HANNA TŌ JUKKA
Saturday, 4 August 2012
One afternoon during the rainy season, I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Hanna and Jukka from Finland.
I had known Hanna from this exhibition I went to 2 years ago at biotope (it was in Gakugeidaigaku then but now moved) which Hanna had with another amazing illustrator Hana Akiyama called "Hana to Hanna". Though I didn't get to meet Hanna then, I had been a fan of her works since so I was very happy to meet up with her and Jukka whom we'd known each other on instagram! We had a nice lunch at my favourite cafe ikanika.
Hanna brought me a treat from Finland, the cute packaged lollies AND one of her gorgeous prints AND a set of beautiful post cards!! How lucky am I??? If you are in Japan you can now buy her post cards from Gallerie Doux Dimanche in Aoyama or in Jiyugaoka or from their online shop here so please check it out!
I had also bought this sweet tea towel of Hanna's from NAPA books, which I LOVE!
Kiitos Hanna and Jukka :-)
P.S. You may have noticed but I have a "new face" for my blog now (as well as for my shop blog) :) Also I now have a facebook page where I share what I hope to be useful information on Tokyo, about shops, cafes and exhibitions etc., so please join me here also! Arigato :)
Oh I love this!! Those Pihlaja candies were a childhood favourite. Thank you for introducing me to Hanna and Jukka! I will check out your Facebook page also :-)
ReplyDeleteThose Pihlaja candies are so cute aren't they! Oh Hanna and Jukka are so lovely!
DeleteOh this is nice! I like Hanna's art a lot :)
ReplyDeleteHi! ^______^
Hi Delphine, Hanna's works are amazing aren't they!
DeleteOh lucky lady indeed! :-)
ReplyDeleteyes i am aren't i! hee hee :)
Deletejust yesterday i was saying to a friend, how no one ever calls those sweets 'pihlaja' but always 'fox candy' instead.
ReplyDeletedon't you call it 'pihlaja' any more? i love that name though! :)
DeleteLove the new layout of the blog Hiki !
ReplyDeleteThank you Marion! I'm so happy you like it :)
DeleteHanna & Jukka are great :) I spent only a small amount of time with them when I was in Finland, but it would be nice to visit with them for longer. ^__^
ReplyDeleteOh they are such lovely people aren't they! Lucky you got to spend time with them in finland!!
DeleteDear Hiki, arigatou! Hope we meet soon again and thank you for the lovely afternoon in Jiyugaoka! Sunny evening greetings from a train towards helsinki.
ReplyDeleteLori, please do!!! <3
Hey dear Hanna! I hope we meet soon again too :) I must go back to this cafe for a nice yuzu soda soon!
DeleteOh wow, that's so pretty. You are truly blessed to have such amazing friends. :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy coming to your blog for all of your lovely images. They're all so clean and composed; they feel so serene.
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Thank you so much Xixia!!!
DeleteOh Hiki this post made me think so much of our Saturday back in January, how great you could meet up with talented Hanna, super lovely photos
ReplyDeleteI am super lucky I could meet up with the loveliest people like Hanna and you Maria!
Deletesuch great meeting you had with hanna and jukak!!!!
ReplyDeletei will follow you on facebook as well!!!!