Goodies for your life

Tiff has shared about many of her Tokyo shopping adventures and her love for Japanese trinkety bits, handbags, homewares & the like. Well...because of her, I have a new-found appreciation of all these things too (except for the handbags...that passion goes WAY back). So while the hubbie & I were in Melbourne, I couldn't go past shopping at Zakkaya - a shop Tiff discovered by way of a blog. Zakkaya's blurb is "contemporary Japanese goods for your life". And it was the closest I could get to experience Japanese goodies without a trip to Tokyo!

Zakkaya has been only open for about 6 months & is run by the sweet Kumi. The store sells homewares, handbags, accessories, lovely wooden toys, ceramics and other knick-knacks. Here's a few pics of what's in store:

Quirky teapots, ceramics & place settings:


Wooden trinkets, socks, handmade woollen mittens, scarves & beanies:


Lovely printed handbags & purses:


Two little guys enjoying the view:

And this is little Momo...a very curious & cute long-haired daschund who sniffed us & followed us around the shop, but was a little shy when it came to receiving a pat:

There were so many things I wanted to buy, but I had to control myself! Here are some things I gave in to...some placemats & matching coasters, a handmade handbag with polka dot lining, a little wooden apple calendar with an elephant magnet & a linen table runner:

I wish there were more stores like this in Sydney...but come to think of it, that could be very dangerous! N