Last Saturday David and I went to the restaurant supply neighborhood of Tokyo, Kappabashi. We took our little community bus...
To a train (written on the bag: GU your freedom)
and a walk to dishes mecca....
We purchased some miso bowls (I make miso soup a lot) that would also work for rice. These are to replace our somewhat worse for wear lacquer miso bowls. The new ones are wooden. When we bought ten of them, the shop owner asked if we were opening a restaurant;).
We stopped for a Taiyaki snack - these are filled with sweet beans, or custard. Guess which flavor I chose.
And may have picked up some more hashioki (chopstick rests) for my budding collection:
Fellow riders on the way home. The bag says "American holic" - I was dying to know what she'd bought.
No October mini to show... but I'm working (playing) on a challenge that Janet O., Rogue Quilter, has cooked up. You can read about it
here.
Do you keep scraps from certain projects all together, separate from scraps from other projects? I don't. I just cut some into squares or strips, or throw them together like this. I use them to make my little collages.
I gave up on the tunic, meaning, let myself off the hook for now. Still doing hand appliqué in the evenings. This is the latest Ladies' Aid block (Barbara Brackman patterns).
The weather has been beautiful, great for afternoon walks:
A couple of days ago I went to a big shrine sale (flea market) and will write about that next!
Cynthia
Thank you for sharing your adventure with us! I love your applique block! Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteIt would be so hard to choose in a shop so very full of beautiful and unusual dishes. Back in the day when we were a lot younger, when visiting our favorite handmade pottery shop we would take an entire stack of bowls and set them beside each other on the floor so we could choose our favorites among all the hand painted similar designs. The place was never very crowded and we always came out with a few treasures, still in use and cherished since the master potter is now retired. I like the idea of large jars for storing scraps, a row of them on a shelf would be a cheerful addition to the sewing area.
ReplyDeleteLove your collection of hashioki! And the wooden bowls are beautiful. We used to go to Chinatown in Boston to get dishware and things we couldn't find locally to cook Asian dishes. I had taken a class on cooking authentic Chinese food, so fun and the recipes are awesome. My favorite dishes were the celadon green with double koi goldfish design. So pretty. Your Ladies' Aid block is very pretty. I've been finishing up the hand quilting on my Abigail's Doll Quilt that Pam Buda designed. Looking forward to that finish. Enjoy your beautiful weather! Pretty crappy here in MA today. We had a big Nor'easter a few days ago. Many many people are still without power from that one. We were lucky, no power outage and no trees down this time. Thank God it wasn't during the winter! Jan in MA
ReplyDeleteI love the bowls shop and esp the chopstick rests. So amusing. The Ladies Aid block is adorable, would make a sweet baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit sad you gave up on your tunic but you know best! And I am very much looking forward to your flea market post.
PS What does GU Your Freedom mean?
DeleteNo clue!
DeleteI love all this. Thank you for sharing it ...xoxo
ReplyDeleteI love hearing about your adventures. 10 bowls = a restaurant? Too cute.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to hear about your Japanese adventures! Like you, I normally do not keep scraps from specific projects together, but just happen to have done so with one of my current projects so will be participating in Janet's challenge too.
ReplyDeleteKappabashi is a great shopping street. I have never been without returning with some purchases. Many of them are in daily use.
ReplyDeleteI don’t sort my scraps but keep them for starting sew lines on the sewing machine.
OOOhhh i love seeing photos of that supply store. I can't imagine having to choose as they are all so pretty. Great chopstick rests.
ReplyDeleteI used to get red bean fish treats in Ft. Lee NJ
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Thanks for taking us on your outing!
Oh I would be in hog heaven in that dishes mecca! How could you choose?! The hashioki (trying to remember a new word!) look fun - I would want a collection, too! Your Ladies Aid block looks great!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for Janet's challenge. With your "space" challenges these days, I would think a baggie of scraps would be the perfect project for you. I have far too many "baggies" of scraps!! Love those chopstick rests. Perfect size for apartment collecting. I'm sure David agrees - wink!
ReplyDeleteLovely seeing pictures from your trip to Kappabashi! I remember our visit there during our trip to Tokyo back in 2018, and we have a couple of nice porcelain bowls as memories from our visit to "kitchen town". (Not to mention a pretty little collection of fabric from our stop in "fabric town"). We're thinking (dreaming) of returning for another visit to Japan some day - there's just too much we want to see and experience than we managed to do during our last visit.
ReplyDeleteWe went to Kappabashi and just wandered around, clueless as to where we should to or what we should look at. Wish I’d had you there to guide me around. I’m loving your collection of chopstick rests—what a treasure they are! Thanks again for taking us with you.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to Kappabashi but I know that it is famous! I really try to keep my dishware to a minimum which shouldn't be difficult with just the two of us and my non-inclination to cook for guests. Most of the stuff in my cupboard are things from the pottery town Mashiko, or from friends who are potters. AND POTTERY DOESN't STACK WELL!
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