tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547743869571962742024-02-06T21:55:10.920-08:00Hop! Tokyo!HOP! TOKYO!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03980375894145277624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154774386957196274.post-60309211824080869552014-11-30T04:54:00.001-08:002014-11-30T04:56:52.262-08:00Tsuta Coffee-ten<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This may be the best place to absorb yourself into books you bought at Shimada Yosho. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As the name suggests (tsuta means ivy), ivy is gradually eating into the entrance. As if no noise can come through the ivy wall and garden, it's hard to believe that you're only 5 mins away from the hectic Omotesando streets. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tsuta Coffee-ten (it should be pronounced like "co-hee-ten" in Japanese way) is so-called <i>kissaten</i></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">喫茶店</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">). <i>Kissaten</i>, which </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">evokes a sense of nostalgia among Japanese, </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">is a bit different from what we call "café" as generally it has been there since Showa period (1926 - 1989) or early Heisei period. Unlike French style caf</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">é</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">, they normally don't serve alcohol and their food menu is Japanese-Western style: </span><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Omuraisu</i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> (Omlette + ketchup rice), Japanese style curry rice, Neapolitan spaghetti (never existed in Naples though) are the must. What is most important is the owner's personality or character as he's the one who make good coffee for you. If there is a nice </span><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">kissaten, </i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">there is a nice or rather characteristic owner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tsuta coffee-ten is slightly out of this definition as they serve alcohol and there are no such food menu (instead they serve good croque monsieur), but the most important point: presence of a great owner is cleared. The owner, Mr. Koyama, always stands behind the bar counter, next to old tobacco vending stand, and is focused on making every single cup of coffee. If you want an iced coffee, he will even chip ice with an ice pick for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And don't forget to try an unusual pairing of "coffee and cheese". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Tuesday-Friday 10:00 - 22:00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Weekends, bank holidays 12:00 - 20:00</span></div>
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HOP! TOKYO!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03980375894145277624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154774386957196274.post-50069177580636646302014-11-26T04:49:00.000-08:002014-11-26T04:49:26.822-08:00Shimada Yosho<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Located at one of the most busiest fashion districts, Omotesando, this book store takes you far beyond the high street show-windows with stacks and piles of large-format books which feast your eyes and creativity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Shimada Yosho, established nearly 50 years ago, is specialised in foreign art books: fine art, architecture, fashion, photography, design, craft, cooking...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">They are all in English or other European languages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What I quite like is their abundant choice in cooking books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Although cooking books don't have star signs, I believe there are compatibility. Whoever wrote the recipes, if they don't make me literally drool, good bye (nice to know you though).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Their selection of fashion-related books are really great, too. And it takes you straight back to the high street fashion shops.</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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HOP! TOKYO!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03980375894145277624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154774386957196274.post-24382964991816917152014-11-24T20:00:00.000-08:002014-11-25T05:59:23.252-08:00Archivando<div>
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It may be hard to imagine "silence" in Shibu</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ya especially if you had a chance to peep in </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU0oZsqeG_s" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;" target="_blank">their "exotic" journey</a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> of Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, but actually quite a few districts have been one of the most popular and posh residential areas in Tokyo, with tranquility and accessibility of 15-minutes-walk to the centre of Shibuya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A small shop called "Archivando" is situated on a modest shopping street of that area, in Kamiyama-cho. As the name suggests, its location is just on the start of a gentle slope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The owner, Mr. Kamiya Tomoyuki, used to be an established commercial shop designer and </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">you can certainly enjoy the elements of his previous life inside of this shop in the minimal and mannish interior and a design plan simply stuck on the undressed concrete wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The selection of products covers both domestic and international kitchen tools, stationery, toiletries and various items by individual craftsmen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Although the choice of products are supervised by the owner of <a href="http://roundabout.to/" target="_blank">Roundabout</a> in Kichijyoji, the simple space enables us to concentrate on the practical and aesthetic forms and materials of items, and let us imagine life with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Enamelware by Noda Horo, <i>magewappa</i> lunch boxes, skillet by Turk, cutleries by Laguiole...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">How am I going to use them? How are they going to use me to make them used? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This kind of shops will stay next to you but can also update you little by little. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This is the place where you can have a deep breath after being squeezed at the Shibuya Crossing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">41-5 B1F</span><br />
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