curious pig

The very cute and funny website of DAKARA, a daily health drink from Suntory.
When enter to the site, you will find Pigling (the character from Peter Rabbit) dancing ballet while loading. Then a line will appear above Pigling for you to fill what would you like to do most right now. Watch the reaction of Pigling even you do nothing at all. Fun!

recette is the bread shop via internet in Japan.
The selling systems are very interesting due to the exclusive care on tiny details on every aspects of production makes the limited production capacity. For some kind of breads such as @vanilla (right top), @cinnamon (left top&right below) and @berry (left below) if the order exceed each production, the order will be drawn for the lucky ones only while @japan/01(special japanese bread) will be sold to customer who was introduced by the old customer only. Moreover, the order usually has to be placed a month before.

I got this blossoming tea or artisan tea as a souvenir from my senior.
It is made of Chinese green tea hand tied with exceptional skill hiding flower inside to be a little ball. With boiling water, it will be awoken. The leaves will slowly open and allow the flower inside to bloom and at the time its scent also plays its role.
It is the amazing art of drinking tea.

The other day I got the large box of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts from Tokyo as Krispy Kreme just opened its first shop in Shinjuku late last year creating the endless queue since then. ( I read from Japanese newspaper that the longest waiting time was 3 hours and 50 minutes on 3 May!) How lucky I am!

When speaking of donut in Japan, Mister donut seems to be the only one that occupies most of this market, offering a large variety and continuously launches new taste and new type of donut. Moreover their premium goods seems to always draw attention since their beginning in 1973. Their surprising menu are dim sum. Yes, Mister Donut in Japan also serving dim sum (though it is not available at all branches.)

Anyway Krispy Kreme seems to be too sweet for my family, Mister Donut seems to still hold its position in my home.

Whenever walking around tiny roads behind main street in Tokyo, old wooden house or shop is usually found standing in the middle of modern building.

Also, this laundry shop is sandwiched by two white modern buildings, located at tiny road behind Omotesando Hills. From color and style, it tells us how old it is and the little garden in front also shows the character of the owner. Lovely!

A new book by Yoshihiro Koizumi from long seller manga series of Buddha to Shittakabutta. It is the simple story in life. What is between left and right? What is between like and hate? Can’t help but smiling with funny pig showing the fact of life in the very simple way.

“pig peeling its ego”

“become a thin pig in an instant”

“happiness and unhappiness”

ブとタのあいだ
小泉吉宏
isbn 978-4-8401-1807-1

While walking in Shinjuku gyoen the other day, I can’t help but smiling with this lovely signage. The maternity symbol looks so gentle, giving warm feeling unlike general signage.