December 2010
1 post
Sasawashi
Copyright@Sasawashi
http://www.sasawashi.com/index.html
Home wear, linen and health care products made from bamboo grass.
November 2010
2 posts
Organic bakery
Copyright@Der Akkord
http://www.der-akkord.jp/
Organic bakery “Der Akkord” in Omotesando. All the products are made from 100% organic ingredients.
Organic cotton
Copyright@Tenimuhou
http://www.tenimuhou.jp/english/index.html
Feel the softness of organic cotton in “Tenimuhou”…
October 2010
4 posts
Cool doughnut
Copyright@Antique
http://www.heart-bread.com/lsa/litem-td-list.html
Cool doughnut with various flavors. So sweet and soft!
Do you miss it?
Copyright@Gungendo
http://www.gungendo.co.jp/index.html
What Gungendo proposes us reminds us of a natural and simple way of life. A life full of blessings of nature. Warm candle light, good friends, tasty drinks, clothes of natural materials, what do you need more?
Gredecana
Copyright © Gredecana
http://www.gredecana.com/top.html
Kanako Kajiwara has launched a new brand, “Gredecana”. New textile with a special technology, reversible bag with different motifs.
Green tea soap!
Copyright© ISHIDACHAYA
http://www.ishida-chaya.jp/?pid=17505939
Green tea power hydrates your skin.
September 2010
1 post
New Supplement?
Copyright (c) 2010 Meno10 Co.,Ltd. All rights Reserved. http://www.powersuiso.jp/index2.php?act=item&id=PSirachu
See what I found in a convenience store?
May 2010
5 posts
"SKIN FOOD" cosmetics from Korea
“SKIN FOOD” - Korean cosmetic products
http://www.skinfood.co.jp/shop/category/1
Copyright @ Skin food
An anti-aging beauty producer/adviser, that I know, recommended me their product.
I bought a lip-gross, and a peach-scented face cream.
Copyright @ Skin food
LESLIE KEE 「SUPER TOKYO」 PHOTO EXHIBITION
http://www.lesliekeesuper.com/
ⓒ1976,2010 SANRIO CO.,LTD. APPROVAL NO.S503513
ⓒ1976,2010 SANRIO CO.,LTD. APPROVAL NO.S503513
LESLIE KEE 「SUPER TOKYO」 PHOTO EXHIBITION • Dates:Friday, April 23rd – Friday, May 7th • Time:11:00-21:00 http://www.omotesandohills.com/ol-event/pdf/100225.pdf
free stich for "bow-wow"s!
Copyright@free stitch
http://fs-store.jp/
I found an online shop for doggie-wear! These shirts and outers are cute, and all the puppies in photos look so happy.
I want to buy one of these pink collars for my dog, who now lives with my parents in their home :)
Earth Day Tokyo 2010
http://www.earthday-tokyo.org/
Earth Day Tokyo, 40th anniversary (4/17, 4/18)
Copyright @ http://www.earthday-tokyo.org/
the theme is “to go GREEN” by multiple approach
(i.e. energy, food, and agriculture.)
Lipton's "One-Spoon Sweets Collection"
http://www.lipton-sweets.jp/ http://happy.woman.excite.co.jp/lipton/ Lipton’s sweets collection is back! You can buy a bottled Lipton’s iced tea, and you will get one cute charm (in picture). The pink macaroon, “Leger Amour” was so poplar, that I hear they are short in supply. Also, in Shibuya, Tokyo, there is a collaboration cafe for this promotion “Lipton x...
April 2010
7 posts
Tokyo Dai Jingu - "Tokyo Great Shrine"
( http://www.tokyodaijingu.or.jp/english/index.html )
I went to Tokyo Dai Jingu (“Tokyo Great Shrine”),
located in Iidabashi area in Tokyo this weekend.
The shrine is famous as “shrine for a good marriage”,
and is said to bring romance for its visitors.
I hope my visit will bring me a good romance and a good marriage :P
an antique fair
I went to an antique fair near a shrine, which was known for cherry trees in Japan.
Here, the price tags are written in English, so I see many foreigners come here for shopping.
Sakura viewing...
It was a very nice, warm & sunny weekend last week.
I saw many last-minutes sakura viewers visiting the park
to enjoy the magnificent views of the cherry blossom trees.
Iremonya - "a container store"
https://www.iremonya.com/asp/work_work.asp?WorkID=45 Look how cute these boxes are!
This is Iremonya’s all-custom-made-to-your-order household goods, and they are all made of fiber-paper material.
I dream to have one (or more) made for myself someday :)
Green Marker
http://www.mitsubai.com/tokyo/detail/tk013300.html I found some funny made-in-Japan goods!
“Green Marker”
It is a green “book-mark”.
The paper-made-grasses are “post-it-notes”,
and can easily mark your favorite books in style when you have to put them away :)
I really want one myself!!
cherry blossom season has come!
I visited 3 different cherry trees spots on this weekend.:-D
Many of us Japanese still love cherry-viewing party;)
The cherry trees were almost in full bloom.
It was cloudy and cold out there, but was fun.
Kakitsubata
http://www.kakitsubataweb.jp/shopinfo/ My favorite shop, Kakitsubata is located in Nakameguro, along Meguro river.
The store has special made-in-Japan and some Western-made items.
All items are selected and displayed carefully,
so that you feel like visiting an art gallery.
I bought a brush pen with a case for my mother’s friend, and she loved it!
Also, along the Meguro...
March 2010
11 posts
Glamour-Sales
http://glamour-sales.com/ Check this shopping web-site!
Open for registered member only! There are over 150 partner brands of Glamour-Sales who are selling here on-line.
You can shop in “Limited 48-hour time sale”, during weekday at 8 p.m. sharp!
ACROSS street fashion marketing
http://www.web-across.com/todays/cnsa9a0000052d9r.html Spring has arrived!
Fashionistas’ clothes tell us what’s in (and what’s not) for this season!
Black colored fashion seems to have shifted to khaki-beige browns for the Spring.
Small flower patterns stays in for this year.
“Patterns on patterns” may be popular in this year.
Frisk Mint, anyone?
Very cute!
Selling no.1 on AMAZON.CO.JP (no.1 online-shopping site in Japan) this week.
Frisk is top selling “refreshment mints” in Japan, and below is the case that look exactly like the original„„
but WITH YOUR NAME PRINTED on it!
(Source: http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sunscardcase/minet/ )
(Source: http://item.rakuten.co.jp/sunscardcase/minet/ )
Chou Chou Tresor
http://www.chouchoutresor.jp/ Last weekend, different kinds of fashion brand just opened.
The brand is targeted for women, who are those “smaller-than-XS” size women.
The shop carries many clothes that are smaller than the regular Smalls and Extra-smalls.
Magazines with little gifts
Nowadays, many Japan’s magazines seem to be sold with a small gift.
Sometimes it almost seems like those gifts are the main selling point of the magazine.
For instance, Marc Jacobs, resportsac, agnes b. have collaborated with Japanese magazines to come up with “special edition” of their products (to be sold with magazines).
Manneken the Belgian waffle
http://www.manneken.co.jp/menu/stand.html I finally bought some Manneken’s waffles on weekday night!
Located at Ginza’s most famous crossing, the store calls for a long waiting line specially on the weekends!
I bought 3 waffles; plane, maple-flavored and sesonal flavored Caramel chocolat.
MINI COOPER meets SAKURA !!
MINI Cooper meets SAKURA. EDITION NIPPON http://www.mini.jp/mini.html YOUTUBE: TV CM “EAR” version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqeCv1U2i8M
Ok, who does NOT love Mini Cooper?? It is one of the cutest, fashionable looking car, and now the new Japan edition is available SAKURA pink!
This campaign just let us know the spring is almost here!
Jill Stuart Cafe
Jill Stuart had opened a cafe for a limited time only until March 28!
It collaborated with Haagen-Datz la meson Ginza.
Many girls love Jill Stuart’s cloths lines, and I can just
imagine a huge crowd visiting the store!
Their bags and small accessaries will still be sold in the main store in Shibuya,
so I will stop by to get one for myself;)
Artificial green-grass ads in metro station!
Toto (a lotto for all sports in Japan) had advertisement in Shinjuku metro station.
The poles were covered with artificial grass, and seemed to catch everyone’s attention. People were touching it as they go pass by….
"Out-of-ordinary" softdrink market in Japan...
More than you expect, in Tokyo, you just sometimes walk into one of the oddest, most “out-of-ordinary” items.
Usually for limited time only, those products hit the convenience stores and vending machines across Japan early last summer.
Even pepsi cola releases some “japan only” flavors - Perilla (“shiso”) flavored Pepsi cola… ?!?! - Sweetened red...
February 2010
20 posts
Vitamin drink for everyone!
This vitamin drink is now in Japan!
I found this vending machine in Harajuku, Omotesando, and Ginza where “trend-sensitive” and “adventurous” fashionistas come hang out to shop.
Japanese consumers tend to be more preferable of something
if it says something about being “healthy”,so this drink could
become very popular all over Japan someday soon.
a vegetable market in Creyonhouse, Omotesando
http://www.crayonhouse.co.jp/home/shop.html
Mottainai shop in Shinjuku
http://mottainai.info/new/2010/02/000576.php#more
Open: Feb 17 to Mar. 2 The limited-time-only campaign shop is open to public now in Shinjuku station.
Show Your "Magic Number" by NIKE.
http://nike.jp/magicnumber/index.html#
What is your magic number?
Mine?
129.
http://bit.ly/b0NiOk This is a campaign for Tokyo Marathon (Feb 28, 2010) by NIKE.
NIKE is throwing a huge promotional campaign to get the “magic number” from the general public, and draw them right on their wagon. The wagon will drive around in towns of Japan.
Hataraku Zarigani Works Exhibition
http://www.paulsmith.co.jp/space/gallery/2010_01_zarugani.html
Paul Smith Space Gallery
Exhibition date: February 13 to 28, 2008 “Zarigani Works” is now collaborating with and “exhibited” at Paul Smith SPACE GALLERY - “Hataraku Zarigani Works (literal translation: Zarigani Works “at work”)”.
At “Hataraku Zarigani Works”, the whole work artier of Zarigani Works is...
New “nano-size” Cigarette
I had dinner at a restaurant the other day, there was a PR lady in a campaign suit for their latest slim cigarette brand.
Japan banned smoking in public space a couple days ago.
Personally, I am happy to hear the news because I do not smoke myself, however, I am a little bit concerned “macro-economically” that the potential decrease in cigarette market may put us further in the recession mode...
haco. EXPRESS ROOM
http://www.felissimo.co.jp/haco/express/shop/
FELISSIMO (Kobe JAPAN), one of the well-known mail-order company in Japan, started a new line of business, “haco.”, and its first store came to the “Cat street” of Harajuu, Tokyo last summer in 2009.
The store does not “sell” any of their products in the store. Rather, you get to “try the products on” at the store, before you make...
Meal MUJI
http://www.muji.net/shop/cafemeal.html There is a spacious Muji’s restaurant in Muji Yurakucho, Ginza. They have LOHAS healthy meals and desserts. My favorite dessert is the famous Houji-tea pudding, which is also a firm favourite with my friends and co-workers who also love it! The retail store, Muji, only selects natural materials and products. Thus the Muji meal also follows their theme...
Omotesando Chou Cring
http://www.choux-cring.jp/index_en.html
The latest hot new sweet is the Chou Cring! It is a ring shaped a cream puff. With health in mind it uses no trans fats in its cooking process. There are only two shops in Japan right now selling them, located at Echika Omotesando and Ikebukuro. The picture I took was the limited Valentine’s Day edition…… strawberry flavor of Chou Cring, called...
antique kimono market at Omotesando
When I was passing through the Meiji street, Shibuya, I saw a kimono market.
There are a lot of antique and some “aged” kimono dresses hanging outside.
Foreign travelers who were passing by seemed very interested in this market,
because usually you can only shop for kimono dresses at the specialized kimono stores or at the department stores.
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Valentine's chocolate
I was passing through Shinjuku station, Tokyo, and saw a crowd gathering.
I looked.
It was a booth full of chocolate gifts for the last-minute shoppers.
My favorite movie theater, Marunouchi Louvre
I went to see a movie in my favorite movie theater the other day in Ginza, Tokyo.
http://www.cinema-st.com/road/r048.html
The theater is located in a popular department store in Ginza, and the theatre’s antique interior is sure to impress anyone who likes “classy”.
Its concert-hall-looking high ceiling, with gorgeous chandelier lights hanging from the ceiling above your seats, only one...
the SOHO - new rental office in Tokyo Bay Area
A new rental office building will be openning next month in Tokyo bay area. There is a pool table and library area in the entrance hall, a gorgeous bar on the top of the floor, and even spa & workout facility are included.
The site shows some photos of spacious and stylish rooms.
the SOHO http://www.aomi-project.com/index.html
I actually called and spoke with the sales person over the...
WE LOVE HARAJUKU
WE LOVE HARAJUKU http://www.harajuku.jp/hara/index.html
I found this website the other day. The site contains information about cool cafes in Harajuku and Omotesando area in Tokyo.
All the stylish photos of interior and exterior of the stores as well as the photos of tasty-looking dishes make me wanna visit all of the cafes introduced on this site. I will definitely be on the look for these...
Interesting article.. Abercrombie & Fitch
http://www.businessoffashion.com/2010/02/in-tokyo-abercrombie-misses-its-mark.html#more-9978
Valentine's day gift suggestions
Here comes the Valentine season!
Japanese Valentine’s celebration is a bit different. Instead of girls getting chocolate, gifts and flowers from the boys, Japanese girls GIVE chocolate gift to the boys they like the most!
During this time of the year, you see so many chocolate-gift advertisements and campaigns everywhere (like in columns on women’s magazines, TV commercials, on...
Harajuku Fashion Guided Tour
I found this interesting fashion tour in English, Chinese, and Korean for the tourists who are visiting Tokyo..
http://canpan.info/open/news/0000003753/news_detail.html
The tour shows you around in main parts of Harajuku, Omotesando area in Tokyo, where all the fashion guru get together.
The tour sounds really fun ^^ Too bad this is only for tourists..
apparel-web.com
I find this website quite useful„,
http://www.apparel-web.com/
The site contains varieties of information on fashion new releases, street snap sots, blogs, jobs, events, etc. It is a useful website for me as well.