New Summer Collection of hand painted yuzen kimono uchiwa fan by Ms. Junko Kirino

I already introduced the hand painted yuzen kimono uchiwa fan on my blog before, so I will not explain in details, but if you are interested in how it is made, please visit my previous blog. Yuzen is a kind of technique used to dye kimono fabrics and it is all hand painted, so it…

Sento public baths in Tokyo.

In the past, many houses in Japan were not equipped with bathing facilities, so sento (public bath) was a place where the locals could go to wash themselves, soak in a tub and socialize with neighbors. Nowadays most households have their own bathing facilities at their own home, so the number of those traditional sento…

Meiji Memorial Gallery and Ginkgo tree street in Aoyama

Aoyama, where my shop is located, is very different from other parts of touristy area in Tokyo. Asakusa, Ginza and Shibuya are top 3 destinations for anyone visiting Tokyo, but these touristy areas are generally packed with many people and you can easily get tired of walking around in that crowd. Aoyama, on the other…

Go up to the Tokyo Tower Observatory by using stairs.

There are two stand alone communication towers in Tokyo; one is Tokyo Tower, which is a kind of replica of Eiffel tower and it is the hight of 333m. Another one is Tokyo Skytree and the hight is 634m. Since the Tokyo Skytree appeared in Tokyo, the older counterpart; Tokyo Tower, has sadly been hidden…

Brief introduction to Aoyama Area

Tokyo has many different aspects just like many other cities have. Ueno area can be discribed as more casual and less expensive area and also has lots of artistic aspects due to the fact that the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music is located in that area. On the other hand Ginza has…