Tokyo Skytreetown Dream Christmas 2015

Skytree projection mapping!
Until December 25.
at 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30 and 20:00.

Sakura - Cherry Blossoms 2015

Sakura 2015; highlights

These are the best Sakura photos I like, which I took this spring.

shop#109 Sengoku Dama

Who is your favorite commander in Sengoku Era? Takeda Shingen? Oda Nobunaga? My favorite is Date Masamune, who was a commander ruled around Tohoku 450 years ago. It is said that Darth Vader was designed affected by Date Masamune's black armor.

In this shop, you can find accessories and stationery which have heraldic emblems of these commanders.

shop#93 Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya, Soramachi

This is the same shop as shop#29 but located in Soramachi, selling fake foods to display. You can get a making kit to make Fruit parfait or shaved ice. It must be fun. Wanna try? 

shop#91 Mamegui

Mamegui is a sister store of Kamawanu. They sell fabrics colorfully dyed and sewed in 27 centimeters square. You can use it as a cloth to cover or wrap something, as a table napkin or as a dish towel. It is great for a gift.

shop#90 Merrifactury

Merrifactury is a shop for icing cookies with message. Some of these are using Japanese motifs or Kanji (Japanese characters). Messages on the cookies are, for example, Arigato (thank you), Omedeto (congratulations; happy birthday), Gokakukigan (wishing a good luck on the exam), Gomen (sorry).

shop#89 Dagashi-Yumeya

In my childhood (early 70's), there are lots of Dagashi-ya, a shop selling cheap sweets for children. Many of these were 10 yen or 20 yen, so children practiced to calculate to buy some Dagashi grasping 50 yen coin. Dagashiya in old time is reproduced at Shitamachi Museum in Ueno.

Though it is difficult to find Dagashiya in a town recently, you will find them in some shopping centers. At Dagashi-Yumeya in Soramachi, it will be fun to find your favorite from a large amount of Dagashi.

shop#88 Nippon-Ichi

This shop is produced by Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten whose headquarter is in Nara, the ancient capital of Japan. It sells renovated traditional goods and crafts. Dish cloths are very popular recently and the one in the picture is a limited design sold only at the Tokyo Skytree. 

shop#47 Sumida Machidokoro

Here you can get information about industry, culture, history, sightseeing and gourmet of Sumida-ku and buy Sumida-made crafts. There is a performance of traditional crafts everyday. The photo is Musashimaru, who was the sumo wrestler from Hawaii. Now you can experience to make indigo dyed handkerchief by Friday (March 14th) at the cost of 1,500 yen.
(Soramachi 5th floor, Tokyo SkyTree Town) 

shop#45 Hello Kitty Japan

At Shitamachi, Hello Kitty is dressed in Kimono 
This shop is located on the 4th floor of Soramachi, the Sky Tree Town.

shop#44 Kanzashiya-wargo

Kanzashi is Japanese traditional hair accessories when women do up their hair. This shop is located on the 4th floor of Soramachi, the Sky Tree Town. Very cute and modern but the shape is traditional.

shop#43 Tonya-Kokubu

This is a showroom of a food wholeseler in Soramachi 5F at Sky Tree Town. It is fun to see lots of soy source and Miso. You may enjoy a brand-new canned food with Sake here.