Well, I say if she wanted to do that she should have paid more attention while she was walking along. She completely missed some dessert shop and some places famous for paper. She missed most of the nori (the seaweed used for sushi)shops as well. Suddenly she looked up and we were on the outskirts of Ginza shopping!
One place she did manage to hit was Tamakiya. That was more coincidence than anything else. She would have missed it if it weren't for the fact she had to stop for a light at the intersection. As it was, she turned around to take a look at her surroundings. She liked the sign and was curious about the date the shop was established.
A shop lady noticed her interest in the store and came out to say hello and give her a paper with the history of the shop written in English. Curious about the shop wares and to take a break in some air conditioning, she decided to go in. Tamakiya specializes in preserved foods called tsukemono. To simply say it's a pickle store would be to miss the essence of the shop and the variety of ways the foods are preserved. The shop keeper offered her a cup of cold tea, a tiny onigiri to eat along with some pickled fish and some shiitake preserved in a soy sauce. I declined because I have a delicate tummy but it certainly looked tasty.
The shop keeper was really friendly and asked my photographer if she was a tourist and the two got to talking about how long my photographer has been in Japan and about our Tokaido Project. The shopkeeper also demonstrated great taste because she said I was very cute! Hee hee.
The wonderful staff at Tamakiya!
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