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ONE OLD PICTURE FOUND TODAY.

IT IS ONE OF MY FIRST ZAKKA SHOPS I MADE.

NO GOOD PICTURES BUT YOU CAN FEEL ATMOSPHERE OF THE BEGINNING AGE OF ZAKKA.

WE SELL ALL ORIGINAL ITEMS LIKE , APPAREL ,BAG ,SHOES ,ACCESSORY  ,STATIONARY,HOUSE WARES,

FURNITURE & OTHER ITEMS THERE.

ABOVE ALL ORGANIC CAFE RESTAURANT IN SAME SPACES.

AND STORY GOES,

COMPERE THE NOW AND THEN, NOTHING TO CHANGE ONLY A BIT I GUESSED.

SIMILAR ITEMS STILL SALABLE AT ALL OF ZAKKA STORES

ORGANIC CAFE ARE STILL FASHIONABLE

LIKE MUSIC, NOTHING TO CHANGE ,ONLY THE CHANGE BIT.

ONLY ONE THING IS BIG CHANGED .

HOW DO YOU GUESSED ?

QUALITY ! QUALITY IS BIG BIG CHANGED.

HARD TO FOUND GOOD QUALITY ITEM IN ALL MARKET FROM SEE THE PROFESSIONAL BUYERS EYES

DON,T MISUNDERSTAND PLEASE, I DON,T HATE MADE IN CHINA.

AT TIME , I AND MY COMPETITORS  WERE QUALITY CONSCIOUS.

ONLY CONSIDERED CUSTOMERS BENEFIT FIRST  NOT COMPANY’S BENEFIT FIRST.

ONLY THE THIS POINT WERE BIG CHANGED, NOW  HAVE TO TURN BACK.

FOR GOOD RELATIONS FOR CUSTOMER AND OUR PLANET

THANK YOU  SEE YOU SOON !

IS THE ZAKKA LIFE ENJOYED?

LAST TIME YOU SOW DISPLAY GOODS OF MY SON,S ROOM

LET,S TELL A SON TO AN EXAMPLE FOR ZAKKA LIFE SPREADING TODAY

SON & FATHER ARE ALIKE.

THE SON HAD SHOUTED AT THE AGE OF TWO, LAYLA! YOU GOT ME ON MY KNEES!

ALTHOGH NOBODY TEACHING, FOUND CD BY HIM SELF.

AGED SIX, HE FOUND FREE & GUITARIST PAUL KOZOF AT YOUTBE

JIMI HENDRIX AND PAUL ARE STILL HIS HELLO.

IT SEEMS THAT HE LIKES INVESTIGATING ANYWAY

NOW AGED NINE,  HE DISCOVERED SIMOKITAZAWA, NAKANO&LOTS OF SMALL TOWN FOR TREASURE HUNTING.

SHOW HIS TREASURE A BIT.

FIRST ONE IS TYPICAL FIREKING, PURCHASED INCREDIBLE CHEEP PRICE.

NEXT ONE IS VERY RARE GODZIRA PAUSED SHEEE POZED! IN CHEEP PRICES

LAST ONE IS HIS OWN MAKING ONE.

HE PURCHASE CLOCK AT IKEA & ATTACHED STONES STICKERS

ALTHOUGH NOBODY TEACHING,

IT SEEMS THAT PARENT AND CHILD TAKE TO THE SAME THINGS AS A WONDER EVEN IF IT DO NOT TEACH

GIRLS ? MAY BE NEXT YEARS!

SEE  YOU !

IS THE ZAKKA LIFE ENJOYED?

TODAY, I TELL YOU ONE OF GOOD PIECE FOR DISPLAY.

THIS WEEK MY FAMILY & I FOUND THIS ONE IN NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY WIFE FOUND BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE TOWEL THAT TENUGUI FIRST

THAT ONE DISPLAYED WITH BEAUTIFUL FLAME .

SO VERY NICE BUT NOT VERY GOOD I FELT.

ASK FRANKLY TO SHOP OWNER OF MY OPINION.

HE HAD BEAUTIFUL SOLUTION WOW

TENUGUI A JAPANESE TOWEL BECOME WONDERFUL DISPLAYS ITEM ONLY TWO STICKS & ROPES.

SHOW YOU HOW COULD IT WORK!

NOW THIS BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE TOWEL DECORATED MY SON, S ROOM NOW.

MAY BE YOU CAN TRY THIS TECHNIC EASILY.

BY FOR NOW !

PS: I PURCHASED THIS ONE  AT NEZIME  SHOP AT KICHIJYOZI ATOLLE

Cool JAPAN has also spread recently.
The field which is different from animation and a fashion is also Cool Japan.

Japanese-style food is one of the most powerful resources also in Japan.
BENTO is a boom even in France or the United States recently.

It is also a reason that Japanese-style food is healthy-oriented.
However, it is interesting that a decoration is in a lunch box, and it is be　a culture shock?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0s1JXwOgBg&feature=related

If it is a Japanese, an ordinary thing may be are not possible in other countries.
In Japan, a decoration is pleasure and love.

Except Japan, it will be work useless originally.
However, it is glad to understand Japanese feeling also in the world these days.

It is love to decorate BENTO.
It is the love to the important person of yours and you.

with love ! from Tokyo

Japanese people like a something soft.

Sandwiches eaten in Tokyo are 3 times as soft as Paris.

Kobe beef, Tofu & zakka also soft too.

The one trend of Tokyo is FUWA FUWA ZAKAKA .

FUWA FUWA means soft, soft tactile feeling.

Although it is difficult if FUWAFUWA is translated into English,

KAWAII or  MOE It is OK if it is you who understand.

Gelato piquet who famous room wear brand are very FUWA FUWA feeling.

http://www.gelatopique.com/

The pajamas of cloth are the past things.

Sense of security which is held in a sewing-based bear and sleeps may be the point.

A cushion is also the same tendency, and it holds, and is changing to a pillow or the form like a stuffed animal.

Today’s Japanese mini lesson on a single point   FUWAFUWA

Did it memorize?

See you soon!

69^th Gift show was held in Big Sight this week.

big sight locate ODAIBA area.

It is the show of biggest ZAKKA in Japan.

2200-company 300000 items gather here.

There are most ZAKKA of Japan.

I went 48 consecutive times.

About me, talking with acquaintances is main rather than it sees goods.

Change of a trend is known if this is seen.

When it checks, there are no booth and goods which are impressed.

The idea which overthrows depression does not have whom.

There seem to have been very few visitors and orders this time.

There is also no proposal of a life style and only Japan is left from the world.

Although much Disney is in i-pod, it is useless if there is nothing in a store than Shaw.

A leading company holds the show of party form and has stopped participating gradually at another hall.

There is no creative booth like Paris or Frankfurt.

Imaginative power is inferior to Manila or Bangkok.

However, in the numerousness of goods, it is first except China.

You rent ten booths, and do you carry out the decoration of the one booth of 4000 dollars, and can carry out the disinvestment of it?

comes ,How much is the amount of money to buy in?

This is only Shaw in Japan.

Have to change some & expects to become prosperous.

It is special editing today.

Harajuku is one of the places with most people also in Tokyo.

The quietest place in Tokyo is also located in Harajuku also.

Meiji-jingu is huge and quiet woods rather than a shrine.

There is a spectacle in which he is surprised into these quiet woods

I felt the impulse which wants to go here, when it woke up this morning.

If it arrives at the Harajuku station past 7:00 and walk along the woods on the left of a station about 5 minutes, I can see lots of people in a line.

This is Kiyomasa’s well.

Here like the spring in Lourdes,

People have stood in a line in quest of the miracle.

Although divine favor was broadcast and it became famous suddenly on television.

to some men, it was famous as power spot from the first.

It came here and its TV show started.

The movie performance was able to be carried out in the leading role.

It is an urban legend from the entertainer’s talk.

Emperor Meiji and the Empress loved this well.

Kiyomasa Kato, a general, built this.

It waited for 2 hours and pay 500 yen , came to the well.

Seemingly, it will wait for daytime for 5 hours.

A ceremony takes a photograph and dips a hand.

Believe a miracle!

When turned round, people’s make more long line.

The fortune is also wishing you visiting huge like a snow slide!

See you soon!  Thank you from KIYOMASA NO IDO tokyo, place like spring in Lourdes.

We have to skip Zakka hopping at Kicijyoji little time.

Let’s take a train or bus to heading Nakano where city of Zakka, Manga & flea market.

Kitijyoi is high sense. Every people loved.

Nakano is dubiously & strange. Some people loved but they come only here.

like you or me.

We have to go Nakano Broadway first.

But not musical theatre there no likes Broadway in NYC.

There is only rubbish there.

In 1% of people, it is the precious article which 99% of people regard as it being garbage.

That where garbage appears surely is an expensive and dealing in place.

What was thrown away with garbage is a place dealt with for a high price which is surprised.

It was a doubtful atmosphere here from the Edo period.

The foolish Shogun named Tsunayoshi Yokugawa made the law that a dog was greater than man, and made the mansion of a huge dog here.

The dog is greater than man.

It was a death penalty, when putting the dog on leash with a string or carrying out some.

Therefore, a strange mind may still drift.

When I was teenager, the Shogun’s posterity lived next my residence .

They also keep the dog , I used played with the dog.

It became a different talk.

Begin exploration .

Probably a precious article or garbage can be found.

7^th January, we Japanese have one custom.

Eat congee named Nana kusa gayu.

Nana kusa gayu means seven herbs congee.

This season we can find nana kusa herbs at super market or flower shop like this.

When it eats, it is the feeling by which the body is purified.

It is a detail Wikipedia, please see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanakusa-no-sekku

Come to think of it, we Asian like eat congee at morning time.

I ate congee hundreds of time at Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Thailand & others.

Please eat, hung over morning, especially good.

See you soon.

A happy new year 2010!

How you spend new year ?

For us Japanese, it is sacred time for New Year’s Eve to the New Year days.

Many customs of celebrating the New Year occur.

It goes to a shrine to visit on New Year’s Eve.

There is also a shrine in which no less than 100,000 people gather in a night.

Decoration of Shinto’s is used as a house.

Named KATOMATU

Display rice cake in the room named KAKAMI-MOCHI.

The dish of the New Year that OSECHI –RYORI is eaten.

Children enjoy the game of the New Year like HAGOITA ,TAKOAGE or others.

If sacred time is spent with a family, a life is resettable with itself.

All look clear & charge energy a full.

we Japanese spend new years day like, for over thousand years long.

by the way,

It is likely to become a good year 2010.

How about the year 2009?

Many people will say that it was a year which is not good.

But as Barack Obama said we can change!

We & ZAKKA will change & heal the world.

Let’s spend these wonderful days with ZAKKA.

Let’s enjoy your ZAKKA tour this year also.

thank you !

Check the complex named PARCO where lots of store located.

http://www.parco-kichijoji.com/page/

Store like, Fashion apparel, bag, shoes, accessories & ZAKKA.

We go top floor first, you can see big ZAKKA store named franc franc.

http://www.francfranc.com/

They are one of biggest chain store, feeling like casual Japanese habitat.

They sell lots of interior, house & kitchen ware

7^th floor has lots of small ZAKKA stores.

First one is all ordinaries feeling like fashion & ZAKKA fusion style.

http://www.allordinaries.co.jp/

CADEAU is handmade style

kitchen kitchen sell kitchen item off course, all item is simple, price is also same

105 yen all.

http://www.kitchen-kitchen.jp/

And many ZAKKA store locate this floor 7^th

6^th floor you can see so funny book store name Village van guard.

http://www.village-v.co.jp/

Hard to find book in this book store, 99% are funny items or ZAKKA.

You like or hate, no idea but you can feel some of chaos here.

4^th floor you can see Sunday brunch

http://www.sundaybrunch.co.jp/

Feeling like Afternoon tea style ZAKKA store.

http://www.afternoon-tea.net/main.html

They have café corner also, you can bite cake like this.

And B1floor, you can see B-company

Like casual interior ZAKKA.

http://www.b-company.net/

This complex has some more attractive shops, but need go out!

Want to some of tea, see you later!

OK! Start your tours of ZAKKA !

Some area of Tokyo, we can find many of free standing ZAKKA stores.

Area like Jiyugaoka  Kichijyoji,  Shimokitazawa  & others.

If you manna do ZAKKA store hopping, free stand better than in shopping center.

It’s fun anyway!

First area is kichijyoji where east area of Tokyo,

You can easy to access from Shibuya, Shinjyuku or narita airport directly.

This area is prize every year  : a town to want live most:

We doing many ZAKKA stores hopping & do treasure hunt in this area.

:Ukiyoe kichijyoji  EDO ERA:

When you arrive to Kichijyoji, you can check Watashi no heya store at station building soon.

http://www.watashinoheya.co.jp/01_te

npo/progress/index.html

This store sells beautiful house ware in Japanese or European style & others,

I like this stores choice, especially Japanese ceramics or kitchen ware.

Relax wear also nice!

Then we go out from stations building, you will see hundreds of people makes long line for purchasing meet crocket soon.

We have to charge energy for ZAKKA store hopping, we will stand in line.

:people mekes the line:

:SATOU NO MENCHI:

But preparedness is required.

We have to wait about 1hour for purchase this.

Tokyo Style lines up and buys a good thing, can you believe this! But it’s true.

A next door is a procession which is not believed more.

People make long line in early of morning for purchasing Japanese sweets.

If you want buy this, join this line at about 4:00am to 8:30am.

:OZASA Japanese sweets shop:

Hard to believed, but it is a procession every day for couple of decade long.

Take long time for stand in line, today is time up!

Bye for now !

Come to Tokyo!  where my home town.

Yes, you have to!

Tokyo has so many treasures like shopping, culture, gourmet, sightseeing spot & ZAKKA !

Tokyo is biggest Treasure Island or wonder land on globe.

Change your clothes like Johnny Depp or Jack Spallow & heading Tokyo right now!

Get your treasures!

I will take you lots of place where treasure located.

Fisrst treasule island is Kichijyozi !

Where very close to my residence, only 10 minutes to there.

Change your close like Johnny Depp already?

Here we Go !

This key is the one of most beautifully our culture, wisdom for live,the special anyway.

What  is  this  key ?         How do you guessed?

Zen?  

Sushi ?  

Comics?

Tell me !     OK!    final answer ?      uhooo,,       is not a correct.

These are not already secret.         We can find these in every nation now a day.

OK ! I tell you the answer Now.                 The answer is ZAKKA.

First time you hear I guessed.

We Japanese really loved ZAKKA like sushi  comics or more.

If have the time, we doing ZAKKA shop hopping & looking for good ZAKKA items.

See the Tokyo, town like jiyugaoka ,kichijyozi or other places where many ZAKKA store located.

We can find many of pilgrims to ZAKKA store everyday like people heading to Mecca or Ganges.

They will find good ZAKKA items with the state of the wonderful heart like pilgrims.

So far, ZAKKA is only the Japanese people’s treasures.

But this treasure will find soon  the people of all over the nations & spreds like Sushi bar or comics I guessed.

Hi! Dear friends.

My name is J Maeda call me JJ.

I will take you to ZAKKA world that Japanese secret & change your life little more fun & rich.

I have to tell you, who I am.

I am founder of couple of ZAKKA stores & over the hundreds of ZAKKA store I made.

Thousands of ZAKKA items I made per every years.

I work for ZAKKA business couple of decade long from infancy time ZAKKA.

AND,,,,I am the person who most enthusiastic pilgrim of ZAKKA.

ZAKKA is items but not items.

ZAKKA is business format but not business format.

ZAKKA is mental activity…..

Talk like monk?  Confused a bit?

OK! Start your ZAKKA life & enjoy it anyway!