The other day, I went shopping by bicycle from my home to Akihabara. On the way there and on the way back, I went around the Kuramae neighborhood, which is one of the trendy places nowadays, and I saw many new fashionable stores. I was surprised to see so many stores in such a place. I would like to take my time and visit more places next time.
蔵前界隈を代表するカキモリ。 Kakimori is a representative of the Kuramae neighborhood.
BLUE BOTTLE COFFEEについては、今更語る必要も無いと思いますが、カリフォルニア・オークランド発のサードウェーブコーヒーの代表ですね。
Everyone has their own image of what they look for in a café, and different brands have different images, but I visited BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE Kandamanseibashi at mAAch ecute Mansebashi, a renovated version of the old Mansebashi station between Akihabara and Kanda.
I don’t think I need to talk about BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE now, but it represents third wave coffee from Oakland, California.
This is Tokyo in 2018…I took these photos from January to May. Film is a perfect balance of light and shadow. The photo above is one of my personal favorites this time. The orange light draws the eye, but at the back of the platform, there is a bluish tint, perhaps due to buildings blocking the light, giving the viewer a sense of the richness of color from place to place. KODAK tends to lean toward orange, and this photo is generally more orange than most, but the softness of the film gives it a nice feel without being seductive.
Remember when Apple introduced the AA battery charger and nickel-metal hydride rechargeable batteries? The first generation Magic Mouse / Magic Keyboard operated on AA batteries and was released in July 2010 (now discontinued).
Some of our favorite cafes have been lost since Corona, but new stores are also being created in spite of this. EXCELSIOR CAFE SKYTREE EAST TOWER 12F is a store that opened in 2021.
First and foremost, the view is excellent. Don’t hesitate to sit by the window to think, and when you feel like losing your concentration, the extraordinary view of downtown from high above will give you room to clear your head.
“Sustainability” is an important word, but it seems to have become somewhat of a buzzword. There is a company that takes sustainability seriously in the field of footwear. Have you heard of the Allbirds brand of shoes? You may have seen their shoes around town in Japan recently, and you may know them as a shoe manufacturer from San Francisco. Carbon footprint and renewable materials are hot topics in many places right now (Apple is leading the way in these efforts as well). Allbirds is a company that aims to make quality shoes in a way that doesn’t overpower nature in the field of footwear.
I have been aware of this company for a while, but to be honest, I had given up on them because of their high price. But last year I took the plunge and bought a pair. I am basically the type of person who does not spend more money than necessary on clothes, but I have my own preferences when it comes to shoes, and the design was simple, clean, and to my liking. So I bought shoes by Allbirds again.
買ったのはメンズ ツリーダッシャー1という靴です。ダッシャー2が出ていてダッシャー1は15%OFFになっています。 I bought a pair of shoes called Men’s Tree Dasher 1. Dasher 2 is now out and Dasher 1 is 15% off.続きを読む →