The "2nd Ginza Living Shopping Arcade," an event gathering together household items that become more cherished the more you use them, began on May 8th at the Matsuya Ginza 8th floor Event Square. It will run until the 14th.

This event is being held for the second time, following last year's. The venue is designed to resemble the everyday yet unique shopping arcades you'll find in any town, where you can find exciting encounters every time you stop by a store and have lively conversations with the makers and store owners. Famous stores selling household goods, antiques, tableware, old tools, daily necessities, stationery, and more will all gather together.

Yellow Birdware Store

Participating stores include Yellow Birdware Store, owned by Takahashi Chie and based in Kunitachi, Roundabout in Yoyogi-Uehara and OUTBOUND in Kichijoji, both run by Kobayashi Kazuto, dogdeco, a pet supplies store owned by Ikeda Isao, and Kawachi Art Supplies, which sells art supplies and art goods.

Roundabout/OUTBOUND

Matsunoya, a long-established new goods store in Bakuro-cho, Tokyo, which has been in business for over 70 years, has collaborated with LABOUR AND WAIT, a London-based lifestyle goods store which opened in 2000, to open a store called Matsunoya x LABOUR AND WAIT. Simple household items that have been loved by people for many years are the same in both Japan and the UK. Each of these two stores introduces everyday items that are both practical and beautifully designed.

Left) Matsunoya, Right) Labor and Wait

A morning market will also be held from 10am to 12pm during the event, with seven popular stores setting up stalls on a daily basis.

Lemon dorayaki (324 yen including tax) from Wagashi Kunpu, a Japanese confectionery shop in Sendagi that uses ingredients directly delivered from farmers to propose a marriage of seasonal Japanese sweets and sake; seasonal vegetables (from 270 yen including tax) from Kiredo, which sells mineral-grown vegetables from around the world and side dishes made with them; homemade, morning-picked strawberries (540 yen including tax/pack) from Tsukuba Farm in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture; chamomile and white chocolate cookies (432 yen including tax) from Parlour Harmas, a baked goods shop in Kiyosumi Shirakawa; chutoro jam (918 yen including tax) from Sajilo Cafe in Kichijoji, which serves dishes made with carefully selected spices and herbs harvested from farms in Nepal; and a new everyday cuisine from Atarashii Everyday Cuisine, located in Higashi-Koganei. The store is packed with recommended gourmet foods, such as Fujiwara's coriander lemon oil (864 yen including tax) and Morikage Shoten's karinto (380 yen including tax), which sells snacks that are great to have in your daily life.

Seasonal vegetables from "Kiredo" (from 270 yen including tax)

Lemon Dorayaki from "Wagashi Kunpu" (324 yen including tax)


From 11:00 to 19:30 (last order 30 minutes before closing), BALMUDA A cafe called "VISION GLASS CAF&E" will also be opening, where you can enjoy croque monsieur plates made using The Toaster, as well as curry, desserts and drinks.

Croque monsieur plate made using BALMUDA The Toaster (1,296 yen including tax)Mokomeshi Special Curry of the Day (1,188 yen including tax)

For more details about the event, check the official Matsuya Ginza website.