Tokyo tea shop shows that crafts aren’t just for the experts
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Tokyo: Near the National Stadium, in an area of Tokyo full of shops and restaurants, there is a cafe that is also a craft workshop, where customers ca...
Tokyo: Near the National Stadium, in an area of Tokyo full of shops and restaurants, there is a cafe that is also a craft workshop, where customers can paint whatever they like in their favorite colors on cups before drinking Japanese tea from them.
Edo Saryo (Craft and Cafe) Aoyama in Shibuya Ward opened in March.
Customers can choose from about 30 teacups and handleless mugs and apply special acrylic paints in around 10 colors, including red, blue and pink, to the surface to depict flowers, stripes or whatever they fancy.
They then dry the painted areas with a small hair dryer and apply colors again. Customers repeat this process three times and then apply a coating agent to the surface at the end.
The workshop lasts about two hours and results in customers making teacups that are totally unique.
