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This is My Name

Susumu — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:09:26 +0000

This t-shirt has a kanji on it. This kanji symbol is “Susumu”. Yes,it is my name.

Front of Kanji T shirt

Back of Kanji T shirt

Pictures on it were drawn carefully by hand ! This clothing was made by the craftsman in Kyoto. Um… cool!
What is the reason why this t-shirt is pretty cool? I think that the reasons are because the craftsman’s technique is amazing and because my name kanji symbol is cool both.

Picture of Front

Kanji of Back

Picture of Back

Digital Camera for Public and Private

Susumu — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:03:51 +0000

You know,yesterday Akiba Mart opened ! And…. I bought my first digital camera! I didn’t have a digital camera until yesterday. I had used a cell phone camera.

After today, I will take pictures of Akiba mart contents and our lifestyles by using my new camera.

Akiba Mart Is Open Today!

Toku — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:15:28 +0000

Akiba Mart project started at the end of February, and for approximately 3 month since then, Akiba Mart had started its service!

To deliver cool and fancy products from Japan to our customers, we had worked very hard. We were not a specialist for online stores and online marketing, however our passion made things going forward. We know that there are a lot of things to learn from our customers, we are always welcome for your comments and requests.

Our main products now are tasty Japanese tea and beautiful shadow boxes, but we are planning to expand it more. What product? No, no that’s secret for now

I would like to thank my friend Susumu for running this project with me, Kazuki for nice and cute illustrations in How To Prepare Sencha and How To Prepare Matcha pages. Also many thanks to everybody who gave us advice. We could not realize Akiba Mart without all of you. Thanks again!

Cool Samurai Helmet

Susumu — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:46:28 +0000

Now, Naoe Kanetsugu who was a Japanese samurai has grown in popularity in Japan. Because this year’s hero of the historical drama which every year NHK(Japanese state channel) broadcasts for a year, is Naoe Kanetsugu.
Despite Naoe Kanetsugu was a just warrior serving Uesugi Kenshin and Uesugi Kagekatsu, he is so popular that his drama was made. It’s true that he was so faithful samurai warrior Japanese likes and there are some interesting anecdotes about him.But,what makes him so popular?
I think one of the best reasons is that his samurai helmet is pretty gorgeous.
Watch this!

His samurai helmet was decorated with a kanji symbol. As you may know, this kanji symbol is “Ai” means love and one of the most popular kanji symbols.

Hmm,very cool! I’m sure he really stood out from the crowd on the battlefield

Kanetugu's samurai helmet

Kanji symbol ai

How Is the KIMONO Business Card ?

Susumu — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:09:57 +0000

“Wafuda” is the business card which sales have started in February 2009.
The design of the kimono is printed on the back side of this business card.

kimono-bussines card

The back side of "Wafuda"

http://www.wafuda.jp/ this page may be japanese language only

There are 100 kinds of kimono design kinds more!

http://www.wafuda.jp/items/

Do you want this card ?

Dragon Ball Mug

Toku — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:24:25 +0000

How do you like this mug?

Maybe you can master Kamehameha if you drink coffee with this

Dragon Ball Mug

Dragon Ball Z Mug

Dragon Ball Z Mug (marbleized)

Tea Incense Burner (Cha Kouro)

Toku — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:56:47 +0000

Have you heard of an item called Tea Incense Burner (Cha Kouro)?

Yesterday, I went to Odaiba. Odaiba is located in bay area of Tokyo, which is famous for dating spot. Ah, don’t ask whether I went there for dating. Odaiba is also a good place for shopping where there are many shops and good to find out cool stuffs.

In one of the shop in Odaiba, I found a good tea incense burner (in Japanese it is called “Cha Kouro”). I knew that there is such thing, but I’ve never tried it. So I purchased one for my home to have a try. Burner is very simple, it has a little tray to put the tea on and a little space underneath the tray to put a candle. The way it works is same as aroma oil burner, but the tray is little more larger and shallow.

I tried green tea for testing. After few minutes I placed the lit candle, soft and gentle but nice and spicy savor filled my room. This is really awesome! For 40 to 50 minutes, the aroma of the green tea will continue. When you feel the aroma getting weak, you can stir the tea on the tray by the tea spoon to make it stronger. Nice aroma will make you relax…

Tea Incense Burner (Cha Kouro)

You can either use tea leaves before extracting the tea or after extracting the tea. However if you want to recycle used tea leaves, you have to dry it before you use for incense. And of course, strongness of the aroma will be weaker than new tea leaves.

Being a Japanese tea lover, you need to have this item! Japanese tea is very versatile, you should not stop just drinking the tea. You can also use it as incense, you can also cook and eat, you can use it as odor remover, there are many usage. I will introduce other way of using Japanese tea in this blog.

So, would you like to have a Cha Kouro at your home? Do not worry, I decided to put this in Akiba Mart