Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
1/03/2011
9/10/2008
Liberty is so classy!
My sweet (?) sister joined me in London after her trip in Germany
and Italy. We were very much impressed by the superb arrangements
of merchandise at the Liberty department store. It was like visiting
a museum of contemporary artifacts.
1/02/2008
Good-luck Shopping Day, January 2, 2008
January the second is the first day for shopping of a new year.
Many stores put their "good-luck" packages (Fukubukuro) for
special sales. So, we went to Ginza searching for our good luck
for the year 2008. To purchase these packages, you need to pay
in cash although recently increasing numerbs of business
transactions are processed with plastics here just like any other
industrialized parts of the world.
In spite of recent openings of European fashion houses such as
Armani, Burgari, Hermes and so on, Ginza still keeps certain
traditional flair of Japanese businesses since the Edo period.
That is the charm of this commercial area.
Ginza 4-chome attracts many shoppers.
Mom and Yukimi in front of the Mikimoto's New Year display.
From the second floor of Mitsukoshi: On the left, with small oval lights on
the front wall is the Armani building just made its debutante at Ginza in
the fall of 2007.
Many stores put their "good-luck" packages (Fukubukuro) for
special sales. So, we went to Ginza searching for our good luck
for the year 2008. To purchase these packages, you need to pay
in cash although recently increasing numerbs of business
transactions are processed with plastics here just like any other
industrialized parts of the world.
In spite of recent openings of European fashion houses such as
Armani, Burgari, Hermes and so on, Ginza still keeps certain
traditional flair of Japanese businesses since the Edo period.
That is the charm of this commercial area.
Ginza 4-chome attracts many shoppers.
Mom and Yukimi in front of the Mikimoto's New Year display.
From the second floor of Mitsukoshi: On the left, with small oval lights onthe front wall is the Armani building just made its debutante at Ginza in
the fall of 2007.
12/28/2007
Getting ready for the New Year's Day 2008
Our neighborhood grocerystore is ready for New Year's
Day with ornaments and
flowers for "Oshogatsu."
left: small "Kadomatsu" on
display
11/19/2007
Cool and trendy shops in Ura-Harajuku
Ura-Harajuku (Back-streets Harajuku) has many cool and trendy stores
for young people. "Hot" street styles are displayed here.
for young people. "Hot" street styles are displayed here.
8/19/2007
Hunting at the Filene's Basement 2007
Filene's Basement in the 1990's was the place where we could find Ferragamo shoes & bags, Armani jackets, and Gucci sweathers in bargain prices. My friend Kumiko and I used to hunt great clothes and shoes there. I still keep some of beautiful shoes and bags from that glorious era of the FB with me. Those are good old days. -- FB in 2007 is not the place for luxurious French and Italian items anymore. Lament not my fellow Fileners. It is still fun to find incredible bargain prices there. Here are two items I purchased today:Dana Buchman wasabi-color glittering skirt $23.58 (originaly $195.20)
Calvin Klein footliner 2pairs $2.39 (originaly $8.00)
My bargain hunting instinct took me to the Gap. Here are two bargain items I found:Black cardigan $4.97
Purple camisole $8.99
American stores go bargain so deep!!
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