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Rental Sewing Space in Tokyo

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“Co-working spaces” have been popping up all over Tokyo these days. It is a great place for someone like me who works from home to work, to meet new people and network. I’ve signed up for one place near Tokyo station and have been enjoying the new environment. Little did I know that a co-working space for sewers and crafters existed. Recently, I saw a facebook post that my friend made. The place is called “coromoza” and it is where you can sew, print fabrics, use a CAD  laser cutter and hang out with like-minded people.
Some of my expat friends here in Tokyo sew, but have a problem finding space to set up a sewing machine or find the length of their stay prevents them from investing in a machine and other equipment. Coromoza seems to be a perfect place for them!
I decided to check out the place one afternoon.

The place is a bit hard to find, unless you have Google Maps or exact direction to the place. It is about a minute walk from the exit 7 of Meiji Jingu Mae (明治神宮前駅) station (Fukutoshin line or Chiyoda line). The outside looks like an ordinary apartment building without any distinguishing sign. The name of the building is “Jingu Heights(神宮ハイツ)”. I double checked because it felt as though you are going into someone’s apartment without permission. Coromoza is on the 4th floor of the building. Coromoza outside view Vivat Veritas BlogHow to get to sewing studio coromoza

The place is smaller than I expected, but is well equipped with professional sewing machines (the speed and power are somewhat between that of home sewing machine and industrial sewing machine), surgers, CAD, vacuum iron, embroidery sewing machine, fabric printer and more. The price is 270yen per 15 minutes for non-members (so it costs 1080 yen per hour) or 3780 yen for a day. More details here (Japanese only).

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P.S. My review on Japanese online sewing supply stores here.

Coromozaという、明治神宮前にある服作りに必要なものが揃っているレンタルスペースに行ってきました。
職業用ミシン、ロックミシン、刺繍ミシン、ＣＡＤ、レーザーカッターや布プリンターなど、家庭には置けないようなものも揃っていました。
場所は駅近ですが、ちょっと分かりずらいかも。
外見はふつうのアパートの一室です。

家に使えない機械を試したりと、今後活用したいと思います！

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Happy Father’s Day!

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happy fathers dayHappy Father’s Day! We celebrated the Father’s day a day early with my father at this cute and cozy cafe in Ueno, called “Moineau” (モアノ). The place is combined with a small gallery, and when we went they had some dogs and cats pictures exhibitions. It seems like they have different exhibitions every month. The place is small and quiet. They had a yellow lab, just hanging out which Kiko loved. We ordered some crapes, and they kindly put the chocolate letter saying Happy Father’s Day in Japanese. cafe et galerie moineau ueno crapes vivat veritas cafe et galerie moineau ueno crapes vivat veritas2 cafe et galerie moineau ueno crapes vivat veritas3ChieSignature

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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day!

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Happy belated Valentine’s Day! It was a cold snowy day here. I took some time off from work and Andy and I went out for  lunch at a French restaurant called “Breeze of Tokyo“. One thing I absolutely love about living in Tokyo is that we have choices of great restaurants in abundance. So many nice places to choose from, and the price is really not bad, especially because we don’t have a tipping system here.

Breeze of Tokyo is located in the 36th floor of Marunouchi Building. The view would be magnificent at night. When we visited, it was snowing and the snow seems to be falling upwards, instead of falling from the sky.

We had a quiet afternoon without our sweet pig (Kiko). How was your Valentine’s day?

雪の日のバレンタインデーは、ちょっとお休みをとって、Andyと二人でBreeze of Tokyoというレストランにランチしに行きました。
丸ビルの３６階で、ランチセットはなんと２０００円！
絶対に２０００円以上の価値あったと、個人的には大満足でした。
また行きたい。

雪が舞ってる中、子供抜きのデートは本当に息抜き出来ました★

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