Tegamisha
Yesterday, I dropped by my mate Koga san‘s awesome bookstore cafe, Tegamisha in Tsutsujigaoka and had a coffee and some sweets. The cafe is located in an unsuspecting location in the courtyard of a giant drab apartment complex.
The people living in the area are very lucky to have this enclave of goodness at the center, serving up its amazing concoctions with extreme attention to beautiful detail in the way only Japanese do. Although I didn’t eat anything, every dish that came out of the kitchen made me giggle with mouth-watering delight seeing such wonderfully thought out dishes.
The coffee was amazing and served in a beautiful hand-made ceramic cup that kept my hands warm while I perused many of the awesome old books there.
I found one old book from maybe the 70′s that featured 100 Japanese photographers. I got to a page that looked somewhat familiar by an artist known as Hiromichi Moriyama.
Upon closer inspection there was no mistaking it was Daido.
Here are some close-ups.
Haha, so cool…
Anyway, you should go check this place out. Its really cool and well worth a walk over. Here’s a map.
December 26th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Big thanks for the write up and the map. This looks great. I was speaking to him about the shop before he set it up. Glad to hear it’s up and running. I’ll have to drop by (Although I’m worried I will leave cash poor from buying too many books).
December 27th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Agreed, it’s a great place and you are so right about the attention to detail. We had an impromptu acoustic performance on our outing which really helped top the visit. Great stuff Koga-san.
December 30th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Hiromichi is his given name, no?
I remember being told that he took the geimei of Daido after the 70s but I could be (most likely am) wrong.