Blog - Nakame rainy afternoon
Nakame rainy afternoon
Yesterday, we woke up early (earlier than we usually do on a weekend anyway), excited to go to the trendy hotel Claska in Meguro for a charity event organized by Commons & Sense (a fashion magazine). The goal of the event was to collect old T-shirts people don't need anymore, and send them to poor countries.
The appeal was that there were 43 designers involved in designing brand new cool T-shirts, and anyone who gave 5 of their T-shirts or more could get a free new designer T-shirt! For each 5 T-shirts you brought you had to pay ¥500 to afford shipping and handling.
The disappointment
The "Clothes Exchange" event was starting at 12:00 and was supposed to last until 17:00. We got there around 12:30, and despite the rain there were at least a hundred people lining up with bags of old T-shirts. However, just a few minutes after we got there, a guy came out and told everyone that they had ran out of designer T-shirts. You could still give your T-shirts, but you still had to pay ¥500... AND wait a long while in the rain (the pace seemed very slow). Sadly, we gave up.
People were invited anyway to visit the exhibition inside, featuring all of the cool T-shirts we had missed getting for free. It was also nice to see Claska's classy interior!
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Naka-meguro
We then walked to Gakugei-Daigaku station and took the train to the next station, Naka-meguro. We first rushed to Organic Café to eat lunch. It was perhaps about 13:30 already and I was really hungry! I had my much needed triple-decker sandwich I had been wanting for a while. Organic Café's triple-decker is a generous and delicious combination of toasted bread, salad and meat (chicken, pork and bacon). It costs ¥1000 and should be enough to get you full!
It had been a while since I had been to Organic Café. It hadn't changed since, Chappie still had her doorgirl position and the music was very good!
Walking along Meguro river, I could see my first sakura of the season! Within a few sunny days the trees along the river should all turn pink! There were signs and lanterns up for the upcoming hanami festival. Spring is here!, or anyway it will soon be!
On our way through Nakame, we stopped at Opatoca, a small bakery that makes delicious breads and cakes. All cakes seemed to be named after classic children's stories, for example 不思議の国のアリス (Alice in Wonderland), 白雪姫 (Snow White), etc.
There's also a cafe attached to the bakery, which we didn't have a chance to try this time.
Posted on March 21, 2004 at 20:44 | Tweet
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