Japan - November 2014

[louisbosco]

that paisley and the 11oz selvage west point chino jacket looks amazing..

[Giles]

Yeah, you weren't seeing things…..

[JCMx800]

@sabergirl:

Raglans? Sweet.

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This.

[Chiba J.]

Someone must have been walking along the Sumida near Asakusa?

[Snowy]

Okay, so who did I almost meet today? By the time I'd walked around the block you were gone!

I'm assuming it's someone from here based on the jeans.

[Finn666]

@derivative666:

Love the paisley and polka dot

so fecking true…looks like I have to buy both of'em! -.-

[mclaincausey]

If it isn't one of the herringbone flannels my Best in Show is that discharges paisley

[Giles]

Yep, she did actually go in and pay about a Million Yen to sit with a rabbit for 30 mins…..

Don't even go there…..................(OK, they're chocolate coated bananas)....

[Madame Buttonfly]

Yesterday we managed to miss some important people we had planned to meet… I should never leave it to G to make the plans  ::)

Nevertheless, we spent a great afternoon in Asakusa 

It's a popular place, very busy along the main shopping streets leading down to the Temple and Shrine

Interesting food stalls and decorations

Giles taking a  selfie

Beautiful entrance to traditional restaurant

[Madame Buttonfly]

Giles checking out the map, consider this a "before" picture (see below)

A stroll along the river - lots of modern architecture, funky sightseeing boats (and people taking photos)

Then Giles had some TLC (check out the amount of cut hair on shoulders of the local compared with G!)

And I had some "Bunny Therapy" with the gorgeous "Pochi" 

The "after" photo - my beautifully clean cut husband enjoying the feel of his smooth chin at the Shabu Shabu restaurant yesterday evening

[Giles]

Lunch

Pud

The Sarina-matic Stamping Bitch kit…..

[Giles]

Today, we met up with @Snowy and went to a famous knife store in Nihonbashi called @kiya I bought one…..

[Giles]

This is how your lot number and size number info is lovingly applied to your patch….

[Giles]

My @kiya being sharpened, post purchase…

[Hereforthebeer]

^Great stuff Giles and MB!

[Anesthetist]

Gonna show my patches a lot more respect knowing those hands touched them

[Snowy]

Thanks again for a wonderful afternoon out!

I managed to cop a sneak peak at the samples/line up, oh my god there's some really stunning fabric/combinations on the way. And that paisley in person is even more amazing than it looks on screen! I can't believe it (hardly!).

[Madame Buttonfly]

Was so great to finally meet - in the flesh - @Snowy and we spent a lovely afternoon together.  He was a marvellous guide (using his phone to find all the places we wanted to visit - G and I are a little technically challenged with smart phones).  And yes, they are sitting in a "women only" carriage, but after initial panic we realised this restriction is just during morning rush hour…

We arrived in Nihonbashi - this is the view of the massive roadway which runs over the river from the current version of an ancient bridge which gave this part of Tokyo its name (Nihon = Japan and bashi = bridge)

The Japanese have elevated the humble toothpick to a work of art, so we headed straight for this specialist toothpick shop.  Sadly, despite having traded for 310 years, today it was closed  but we're hoping Snowy will get back there to check it out.

Wonderful artwork on metal shutter

Back in Shibuya, the streets start to light up in technicolour

[pillowPANTS]

Thats a good lookin knife you bought there G. Was it terribly expensive?

[Chris]

@Giles:

My @kiya being sharpened, post purchase…

This seems like the kind of thing @DougNg would get into.