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A specialty macaroons shop that focuses on making confectionery that fits the taste of the Japanese. The gorgeous macaroons, which are designed to reduce the sweetness and enjoy the moist texture, are perfect for gifts, as well as a reward for yourself. In addition, "Macarompolo", which is made by squeezing and baking colorful macaron dough with lemon, pistachio, chocolate, strawberry, etc., is also a popular product. It also deals with chocolate sweets such as "Chocolat Caviar", which looks lovely and mixes with four types of chocolate coated with a crispy texture of cereal.

A food shop that was originally an Italian restaurant was renovated and opened. It has Italian ingredients such as olive oil and cans of tomatoes, as well as a variety of wines and delis, and food lovers go through it. The shop has a pretty pastel pink.

A French bread specialty shop along Itsukaichi Street, where you can enjoy French bread sandwiches made by order. French bread baked at around 13:00 on weekdays and "Yakisoba France" on Saturdays are also popular.

A specialty shop that features all kinds of American "Mrs Grossman" stickers and items that started a boom in the 1980 s with designs of hearts and bears. Cute stickers are hung all over the wall in the shop, and you can enjoy just watching. When you find the sticker you want, cut the required length with a perforation, take it to the cash register and settle it. The store also sells greeting cards that combine stickers, masking tape and beads, as well as tag cards and charms that are drawn with free ideas such as rose red hearts and polka dot circles.

It deals with Japanese glass lighting and furniture from the Meiji to early Showa period. There are also fittings such as glass doors, lattice doors, etc., and design and enforcement is carried out from stores to condominium detached renovations and old private house regeneration.

From the perspective of creating a nice and cozy cafe-style space, the store offers a large selection of old furniture and old tools with sundries and DIY goods. The items in the store vary from new, old, Japanese, and overseas, and there is a wide range of items from easy-priced items to life-time items.

The more than 200 boxes in the store are lined with self-made individual works that are not in general circulation, and there are only one unique thing in the world, from sundries to CDs, poetry collections and handmade cartas.

A store specializing in paper goods, which deals with sundries that are stuck in paper materials. There are cute paper items such as birthday cards with colorful patterns, envelopes and notepads that will delight from children to adults. Cute animal clips and tape cutters, letterpress-printed one-stroke sticky notes, and message cards designed with colorful birds and flowers that become three-dimensional when opened, are all specialty products. There is one book cover that reuses the covers of old magazines and books, so if you like it, let's buy it without hesitation.

A recycled antique kimono shop that is a topic among kimono lovers. It is an overwhelming selection of items and has a special name as "the sacred place of fashionable kimonos." The store is surrounded by antiques is a nostalgic and different space, and there is a charm that makes you want to walk over and over.

A flower shop located a 3-minute walk from the south exit of Nishi-Ogikubo Station. As well as the sale of flowers, we also provide services such as pruning of trees in the garden. Flower lessons, whose content changes every month and a half, are also popular, and are loved by many people, especially the residents of Ogikubo.