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246 common 1 246 common 2 246 common 3 i like it when i'm like "screw-this-google-map-thing-on-my-iphone" & just follow my instincts to wander away in a foreign land. somewhere near omotesando hill i followed my gut & entered this old timey looking alley with small cabins on both sides & poof! before my eyes was this “food trucks central meets farmer’s market” called 246 COMMON. this car park turned market place with so many food carts has been a hot spot for outdoor drinking & dining. in winter time, they have adorable caravans & tents for you to chill out in all cozzy. from beer to bread & authentic ramen to risotto, the variety of food & drinks you can get here is impressive. while a gentle grandma is preparing her secret-recipe soup in one food cart, you will see this dude with hipster moustache making fries in a tin booth next door. the common does bring back a sense of community to the area. established cafes, bar venues, bakers, & craft shops all come together here. sweet

stickers

more stickers they let me have the third one for free as a present cos me tourist, lol! arigatō BSIDE LABEL!

the bird watching continues ...

birdwatching vans with this pair of bird print VANS

room with a view

unfocused skyline of tokyo outside my hotel room

village vanguard

village vanguard VILLAGE VANGUARD is a place where you can find everything from incense to analogue film to watch strap to polaroid cameras to books to candies to totoro to gremlins & it opens till midnight, yay!

going 2 koenji

green turtleneck koenji ima get myself something vintage y'all

argyle socks for ...

chair socks your chairs! so that they won't catch a cold

rain, feel it on my finger tips ...

getting glasses with kaz 1 getting glasses with kaz 2 getting glasses with kaz 3 getting glasses with kaz 4 getting glasses with kaz 5 getting glasses with kaz 6 a rainy day in tokyo, with coffee & cigarettes, off the wagon too

peopletree chocolate

peopletree chocolate awesome packaging!

bear pond

bear pond 5 bear pond 6 bear pond 2 bear pond 4 bear pond 2 bear pond 3 i journeyed to the neighborhood of shimokitazawa the other day to visit BEAR POND EXPRESSO & tried their infamous gibraltar - a super-sized macchiato with a single shot of espresso & 2.5-3oz of milk. so choice i had to have 2. this little coffee joint in a run down house on one of the old streets here is where cool cats come in with their nike waffle racers to chill. full of charisma. established by katsu tanaka san, a japanese dude who doesn’t allow other hands, except his own, to touch the espresso machine so that he can keep the consistency of making his coffee of quality. this place closes the doors at 2pm, just because tanaka wants to avoid the afternoon crowd. he explained once, “too many people come & i cannot make consistent coffee.” now that's what we call a true coffee aficionado with a whole lot of character

glasses cleaning cloth

glass cloth 3 great things : the february issue of POPEYE; vintage gold frame round glasses; a new cloth to clean my glasses

dinner @ ...

rosotto curry standard this tiny cutesy little place called THE RISOTTO CURRY STANDARD in shibuya

stamps & inkpad

stamp 1 stamp 2 this bee porcelain + rubber stamp by IMM LIVING is a true beauty. and stamps & inkpad are making a come back y'all

totoro!

totoro macbook on a mac! this belongs to a gentleman sitting next to me at GROUNDED coffee. his brother got it for him all the way from down under australia

today's ensemble : green khaki

st marks church these green lived-in khakis from THE GAP are so awesome

camo

camo belt camouflage is the new green y'all

i can never blog enough about bakeri

i love bakeri 1 Untitled-1 i love bakeri 3 i love bakeri 8 i love bakeri 4 i love baker 5 i love bakeri 6 Photo on 2012-11-21 at 13.49 i love bakeri 7 i love bakeri 9 i love bakeri 10 i go to BAKERI as much as possible. 2 cortados & as many pastries as possible i'd have. the girls here are sweet & the heart-&-soul of this place is palpable. my favorite spot there has magic & when u sit where i sit, you'd leave all your worries behind & enjoy all the heart-tickling-ness the world can offer :D