SINGAPORE! on INSTAGRAM

SINGAPORE! on INSTAGRAM

Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Last week we had the quickest holiday in Singapore where I had been really wanting to visit for the past few years. I think we did pretty well in such limited time but it was not enough at all. We must go back to do some more exploring and more food hunting. LOVE SINGAPORE!!!!

Visiting Polkaros pop up shop at the cutest The little drom strore was one of the top things to do and look forward to for this trip. It was really nice to see Ros and hang out together in Singapore...!!!! (I will tell you more about our fun afternoon in another post!) It was also lovely to see the cute store owners Antoinette and Stanley again after meeting them in Tokyo last year when they visited my store! We had some delicious cakes and tea at the next door K-ki. Seeing these two lovely stores next to each other was so good.




At the Polkaros pop up shop I got the new pom pom to add to my growing Polkaros collection♡ The pop up shop is on until 30th November at The little drom strore so if you are in Singapore make sure you go and visit!

I will try to get the films developed soon and will share photos soon!!

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RECENTLY, ON INSTAGRAM

RECENTLY, ON INSTAGRAM

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

A shop in Azabujuban that I always love looking in.

My favourite local Unagi restaurant.

Hanamizuki, one of my favourite summer flowers.

Rose and organic green tea from Yunnan - so good.

A view from Mori Tower spotting my shop in it.

Catching the beautiful light coming in to the shop on Sunday.

Hello! Sorry for the long absence from this blog, through the summer I had  worked really hard, probably way too hard that I almost forgot the way to enjoy life but finally I've started to slow down a bit. The weather has been so beautiful in Tokyo, day is getting shorter, shadows are getting longer and lovely autumn lights are making things look pretty and cheering me up. And the crickets singing. I love autumn! 

I hope you enjoy the beautiful season too!

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RAINY THURSDAY MORNING

RAINY THURSDAY MORNING

Thursday, 12 June 2014

It's rainy season here in Tokyo, not my favourite season that is for sure. The rain from last night continued till the morning only the plants on my balcony are looking so green and happy. It was supposed be another kind of gloomy June morning but I was saved by this video Pandora Live at 25th Street Recording: Priscilla Ahn ! Just finished watching it through and am all feeling bright and happy ready to start tackling the deadlines! (Thank you Priscilla!!) The sky outside is looking brighter and rain has stopped too. Wonderful.

Happy Thursday to you, rainy or not!

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GOOD COFFEE DAYS ON INSTAGRAM

GOOD COFFEE DAYS ON INSTAGRAM

Monday, 2 June 2014

Tokyo's coffee boom doesn't seem to stop and there has been so many new places opening here and there every month (actually I just heard another new place opened in Shibuya on Saturday!). I've been feeling I need to do an update post for my Tokyo Coffee Guide but here is a quick one with my instagram pics for now! 

Two new good ones are now in my shop neighborhood which instantly became my regular coffee stops en route to the little shoppe. 

One is pictured above IMA Cafe produced by Obscura Coffee Roasters which is inside a beautiful IMA Concept Store that opened in April on the third floor of AXIS in Roppoingi (only a few minutes walk from my shop ;) ). Staff are really kind and friendly and I just love the beautiful light that comes through this space in the afternoon. Also it's great that they are open till 10pm, not that I want to drink coffee late at night so often but when I feel like a good cup of coffee after good dinner with good friends it's a perfect spot for it, and it's not so easy to find a lovely and quiet anywhere to find in this area on a weekend evening. 

Another one from this area is BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR COFFEE KIOSK at Akasaka Ark Hills B1 in South Tower. It's actually a part of a new and wonderful Fukushimaya Natural Foods Market (now my big favourite) and food they serve at the coffee kiosk here comes from this premier supermarket. It's connected to the Roppongi 1-chome station on Namboku Line (Tokyo Metro) so is very easily accessed.

I always wished someone will open a new coffee place in my home neighbourhood (Gakugeidaigaku/Yutenji/Meguro area) and now they have! Streamer Coffee Company has just opened their fourth and new (and their biggest) store in Gakugeidaigaku. Coffee was good though it was slightly disappointing that it was not hot enough for me. But I will certainly be going back soon. 

I never knew about this place called Switch Coffee Tokyo that opened in Meguro not long ago until I saw it on @luismendo 's instagram, once I saw it I thought I have to try and I'm glad I did!

So now I have two new favourites for both my home and shop neighbourhood and I'm quiet happy about it :) 

But I must say AMAMERIA Espresso which had been the best coffee I could get closest to home for a long time would still stay on top of my list. It's not such a fancy or hipster kind of place at all but is friendly and is loved by locals, many older people are also enjoying coffee here and creating a kind of kissaten like atmosphere especially on a weekday, which makes this place different from other new ones and that is why I like it I guess. 

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SAKURA

SAKURA

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

So, the sakura cherry blossom season came about a week later than usual and is already going. I enjoyed it mostly in my neighbourhood there are some nice spots for sakura near where I live which are Himonya Park, Yutenji Temple, Nakameguro Canal, Rinshi no Mori Park, etc...

Nakameguro had always been my favourite to go see sakura for like 15 years, but it is getting so popular over the last few years and the crowd is quite overwhelming now. I mean it had always been popular there, but not like now. When I was coming home from Shibuya one weekday without realising I was getting off at Daikanyama (when sakura is around it's hard to go straight home!) and so I decided to walk home, when I got to Nakameguro it was so crazy that I could only walk one block along the canal and I just turned away from the sakura tree lined canal, got a take away cappuccino from Taste & Sense and kept on going. I am never good with the crowd. Of course t's still beautiful, but I much prefer enjoying it without so many people around like how I used to be able to before...like in this amazing year when they did not even put lanterns. I am living in the old days, in good memories....hahaha

The most memorable ohanami (sakura viewing) this year would have to be the Kamakura visit with my friend Aron. We went hiking in the mountain in the poring rain... Well, we could get away with the crowd for sure and it was a lot of fun anyway. I will post about our crazy ohanami trip to Kamakura later when I get my film developed soon!

The last photo is of me taken by Aron :)

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