蔡老師の賞味特區

KITTE, 是日文"郵票"的意思，

就在東京車站丸の內南口出來左邊，

以往是東京中央郵政局的舊址，

2013年三月底才開的KITTE，

現在則是東京人氣最高的商場之一。

KITTE is one of the recent opened shopping centers in Tokyo,

It used to be the Tokyo central post office, and the name "KITTE" actually means "postal stamps" in Japanese.

2013年聖誕節的裝飾，以簡單代替繁複

沒有聖誕LED燈一閃一閃，沒有聖誕小裝飾掛在三層樓高的樹上 

只又厚厚的白雪積在大樹上

我覺得，這棵是全東京最美的聖誕樹！

With such a simple Christmas decoration, without bling bling LED lights, no Christmas ornaments,

Just white snow covered a 3-story-tree,

To me, that's the most beautiful Christmas tree in Tokyo!

每天當天色暗下來後，KITTE舊會有固定每小時有幾次的燈光音樂秀，

雖然短短三分鐘，但看到巨大的聖誕樹隨著溫和感性的音樂變色時，

所有在shopping的人也會暫時放下手邊的東西圍在走到上看，

每一層的走道都被人群包圍，1F的人潮更是充滿大廳。

Every evening starting 5 pm, there will be a lighting show accompanied with soft music on the Christmas tree!

有別於大多數的東京商場及百貨，我喜歡KITTE是他有80%的商店都是設計性很強的商店

設計性飾品、文具、雜貨、生活用品，實在是一個太好逛！

說白了，就是文青去的地方，文青為愛死的地方！

只不過奇怪，怎麼歐巴桑、歐吉桑還是站多數呢？

喔～原來文青都要上班上課......*&@*^#&^$)@(

Unlike most shopping centers in Tokyo,

Kitte is more concentrate on the designed products,

from accessories, stationary, to household products,

It's a really wonderful place for all of us who just love unique designed stuff!

位於四樓的Marunouchi Reading Store已經變成我最近很喜歡一直去的店之一

One of the shops I love and keep going is this one!

Marunouchi Reading Store on the 4th floor.

裡面賣書、賣文具、小東西，還可以喝咖啡點東西吃，

我喜歡這家店的最大原因是，你可以從它販售的書籍當中挑一本，

點杯茶，慢慢的看書喝咖啡吃甜點，

看完後再放到歸還書本的小推車上由服務生歸還書本。

簡直就是太.......人性化了！

It has books, stationary, accessories, little interesting objects,

One of the many things I like about this store is you can actually take a book or some books,

sit down at their café and order a cup of tea while reading the up-paid books!

Just like a library but even better!

在決定要不要買這本書前，我可以先好好地、輕鬆地坐下來讀讀書，

不需要站著，也不需要急，我認為實在是太棒了！

不過，想一想，這樣的自由必須要再一個高度文化及自律的世界中才有可能發生。

能想像有人不愛惜為付賬的書籍，亂翻、亂拗粗魯對待，弄得髒兮兮的又不負責任的不結帳走人，

還想想，要是有人偷偷塞進包包帶走書本，店家不是虧大了嗎？

我覺得台灣還不行吧～ 別說台灣，美國也不可能，

丹麥或許可以，新加坡不知如何？

I wonder does the shop-owner ever worry about people ruining the books and don't pay for it,

or simply steal it...

It can only happen in such highly developed manner within people, such as the Japanese..

另一個讓我喜歡這家店的原因是我發現他們的商品選擇，組合真的都相當不賴

連書本都是經過精心挑選的，東西不再多而在精！

Also I love their product selections, it's so much fun to look around and play with things!

所以，只要是沒有課的日子，我想看看書就會到KITTE四樓的Marunouchi Reading Store來，

找一個面窗的位子坐下，點一杯茶，

好好安安靜靜地花上兩小時！

What I like the most is sometimes in the morning, I'll go there, order a cup of tea and sit by the window

just reading for 2 hours then head to their restaurant floor on 5th and 6th for lunch!

Oh! That's me...

KITTE

〒100-0005 東京都千代田区丸の内２−７−２

03-3216-2811

Shop 11:00~21:00 (mon~sat) 11:00~20:00 (sun)　  

Restaurant  11:00~23:00 (mon~sat) 11:00~22:00 (sun)