Stumbling upon Japanese designer Shinzi Katoh's website has me wanting to go back to Japan, not to live, just to go shopping. It's hard to pick my favorites from his site so here are a few...
Onigiri (ball of rice--sometimes with something like fish in the middle, sometimes coated with seasonings, sometimes covered with a sheet of seaweed----sooo good) cases.
Can't write with just a plain old white and blue pen, nooo, must write with super crazy cute pens.
Scotch tape? What's that? Packages must be sealed with adorable cartoon laden packing tape.
Brown bag what?? No way! Lunches are packed in tiny segmented containers with cute English sayings on them that don't actually make sense. And don't forget the matching chopsticks.
Crazy cute notebook...
Uh-oh!! Reading a book w/o an insanely cute cover?! Quick, cover it with this insanely cute book cover!! Shew, close one.Check out this shop for more. You can actually order stuff if you're interested. 100yen is roughly $1 and the shipping from Japan is a bit pricey, just fyi.
Oh Arian! This brings back childhood memories. When I was 3 we moved to Japan and lived there for 3 years...I absolutely adored it and couldn't have asked for a more imaginative place to spend part of my childhood! if you ever go back, let us know, we might have to come with! Where did you live while there?
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! We spent a few months outside Toyko but spent the majority of our time (2.5 years) in Nishinomiya which is between Osaka and Kobe.
ReplyDeleteActually, I can buy Shinji Katoh's goods near my house. If you want any specific items, please let me know. I can post them to you.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to Japan, but I'd love to join you to do some shopping... ,)
ReplyDeleteThese item are just too adorable...