Thursday, November 2, 2017

Day 10 - Nippori and Shinjuku

A day we had both been looking forward to - fabric town in Nippori. It's basically a whole street running about three blocks with fabric, trims and notions stores running the length of it. You could easily spend a few days and lots of money trawling through the store there, and it makes you appreciate how easy it is to cosplay with great materials in Japan. But we were limited by luggage weight so had to reign in our shopping to just a few hours.


After a quick late lunch we headed to Shinjuku. Unfortunately were were too late to make it in time to the Bunka Fashion Museum which closes at 4.30pm. So instead we wandered into Odakyu for a quick look through the fabric available there. By this point though we were both feeling pretty shopped out. Hard to believe, I know. I did however find the fortitude to wander into the Wachifield store at the back of Studio Alta.


Afterwards, we decided to call it an early night. We stopped by Mister Donut for some halloween themed deliciousness to take home for desert before heading back to Tawaramachi. For dinner though, we called into a local place that we walk past on the way to the train every morning. The food is ordered at the front of the store with a machine and then brought to you when it is ready. It's a very efficient way of serving food and I can see it coming into place across the world. And to top it off, the food was great too.


We then dragged ourselves back to our hotel to start sorting through our luggage as our days remaining in Japan are limited, and I really needed to know if I would be posting any fabric home to myself. Thankfully though, it all looks like it will come in just under my weight allowance.


No comments:

Post a Comment