Since I arrive to Japan I’ve been looking for a place where to buy kintsugi. For those who don’t know, kintsugi is the famous japanese technique used to repair broken pottery with gold.
Event though the technique has become very famous, it’s hard to find a place where to buy it, since for japanese people it’s weird to sell it since it’s something broken.
Good news are that the other day I went to an amazing coffee store in the neighborhood of Minato in Tokyo where you can find it! It’s called Cafe Cha Dance.
The place it’s a small cafe and it feels like entering to an actual japanese house. Its owner is a super warm japanese woman who is also a pottery collector. When some of her pieces get broken, she ask to some of her friends who do kintsugi to fix them.
It’s a very special place to buy it. The are no an infinity range of kintsugi pieces to select, but that’s kind part of it’s magic.
Here’s the google maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FUtzk9vXETdu37kY6?g_st=ic
by jacintagirardi