Throwback to Tokyo

A white shopping bag printed with a large green hand and the words Tokyu Hands. This was my throwback to our trip to Tokyo!

Tokyu Hands is a Japanese department store famous for its craft, stationery and kitchen floors, a favorite stop for bakers hunting for cutters, molds and tools that are hard to find elsewhere. The trip left its mark on my baking. The Pokémon cookie cutter in this collection is one I bought in Japan, and Japanese pastry shows up again and again in my later years: the Hokkaido-style cheese tart, the strawberry shortcake and the milk bread.