Shy SAKURA Blossoms

Happy Easter!
I wish everyone had a happy holiday today..

So, spring has come here in Tokyo, but there is a little problem.
Cherry blossoms that people expect every year are slightly different this time.
They have really quickly bloomed while people haven't prepared Hanami yet!

sakura trees at the park near my apartment

Light Up Moment

Today I was NOT a Happy Angel.

Too tired to avoid negative words, too exhausted to love myself.
I don't know why. Maybe it can be happen sometimes for everyone. Maybe not.
The thing is, I fell into deep self-pity.

It seemed like everything didn't work well, the world didn't love me anymore...

I took this picture in omotesando-street near harajuku.
lovely night walk at saturday night.

GYOZA（餃子）- Japanese Style Jiaozi

When I was kid, I always used to help my mum to make gyoza, especially in a part of wrapping filling with dough. Because my mum made this China-oriented gyoza about 70 pieces for family, so she needed any help to prepare dinner. (She counted 10 pieces for each member of family).

A pack of dough which was bought in supermarket. Filling which consists ground meat(pork), garlic, ginger and leek was made by my mum. I wrapped filling with dough, and then my mum fried in a large chinese pan.

keirin(guilin) gyoza
gyoza 480yen, rice 200yen

COCYUTEN: Find a fine tea in Kamakura

鎌倉　壺中天: COCYUTEN is a unique tea shop locates in Yuigahama, Kamakura. Their speciality is Taiwanese tea, but also Chinese tea, herb tea, cat gifts, miniature tea cup and cupboard are available!

Because they love so much about tea, cat and miniature! So do I..

do you love tea, cat or miniature?
enjoy shopping!

When A Boy Meets A Girl... My Favorite CM

Do you remember when you were kid?

This is TOKYO ELECTRON' TV commercial. A small story but so heartwarming. Two adorable kids, a boy who lives in Miyagi, and a girl from a city, they meet in a classroom, at school in Miyagi.
The girl have just moved from a city because her father has transferred to a new factory in this small town.

The girl is so cute, isn't she? Because this situation is so common when we were kids, I guess you might remember someone.

Fly to England-7 (Lovely Show Windows)

What I have regretted is not going to sweets shop and also toy shop in England. I just passed these shops while I was so interested in what I saw in their pretty show windows.

It was November, expecting Christmas. People started to decorate whole town for Christmas.
It was so lovely, and colourful sweets in showcases tempted me to enter the store.

chocolatier in princess arcade, London.
my mum bought 10 boxes chocolate!!
because she read about this shop in a guide book and
she cherished to come.

Passions to Make A Room Lovely: malto@Koenji

Only 9 minutes from huge Shinjuku station by JR Train, that's Koenji.
Koenji is known for secondhand or vintage clothes stores, especially alongside of "Look Shopping Street". It is a small street but make me so excited, since I can find European vintage clothes, used books, kimono, hat stores and cozy small cafes and much more.

And here it is, "malto" which offers you lovely interior goods and antique.

woody entrance over an uniquely white alpaca smile.