Only Free Paper

Zine lovers in Tokyo will absolutely LOVE Shibuya's Only Free Paper store! It's a mini-me shop situated on Cat street where you can pick up many Japanese 'free papers'. They also have an archive of each of the free papers so you can take a seat on the bench and relax looking over the collection. Hiki-chan and I spent a lovely rainy afternoon there today getting inspiration for our MCA zine fair zines!

Which brings me to my other exciting zine news! Hello Sandwich will have a table at the MCA zine fair ! If you are in Sydney on the 22nd May, please pop in and look out for the Hello Sandwich Tokyo table which will also showcase some zines from Hello Sandwich Tokyo based zine making friends Hiki-chan, polkaros, Ben Davis , BOM, Sunshine to you, Mark Drew and lovely Yumi Takahashi who I shared a MCA zine fair table with last year. A super thank you to Miss Beatrice for minding our booth :)

Zine Making!
GET INTO IT!

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Kitazawa Out and About

Shimokitazawa crossing.





ゴミの日. Rubbish is placed neatly along the street gardens on rubbish day.





I think I am going Instagram mad! I just can't help myself. Here are some pics from out and about in Kitazawa.

Kitazawa Details

The little things in Tokyo make me so happy. Seeing a man write kanji characters on a chalk board in the back of a truck on my morning walk. A tiffany blue neatly wound hose on my way home from the supermarket. Spotting some Japanese books someone has given away on the side of the street, neatly presented in an open cardboard box. Plastic planter pots taped up with tan coloured packaging tape. A teeny baby blue rubbish bin with pink ribbons tied on each handle, presumably for identification. Walking through my neighbourhood at 9am you will see obaachans sweeping up leaves from an already neat garden, and at 7pm you can smell the only-in-Japan smell of households taking their daily bath with distinctively Japanese smelling bath products. Here are a few detail shots from my walk around my little neighbourhood today.

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Hello Sandwich in Uppercase Magazine

A special thank you to the creative team at Uppercase and lovely Tommy for putting together this Hello Sandwich interview in Uppercase magazine. I received the PDF today! and the issue is on it's way in the post. I can't wait to see the issue, it looks like there are some fantastic articles in there. Thank you so much Uppercase for this lovely layout you have created :)

Check out Uppercase Community too!

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Interview about my work history at VOGUE Living

There is a little interview about my work history at VOGUE Living magazine over at Girl With A Satchel. If you've ever wondered what working at a magazine is like, you might find it interesting. By the way, have you seen the latest issue of VOGUE Living? There is a sneak peek here on the VOGUE Living blog.

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烏山 緑道 (Karasuyama Nature Walk)

Another lovely afternoon spent with nature, this time for a jog along the Karasuyama Nature Walk. Gracie and I often have fun spotting the different art tiles along the path. And those super neat colourful spring gardens - waou!

Happy Weekend Sandwiches! I hope you can enjoy some lovely nature this weekend.

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みどりの日 (Greenery Day)

A lovely picnic on みどりの日 (Greenery Day) in beautiful Shinjuku Gyoen. Sandwiches, hot green tea, reading books in the sunshine, watching kawaii kids throw balls and roll down grass hills, so many colourful leisure sheets, people taking photos of flowers, afternoon naps on the grass relaxing with sounds of chatter and laughter. This is one of the prettiest parks ever.