minä perhonen in kyoto
Monday, 21 June 2010
minä perhonen shops in Kyoto are really so dreamy... Not far from the busiest intersection of the Kyoto city, there it is an old and beautiful building which I would call a minä perhonen paradise. Originally there was only one shop on the ground floor, but they opened minä perhonen arkistot on the level 3 of the same building last year where they stock their beautiful clothing from the past collections. Another shop opened earlier this year on the level 4 is "minä perhonen piece", another gorgeous space they created. There are so many little details which you would not want to miss in each shop like a cute drawings on the windows Mr Minagawa himself did, or sweet little signs hand-written on the walls etc. Wonderful, wonderful spaces!
You can see some images of "minä perhonen piece" here (text is in Japanese).
Shop info in English here.
ah i'd love to visit:)
ReplyDeleteAhhh! It's on my list of new places to visit when I go to Kyoto in October.
ReplyDeleteI wish I was there!! Thank you for sharing the little details : )
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Beautiful Hiki. I can't wait to visit one day. xx
ReplyDeleteI was there last year..and I can not wait to come back!!
ReplyDeletewow this shop looks beautiful!
ReplyDeletetoo bad you could not take pictures inside too, hehe, but thanks for the links! i put some of those pictures on my tumblr. thanks for sharing hikisan!!
wonderful wonderful pics of the building - such a magical space:)
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree, such a magical space! Since I´ve read your blog I just put Japan on the top of my to go list! ;-) I have a question, how do say "Goodbye" in japanese? And how do write it with the japanese fonts?
ReplyDelete***looks SO lovely*** another very good reason for me to come to Japan someday soon!
ReplyDeleteI know i just left a comment but i had to come back and say °thank you° again for all those superb photos and links too. I had quite a bad evening and coming back to your blog did me good*
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments everyone! Yes Kyoto is lovely, Yes mina perhonen shop is lovely I hope you will all get to visit there one day! (lucky you mizu designs going there in october!! yay!)
ReplyDeleteMayra, Goodbye in Japanese is SAYONARA and it's written さようなら!
Bonjour Juliette, You are so very welcome, I'm glad if these photos made you feel better after a hard day!!
it's so great to see kyoto in your lens:) one of my all time favourite things are the old time kissaten in kyoto - so great! would love to hear more about what you loved in kyoto:)
ReplyDeleteOh la la! How beautifull it looks. I've been in the one shop two years ago and brought some egg bag in france. Thank you Hiki for the pictures! I whish i will visit Kyoto again...
ReplyDeleteLove that outdoor space! This is pretty amazing stuff and this combination delights smile and happiness.
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