The minimalist principle of eliminating everything superfluous. This concept is brilliant. There is one such store in Tokyo since 2015.
All you will find in the tiny bookstore of "a Single Room with a Single Book” Morioka Shoten in the luxury shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo is simply a single room with one table in it, displaying just one book. More precisely, multiple copies of the said title will be there for one week, with a different book coming up in the following week, and so on. The agony of choice is washed away, as Morioka Shoten has made the choice for you. You must buy the book Morioka Shoten wants to sell you. How refreshingly easy. 在东京逛过很多书店,我闲着时总想找些可以让人安静下来的地方,书店无疑是最好的去处。但去过许多让我惊喜的书店,特别难忘的是一间微型书店以“一册、一室” 概念的森冈书店。 第一次去森冈书店的我带着满满好奇心,穿过奢侈品林立的银座大街,走过热闹非凡的街道,鳞次栉比的高楼,森冈书店就开在相对幽静小巷中的铃木大楼里。我一直觉得,出门旅行除了买买买我们还有太多事情可以做,比如可以在银座买的开心,也还可以找到这样一家有趣的独立书店存在。只有十几平米,没有书架,仅有的家具是一张年代久远的桌子和靠墙的一排储物箱。这张桌子正是这家书店的展台兼收银台。 一个空间、一本书,在这里不再是由顾客亲自从上千上万本丛书中挑选自己有兴趣的来看,而是由店主人每周亲自选定一本书。这么做虽然看似不可思议,但少去选择后,或许更能让我们接触到不同的作品与思想。另外,店家精心挑选出一本好书在店内售卖,再根据这本书构建一个相关主题,策划一系列与这本书有关的展览、活动、对话,让顾客有机会更深入了解作者与书籍,增加阅读时的趣味。而这些体验是读者无法在网络上获取的。
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This store is tucked away in a little nook in Ginza in Tokyo. I circled it 3 times before almost giving up then I caught sight of a little sign and finally honed in on its location. Gekkoso, a historical art store, is established in 1917 in Ginza, Japan. This quaint art store is more than a hundred year old and they make some of the most iconic art supplies and stationery items. It was one of the original store in Japan to bring wester art supplies into Japan. Their logo is a cute French horn, as a symbol to gather friends in one place.
Once you get in, it is a small but magical place. I am just an amateur artist but the stuff here sure makes you wish that you are a professional artist. The paper, the colours, the sketch books everything is delightful. The Gekkoso shop has all the watercolor you can imagine. The handmade brush is also worth to invest on. The price isn’t that expensive compared to other designers’ brushes. Of course, I got myself some of the Gekkoso brushes and acrylic paints as memento for the trip. 日前小小的旅行到日本,抱持着好不容易可以出门去一趟东京玩,出门前兴奋的查了十来家左右的美术用具店,想要好好去朝圣一下。在攘往熙来的银座街道上,有这么一家梦幻的古朴小店,名字叫做月光荘画材店。不过由于行程安排, 不是所有人都对美术用具跟我一样有特殊狂热。第一次去银座找月光庄时,在巷子里绕了好几圈。这对拿地图在东京找地址一段时间我来说,很不寻常。 月光荘画材店里贩售各式百般的艺术纸类、画材用具,从1917年就座落在银座,至今已近百年的韶光。 Think back nine years. In other words, cast your mind back to the faraway year of 2010. Where were you and what were you doing?
When I started That’s Life Capture It! blog in July 2010, I never expected it would be anything more than a hobby (that’s all most blogs were back then). Had you told me back in 2010 that I’d still be chugging along, spewing out posts about the places that capture my attention, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. A lot has changed since those early years, from my own personal experiences to the general landscape (less bloggers, the rise of Instagram and social media overall). Quite candidly, it’s sometimes been more than enough to want to throw in the towel, especially as I still have a full-time career and a half-completed academic course study. But now, with more than 250 posts, thousands of visitors from around the world and countless memorable experiences, I’ve never been more excited and committed to the possibilities that lay ahead. I’m so happy to get to do something I love and call it my passion, and I’m proud of it I’ve built along the way. My greatest learning has been the importance of accepting myself. Of being proud of what I put out there, of the message I send and of the type of blog I am creating. If you have been along for the whole time you know the blog has taken many turns…some better than others but all with the true intention of creating content that is authentic and organic. Comparing myself to my fellow travel blogging peers has been a struggle; I am human. But what I have learned is that we are all on our own journey. And while our paths may cross, and often times do, we all have different goals, different passions and different dreams. Each one of us is pursuing happiness. I feel nothing but inspiration and motivation. And so I use that inspiration and motivation to drive me forward. In a saturated “market” of blogging, it is important to stay in my lane; to be true to myself and remain authentic and real. I know that my learning is not done. Almost everyday I learn something new about this journey. A very happy start to July ! My photo essay under pen name 蓝天游 on Penang's Camera Museum and Singapore's Vintage Cameras Museum《咔嚓!留下恒久的记忆 槟城与狮城的老相机博物馆》is published today! So happy to see it being featured nationwide in print! Special thanks to Lianhe Zaobao, you have made my day! Thank U so much 感谢 感恩 :)
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