tip. There are eight set all together in the collection. Of course I collected all of them!
But one thing I realized while I adore them…I’ve not tasted many of his sweets yet. hmmm…
Pierre Hermé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Hermé - l’univers de goûts, de sensations et de plaisirs®
“Karel Capek” is a Japanese tea shop that sells a variety of products including a large selection of loose teas, tea accessories, teapots and teacups, all featuring cute original illustrations.
Karel Capek tea shop(Japanese)
