All of us love making things, and I was little worried that a big, sophisticated city like Tokyo wouldn't be the best place to be crafty. Yesterday fears were put to rest after Caroline and I struck out around 5 p.m. to explore Tokyu Hands. To get there we took the subway to the Shibuya Station and struck out across Shibuya Crossing. This place can be extremely intimidating for two gals from the forests of Northern California, but amazingly thousands of people navigate across this major intersection during each traffic light cycle with no jostling or shouting.
Tokyu Hands lived up to its review in my little guidebook of Tokyo. We wandered around the many levels and nooks and crannies and found everything we could ever need for arts and crafts projects. We'll also be coming back next weekend after we've moved into our long-term apartment to get things like waste baskets, more hangars, lamps, a wall clock, etc.
On another note, I think I've figured out how to get the photos off my camera phone so I can go back and share some of our other experiences so far in Tokyo. Things have been hectic this week, but I know we'll be much calmer when we're in our spacious apartment surrounded by familiar stuff.
In the meantime, here's a link to more photos of the arts and crafts expedition.
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Basically, you're blowing my mind with all these adventures you're sharing. I'm loving the photos. I went through all of them, and I saw some pillows that would do. Anyway, we're getting some rain here, which is no surprise. The volcano seems to be simmering down a bit. Earlier this week we went to see it going into the ocean, but all the park rangers were keeping folks too far away from the action to get good pictures. I picked some bananas in the back yard the other day, and now they're beginning to finally turn yellow. Looks like it's going to be smoothie and banana bread time. Do tell how the schools are doing. I'm hoping Kai likes his school?
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