{"id":157,"date":"2018-02-17T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T13:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2018\/02\/17\/201824kitte\/"},"modified":"2018-02-17T13:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T13:46:20","slug":"201824kitte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2018\/02\/17\/201824kitte\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we first arrived in Japan there was a huge post office close to Tokyo station. Quite convenient at the time for tourists because post offices where the only places or so where you could withdraw cash from an ATM with a foreign credit card. But the building didn\u2019t resist the whole tide of renewals in the Marunouchi area, the construction of the Shin Marunouchi building, the opening of brick town and the revamping of the station. Opened since 2013,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/jptower-kitte.jp\">Kitte<\/a>&nbsp;(which means \u201cpost stamp\u201d in Japanese) is the shopping mall in that very former post office in front of Tokyo Station (Marunouchi south). They basically kept the facade and some of the inside such as the old postmaster office. Otherwise it is a shopping mall like many others, with a flair for Japanese brands and local products. I\u2019ve been visiting it a few times and I find it nice to stroll in because it is usually little crowded. There are two places I like there:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hokurokusousui.com\/en\/\">\u5317\u9e93\u8349\u6c34&nbsp;Hokuroku souui<\/a>, a brand that sells mainly soaps and body soaps and a few cosmetics and skin cares made in Japan with simple ingredients. They have two main fragrances for their body soaps and most of their products, so it\u2019s quite limited but it\u2019s just enough because both smell super delicious: hinoki and yuzu. I find hinoki perfect for every situations, it is both stimulating and soothing at the same time. It smells our first trips to Japan, when we were bringing back charcoal soaps with hinoki fragrance as souvenir. It smells a long time ago!!!<\/p>\n<p>      <img src=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intermediatheque.jp\">Intermediatheque<\/a>&nbsp;is the other place worth seeing at Kitte. It is a giant \u201ccabinet de curiosities\u201d, a museum &nbsp;(linked to the University of Tokyo museum) with free access that is worth the detour and spending 30 to 90min in or even more. There are many inspiring things on display of various biology, anthropology, physics, engineering&#8230; the organization is such that it gives the impression to wander in the attic of a museum with all these treasures kept secret. Yet a very sleek one!! The top pictures was taken there, but no spoilers, go and check out yourself!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we first arrived in Japan there was a huge post office close to Tokyo station. Quite convenient at the time for tourists because post offices where the only places or so where you could withdraw cash from an ATM with a foreign credit card. 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