New cosmetic bag：COOKIE fortune
I just got a new cosmetic bag”forest print” form COOKIE fortune.
This is a new print for holiday season. sooo cute.
Can you find a cat in the forest? Her name is Mimio.
“MICHIRU ABE”: a bag brand
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.
Suica penguin part2 (I love Suica Penguin,too)
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…
Suica penguin part1
This penguin is the mascot character of “Suica”, which is a prepaid card available for JR east (the train lines around Tokyo).
You can get various character products at the station’s kiosks, pay by Suica, and of course, by cash.
Asakusabashi - Shimojima,Kiwa,Mokuba
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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.
Ice Cream Diary part3 : nana’s green tea
Green tea Kuromitsu(brown sugar syrup) latte and Warabi Mochi frozen Green tea form the cafe named nana’s green tea. They taste great and rich.
Haritts the yummy donuts shop (at Yoyogi Uehara)
It was a lovely weekend for going for a stroll in Tokyo!
So there we were, went to Yoyogi Uehara for some freshly fried doughnuts and coffee.
Making one by one, homemade additive-free doughnuts and originally blended coffee are both so nice.
We tried “Bitter85” and “raspberry chocolate”.
It is said that Haritts’s started from a mobile van, and then it’s become very popular & now having this shop on the street!
While we were being cozy with coffees, people were constantly coming in.
Tokyo Designer’s Week 2007
From 31st of October to 4th of November, 2007, “Tokyo Designers Week” has been held at Meiji Jingu Gaien in Aoyama, Tokyo.
It was an art festival with more than 1,000 exhibitors,companies, school, embassies, & designers from over 20 countries around the world.
The “BLICKFANG” trade show, which has been held in Switzerland and Germany and “Japan Brand Exhibition” were there for the first time.
70 shops of interior, zakka and select shops in Tokyo also joined the week as “shop exhibition”, too.
Tabio！(socks stores in Japan ?)
Reasonable price, great quality and so pretty colors and patterns - I would definitely recommend those socks by a Japanese company called “Tabio.” for souvenirs!
Yes I was about to do that, then I just have realized that they introduce products worldwide through their online shop.
The most popular product is colored-tights! You can choose ones from over 20 different colors. In Japan, you can find a little corner box “three for 1000 yen” in front of their shops.
If you feel like trying fun-patterned socks, or unique Tabi or toe socks, that’s where you should check!
Ice Cream Diary part2 : Hayashiya
Green tea Parfait and Hojicha(roasted green tea) Parfait at Hayashiya-chaen in Seibu department store. They are heaven!!
