I went to Dean & Deluca at atré shinagawa (in J only) which has just opened in the beginning of March. The shop is much bigger than the one in Shibuya and Marunouchi, there were many unusual fruits and vegetables near the entrance, they sell fish and meat too. I was very excited to see lots of different kinds of salt from around the world. They sell salt by weight, but it was too expensive for me. I shouldn't forget about their target customer's annual income is ¥50,000,000 (£257,707)!
Hi Jun! Nice (looking) sweets! It's Iranian New Year celebrations today in the Museum, No Ruz and Haft Sin. We've got a display with Iranian sweets and things. We did have two goldfish as well, but now only one! Oh dear and it's only the second day! Have you ever seen a cartoon called Revolutionary Girl Utena? It's a Manga thing. I'm going to see the movie this week. I think I may be able to put her doll in my toy Museum, but I need to check!!
Oh and in preparation for coming to Tokyo I tried eating some of those tiny tiny fish that you talked about on the site the other day, they were ok! (That's not how the goldfish disappeared!) There is a funny article in the independent today, someone has taken photos of teenagers in Tokyo wearing t-shirts with slogans written in english. None of the slogans make any sense at all. My favourites were 'I'm so virile I could knock up a rock' & 'Take the Narcotic Thought Slowly'. The article describes them as the ultimate designer t-shirts, they are printed in only runs of 10 or 20 and are sold from people's front rooms and flats high up in high-rise blocks. Something to look out for!!
Hi Nigel, did a goldfish die? Poor thing!
I've never heard about 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' before, but it seems like it is popular manga. In Japan there are so many T-shirts or stationery with slogans written in English or German, French etc. They usually don't make any sense, and C is good at finding those. He really likes it.
