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Friday, 6 July 2012

It's going to be very random but I hope you bear with me.

I always take the same photo when I go here.

My favourite bakery had the first anniversary and they gave me this happy face anpan :)

Had a lovely afternoon with Hanna and Jukka.
Lunch at cafe ikanika was peaceful as always.

I used to hate tomatoes, until quite recently, but now I love them.
Miracle does happen?

One morning I woke up to see these on the table and it made me smile.

Although we are in the middle of the rainy season, we've had many days with sunshine. (definitely not today.)

Trying some new tea.

Found a great place for great coffee.

And then we found an amazing forest (park) -best discovery of the year- and I can't wait to go back! (the tanabata decoration there was so pretty.)

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So it's already July.
This month my shop UGUiSU turns 3 (!!) and so I am having an anniversary sale, you can use the code UGUISU3YEARS and receive 15% off entire store so if you are in need of some washi tapes, wrapping papers, other Japanese paper goods, kitchen towels etc., it's a good time to stock up on them :)

Happy July to you all!

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Craft Beer -Microbrewery- in Ginza

Monday, 2 July 2012

I photographed for a beer bar newly opened in Ginza last month for work. The place is called beer lupulin and they serve Japanese craft beer (microbrewery) which is booming in Japan right now. The space is so lovely and cozy, nice and casual being in the heart of Ginza which is known as an expensive area to do anything. Their food is great too, but the kakigoori (shaved ice) they serve is something very special to mention - they use ice made of natural water from Nikko （天然氷）and today there are only a handful of places where you can have this kind of shaved ice in Tokyo. The ice is so fine and fluffy, it is remarkably delicious especially with the handmade Japanese ume plum sauce...! If you are in Ginza do drop by for some great beer and kakigoori, it's on the third floor of a building right in front of Dover Street Market - the very cool and much talked-about new spot in Ginza (if you love COMME des GARÇONS you must go check, rose bakery also on the 7th floor!).

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Sunday Long Walk

Sunday, 24 June 2012

It's in the middle of the rainy season here in Tokyo but luckily we had some not-too-bad weather over the weekend. Today we walked to Nakameguro then to Ebisu and visited some really lovely shops which I had been wanting to see for some time - they were all so amazing and I was all so inspired. I will post about my new finds later when I get the film developed after I finish the roll.

One of the things I saw today was this awesome exhibition of succulent plants at Lim Art. It will be on until 27th June so do check it out if you love plants and amazing nature of them.

Hope your weekend has been good too :)

(Photos above are from some Sundays ago, mainly taken around Aoyama.)

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Yukata by minä perhonen

Friday, 22 June 2012

All above images are from mina-perhonen.jp

I accidentally found these new yukata by minä perhonen and could not resist sharing them here. I have to have one of these. This is bad, very bad.....

In case you wonder what yukata is, it's a casual version of kimono often made of cotton fabric which we wear in summer in Japan. I had one made some years ago but I have been wanting to get a new one for a long time now this seems to be "the one" but, oh, well let's see.

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