Ever since I can remember I have had a fascination with anything related to Japanese culture. When I was a teen waaay back in the 80s my family went to Orlando. I could have spent the whole trip in the
Mitsukoshi department store in the Japan Pavilion at Epcot. Then one of my friends spent a year working in Tokyo after college. She introduced me to the
Kinokuniya bookstore in NYC when she returned; I have been in love with the store ever since and visit as often as I can. So I was thrilled recently to discover
uguisu, a wonderful web shop with a great selection of treats from Japan (or "Japanese Goodies" as Hiki, the owner, calls them):
paper goods
washi paper
masking tapes
beautifully printed
linen towels
hanko stamps
magazines & books including one of my favorites,
ku:nel
Hiki lives in Tokyo but has very reasonable international shipping rates. I now have a very long wish list of "goodies" I want to order from this great site. Be sure to also visit
Jollygoo, Hiki's fascinating blog.
Oyasuminasai!
5 comments:
i love all of the little details...especially the paper goods!
xox
Hello!! How so wonderful of you to post about my shop!!!! I am so so delighted!
I enjoyed reading about how you got introduced to the Japanese culture and all too.
Domo Arigato!!!!!!
Thanks so much, Hiki! I hope you'll visit again soon.
Thank you for the intro to the Uguisu shop online, I just took a glance at it and can already tell I'm in trouble of spending lots of dollars there. I looove Kinokuniya bookstore too. I only just found out about it two years ago, so now any chance I'm in NYC, that's on the top of the list of places to go.
Whaaaaa Heeee, I can't tell you how excited I am about this store, I share your love for all things Japanese and always visit Kinokunya everytime we go to NYC or San Francisco.
Thanks so much for sharing
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