December is a month when many people prepare gifts, with holiday home parties, seasonal greetings, and New Year's visits home. If you're thinking about what to bring, check out the gift list recommended by the FASHION HEADLINE editorial team.

Recommended as a gift for superiors or overseas visitors is the Nihonchagashi SANOAH tea and snacks set, featuring a bow tie reminiscent of mizuhiki. The string, perfect for the New Year, is made using the traditional Japanese craft "Sanadahimo," and the special packaging embodies the meaning of "tied with sincerity." The "Nihonchagashi Set Kaze no Musubi" (3,381 yen) featured here is two-tiered, and when you slide the side open like a drawer, you'll find an assortment of four types of tea and snacks.

You can enjoy a little bit of each luxurious treat, such as "Green Tea Karinto," made with sencha-infused karinto rolled in plum sugar; "Dyed Chocolate Matcha," soaked in matcha chocolate; "Ten-Point Tea Ceremony Matcha Financier," baked with Uji matcha and white azuki beans carefully selected by a 10th-degree tea master; and "Moist Gâteau Chocolat Kinunocha," baked with French chocolate and Japanese tea.

These items, with their carefully crafted and beautiful packaging and Japanese and Western-style sweets centered around Japanese tea, are popular with people of all ages and can be given with confidence on important occasions. Another plus is that they are only available at Isetan Shinjuku and Urawa stores.

【Store Information】
Isetan Shinjuku Store
3-14-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Main Building, Basement 1F
Opening Hours: 10:30am - 8pm
Closed: Same as Isetan Shinjuku Store
※Open until 6pm on December 31st in 2016 / Open from 10am on January 3rd in 2017
TEL: 03-3352-1111 (Isetan Shinjuku Store Main Line)

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