Archive for the ‘shopping in Tokyo’ Category
There are many Pilot Shops in Ginza where you can get each prefecture’s touring information and purchase its local specialities.
Today I bought plums, dried pear, and fruit juice at a Yamagata shop.
It’s fun looking for yummy and cutely designed things.
Going around antenna shops is a simple way to enjoy the taste of touring.
Oishi YAMAGATA Plaza – おいしい山形プラザ
Ginza Pilot Shops map
Passing through the business town, modern garden appears.
This is yoyogi village. Good and health- conscious shops are in there.
I had a special blend tea that made of herbs and flowers.
And got some breads for breakfast!
Isetatsu is a shop from Edo era, there’s so many beautiful wood-printing papers, chiyogami, paper toys, and Japanese pattern goods.
I love their cute Omocha-e (Ukiyoe for kids in Edo era) series, especially cats ones.
All of the cats are working and dancing on Tenugui!
Isetatsu (Japanese)
Ueno, Asakusa, and Yanaka : Isetatsu
Omocha-e
This is a cake with black sesame paste, cream and covered in a white chocolate shaped like a little egg.
They are sold as a Tokyo souvenir. Individually wrapped which looks like a real egg. Yummmmmy!
I got another a couple of ‘My Loads are Light’ socks because the new design socks are just on sale.
I love the design and the color combinations, and also it is very comfortable to wear them!
My Loads are Light – Tumblr
My Loads are Light – shopping
I got classic red wool gloves & Mr Marc 4G iPhone case by marc by marc jacobs for men’s at Hankyu department store in Yurakucho.
These stylish red wool gloves keep me stylishly warm and cozy.
I love this fun and playful silicone 4G iPhone case with Mr Marc print across the back.
marc jacobs
Hankyu Department store Yurakucho Men’s
I got some wonderful chocolates for Valentin’s Day at Ikebukuro Seibu department store.
They are ‘Noel Jovy’, ‘Debailleul’, ’5th Avenue Chocolatiere’, ‘Max Brenner’, ‘Chocolawka’.
They are just amazing to watch and the taste like heaven!
Seibu Ikebukuro
Noel Jovy
Kataoka – ‘Debailleul’ importer
Debailleul
5th Avenue Chocolatiere
Max Brenner
Mary’s – ‘Chocolawka’ maker
I went to the Daikanyama Tsutaya Bookstore at the newly built shopping complex called Daikanyama T-SITE.
The space is lined with buildings in a T-shaped motif, many of them specialist shops such as restaurants, a camera shops and an electrically assisted bicycle shops.
The Daikanyama Tsutaya Bookstore is made up of three buildings. It’s completely different from the other Tsutaya shops up until now, selling mainly books, and as a bookstore, it is a space that can be fully enjoyed by children and adults.
Of course, there are well-stocked DVD and CD corners, and you can probably find movies for enthusiasts of various tastes there as well. Since you can do returns by mail for free from anywhere in Japan, even people who live far away can rent there care-free.
It truly was an enjoyable space, such that you could spend hours there without getting tired of it.
I think I will definitely end up going there again many times in the future.
