SHOPPE

SHOPPE

Friday, 25 October 2013

Photos from my shop I've taken in the last couple of months.
Used them for the new website which I have just finished.

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NEW SPACE

NEW SPACE

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

I don't think I have mentioned here yet that I moved my shop to a new space in the same building last month. I'm enjoying it.

I love having some great works designed/produced by some of the really wonderful creative bloggers I have met through my blog and been in touch with for a while such as: Renilde of at swim-two-birds (she makes the loveliest potholders and seat cushions!), Hanna Konola (I fell in love with her work when I went to see her exhibition in Tokyo in 2010, and I was lucky to have met the lovely Hanna and Jukka last year!), Mary Gaudin (one of my favourite photographers who lives in a beautiful city in South of France), and sweet Ros of Polkaros (talented zakka designer/artist based in Tokyo - she's been so amazingly supportive for my shop ever since I opened last November, such a kind and sweet person she really is!!) My Japanese customers enjoy seeing their works that are not so easily found elsewhere in Japan.

I also really enjoy meeting many people here in my shop coming from all over the world. To me it's a great complement when people come in and say "I read your blog!(!!)" (or when I have past customers from my online store), I feel so lucky and happy that people find my blog and find it enjoyable or some information from here is useful to them for their trips to Tokyo, AND how they take their time to come and visit my shop when most of them must have such limited time to spend in Tokyo (and I only open Fri-Sun.... I know some people can't make it because of this too)!!

I would really appreciate it if you could tell about my shop to your friends who are coming to Tokyo, if they enjoy visiting small shops that are not too famous or are not in any guide books (yet), or if they might enjoy seeing a unique and beautiful historical building that is rare to be seen in Tokyo. In my shop they can find selected Japanese paper goods, crafted items, stationery, masking tapes, kitchen linen, some jewelry and zakka made by local artists as well as lovely items by the above mentioned international artists that are not so easily found elsewhere.

There are some really interesting museums and galleries in the neighbourhood such as Mori Art Museum, 21_21 Design Site, The National Arts Center Tokyo (they have an amazing design store downstairs!), and some great design bookstores such as TSUTAYA Tokyo Roppongi,  Aoyama Book Center and BIBLIOPHILE at AXIS all in the walking distance. I will do an area guide post soon!

Hope you are enjoying the spring (or autumn)!!

UGUiSU the little shoppe
Room 7, 3-3-23 Azabudai Minato-ku 106-0041(location map or google map )
Open Hours: Friday & Saturday 12pm - 7pm / Sunday: 12pm - 5pm
Stations: Roppongi 1-chome (Namboku Line Exit 2), Azabu-juban (Ooedo Line Exit 6), Roppongi (Ooedo Line/Hibiya Line Exit 3)

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SHOP

SHOP

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Thank you so much for those who left kind comments about my new shop on the previous post, I am always so encouraged by your positive words!

I just launched a new website for my shop which will open this Friday (2nd November, at 12pm) in Azabudai, Tokyo! It's a very small shop that opens only on afternoons of Friday and Saturday everyweek (and Saturday by appointment).








The shop is in a lovely vintage apartment which is one of the very rare found historical buildings in Tokyo. This building was built around 1936 and it has been cherished and well kept by its residents and people who manage the apartment, while it is very common in Japan that buildings are kept knocked down and rebuilt especially those that are timber constructed. I am really happy to be able to have my own shop though very small, in this building which I had been in love with for almost 10 years!

I hope you can add this shop to the list-of-places-to-go for when you travel to Tokyo, and if you live a little too far away to visit you can still enjoy shopping online from my webshop! If you are already in Tokyo I hope you can come by on one weekend afternoon :)

You can see information in English here -->


P.S. I have used one of the lovely decals by Shanna Murray for the welcome sign on the door, I'm so happy with it I can't wait to see her new collection!

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Casa BRUTUS by SELBY

Casa BRUTUS by SELBY

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Woa! This month's Casa BRUTUS is by Todd Selby!

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Tennen Seikatsu

Tennen Seikatsu

Monday, 25 April 2011

天然生活 =Tennen Seikatsu which means "Natural Life" is another of my favourite Japanese lifestyle magazines. And this month's issue vol.77 is one of the best issues I've read!

The top feature of this issue is the beautiful home of the famous furniture company TRUCK's owner Hiromi Karatsu san in Osaka. It shows their great and inspiring storage ideas using baskets, boxes and shelving etc.





Another main feature of the issue is Japanese craftsmanship. The basketry, oh I LOVE the bamboo baskets they are really durable and useful, the square ones are on my wish-list now!


Folk-craft toys:

The first monthly column of a flower stylist, lovely Kazumi Hirai san who did my wedding flowers, who also is the owner of my favourite cafe ikanika.

And so many cooking recipes using the early summer vegetables that I want to try!!

I just can't get enough of it!

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I hope you are all having a good start to the new week like I did. I had a delicious lunch (photo here) at this really nice new britto place in Aoyama with my dear friend Ebony followed by my first visit to the cutest A to Z cafe! (photo here) Had a really fun relaxed afternoon :)

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ku:nel magazine vol.45

ku:nel magazine vol.45

Thursday, 22 July 2010

The new issue of ku:nel magazine is out now! The main copy of this new issue is "Greens by the windows" and it features lovely interior and outdoor greens used in many beautiful homes. So inspiring!

ku:nel vol.45 can be purchased here in my shop :)

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ku:nel magazine vol.43

ku:nel magazine vol.43

Sunday, 21 March 2010

The new issue of ku:nel magazine has just been released. It's another great issue -full of beautiful kitchens!!! Oh I wish I had a nice big kitchen!

ku:nel vol.43

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mina perhonen Spring/Summer 2010 Catalogue

mina perhonen Spring/Summer 2010 Catalogue

Saturday, 23 January 2010

The new 2010 Spring/Summer collection catalogue from mina perhonen has just been released. This 120 pages of ring-bound white catalogue is so poetic and truly beautiful. This time they also made DVD with a 16 minuite collection movie. I have some extra copies of the catalogue for the ones who live outside Japan, added here in my shop. Also see images from 2009 autumn/winter.

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