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These are some of the many things we bought in Tokyo Hands: Some special rubber to make your own stamps, ink, pencils, mini stickers etc... Tokyu Hands is what I imagine Woolworths (in the UK) USED to be like (so my grandma tells me!) - almost everything that you can imagine for your life and living. They even call Tokyu...

We took the Tokyo Metro to visit the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa on Saturday. Ophelia is enjoying the attention that she receives in Japan - and there's a lot of it, friendly old ladies with big smiles, shop staff wanting to play and random people just wanting to touch her arm or head as she walks by. I guess with...

We went to this great bookstore in Roppongi Hills called Tsutaya. They classify their books by category so it was very easy to replace our way. I could have stayed hours in there just looking at book covers. Just great. Here is some of my selection: These educative books teach you how to draw people, animals and other things... This...

So we have arrived in Tokyo. 11 hours of flying - with just two hours of sleep - the flight was actually quite pleasant. Ophelia enjoyed the attention of most passengers on the plane, our first experience of how friendly and welcoming Japanese people are! After a little sleep to make up the lost night we headed towards Omotesando, the...

We're off soon traveling around the world (ie:Simon, Julie and 2 years old Ophelia). We're off discovering new places and getting lots of inspiration for new ideas on products for Famille Summerbelle. Our first stop will be Japan. I can't wait! We're meeting Takako who is going to show us around and take us to lovely shops. After a couple...

We have just finished our latest version of Famille Summerbelle website, making it more easy to use and a little more Internationally friendly. We also have 4 new prints fresh for Autumn. And as you can see we are planning a World Tour starting from next week! Famille Summerbelle will take you to lots of exciting destinations until Christmas. We...