Here's a little hand towel I happened to find at Kanda Shrine in Ochanomizu as my friend and I were walking to Akihabara on our last day in Japan. I thought it was rather serendipitous and will be basing the coming boutique's logo off of it.We had no idea this little gem of a shrine was literally 2 blocks from our hotel. My friend and I had the morning and afternoon to kill before our flight and we decided to take a little stroll in the neighborhood we had called home for a few days. Ochanomizu is quiet and pretty little area on the Kanda river with the main street, Hongo Dori, lined with gingko biloba trees with their delicate split leaves.
We had grown very accustomed to cutting through the campus of the Tōkyō Medical and Dental University and crossing the Kanda river to get to the train station on our way to and from some other part of of the city. This is also where my beloved Origami Kaikan is located! I'll definitely be returning there to get some more projects and much more of their beautiful washi paper.
Ochanomizu also has a little vibrant core complete with the trainstation on one corner, a pachinko parlor across the street and a karaoke bar on the corner facing that one.
In the grand scheme of visiting Tōkyō, there's not much to do or see in Ochanomizu, but it's a very convenient and pleasant place to stay during your visit.
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