WEBVTT 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:28.080 Hi everyone! I'm here today in the fabric district with Kaila! 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:28.580 Hey! 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:32.520 The fabric district in Tokyo is called Nippori? 00:00:33.260 --> 00:00:33.760 Kaila: Yes 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:38.520 And I've been told that it is really big 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:40.640 And I'm very excited! 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:44.660 So I'm gonna take you all with me as I go and explore Fabric Town! 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:45.260 Yay! 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:01.260 It's big alright - 00:01:01.360 --> 00:01:07.280 Nippori's fabric district has a total of 90 fabric, bead, haberdashery and craft stores 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:10.940 These are all of the fabric stores 00:01:10.940 --> 00:01:12.980 For reference, that's ninety 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:14.720 *Ninety* fabric stores 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:17.340 We've been to... three? 00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:18.600 Three so far? 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.360 This is the damage that's already been done... 00:01:21.380 --> 00:01:22.740 We can't go to ninety 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:26.700 I could spend a whole two weeks just here! 00:01:27.660 --> 00:01:31.820 Make sure you pick up one of these guides to help you get around Fabric Town. 00:01:31.820 --> 00:01:36.280 These guides can be found in stands at the entrance of many of the fabric shops. 00:01:43.960 --> 00:01:48.740 However, I think the best method of exploring Fabric Town is to simply walk up and down 00:01:48.740 --> 00:01:52.040 the kilometre long street and go into any store that piques your interest. 00:01:52.180 --> 00:01:55.700 I'm going to show you around just a couple of the fabric stores I visited 00:01:56.020 --> 00:01:59.380 just so you can get an idea of the magic of this place. 00:01:59.720 --> 00:02:03.920 If you're a DIY-er of any kind, this place is actual heaven! 00:02:05.660 --> 00:02:08.140 In this one trip to Fabric Town alone, 00:02:08.140 --> 00:02:09.880 which only lasted a couple of hours, 00:02:09.960 --> 00:02:13.960 I managed to go into ten stores before my arms were suffering 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.560 from the amount of fabric I was carrying - 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:17.600 Not to mention my bank account! 00:02:17.600 --> 00:02:22.640 The number one fabric store that I suggest going to if you only get a couple of hours here 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:24.000 is the famous Tomato. 00:02:25.140 --> 00:02:27.920 There are four Tomato stores on this one street, 00:02:27.940 --> 00:02:32.420 with one of the Tomato stores having five huge floors of fabrics 00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:34.320 in just about any print that you can imagine. 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.360 Annika: Wait, there's three Tomatoes! 00:02:45.660 --> 00:02:46.940 Kaila: Hahaha, I'm sorry! 00:02:47.420 --> 00:02:47.920 Annika: Woah! 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:48.880 Kaila: I thought only two... 00:02:48.880 --> 00:02:49.520 Good luck! 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.360 Good luck... 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:17.200 Annika: Look what I found 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.680 Blue... fluffy... fabric... 00:03:21.480 --> 00:03:26.060 So many of you have asked me to recreate the blue fluffy shorts from Make Thrift Buy 00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:27.020 Like, episode four 00:03:27.220 --> 00:03:28.500 - I can finally do it! 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.720 Just had to go all the way to Japan for it! 00:03:31.720 --> 00:03:32.960 I'm pretty dedicated, you guys. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:36.840 And if you're travelling and need to save room in your suitcase, 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:42.740 there's plenty of smaller items like buttons and patches and beads and lace, and all the notions you could want, 00:03:42.900 --> 00:03:47.220 that will take up considerably less room on your flight back home 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:51.480 And finally, this! 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:54.340 Here is my fabric haul. 00:03:54.440 --> 00:03:58.940 I actually didn't do too badly, this is about two and a half, three kilos 00:03:59.100 --> 00:04:03.680 When you go fabric shopping, and especially here, it's good to go with a goal in mind 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.840 so you don't just end up with a bunch of random crap. 00:04:07.160 --> 00:04:11.800 My main goal for visiting Neppori was to find some particular fabrics 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:15.700 that I haven't been able to get my hands on in either Australia or online, 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:18.300 because Nippori has everything! 00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:20.200 So let me show you what I got. 00:04:20.540 --> 00:04:21.820 The first thing is: 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:24.480 - Fluff is gonna go everywhere - 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.420 Let me show you anyway - 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:27.480 Fluffy blue fabric! 00:04:27.820 --> 00:04:32.460 In the end, I decided on a pastel blue colour instead of a dark navy blue 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:37.180 because I'm much more likely to wear this colour than a dark blue 00:04:37.300 --> 00:04:39.940 and I have a bias towards pastel colours. 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:43.380 I was also really keen to get some knitted fabrics. 00:04:43.380 --> 00:04:45.620 Like not just knit fabric, but knitted-- 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:47.060 I'll show you what I mean. 00:04:47.140 --> 00:04:47.860 Like this! 00:04:48.340 --> 00:04:54.740 I've never really sewn with these kinds of fabric before so I'm really excited to see... how it goes. 00:04:55.080 --> 00:04:57.960 So, they were the two things that I "needed" 00:04:57.960 --> 00:05:04.460 I also, of course, ended up with some fabrics that I probably, like... I mean, they weren't on my list, 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:07.480 I didn't technically "need" them... 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:10.660 But I *needed* them... if you know what I mean. 00:05:11.640 --> 00:05:16.320 Because, I mean, obviously... I needed dog fabric 00:05:18.220 --> 00:05:21.140 It's so magical *sobs* 00:05:21.140 --> 00:05:23.800 I don't even know what I'm going to do with it, but... 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:26.840 *sighs* I have a metre of the stuff. 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:31.080 Maybe I'll do a video on what you can do with one metre of fabric... 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:32.820 Shorts? 00:05:33.640 --> 00:05:35.240 A crop top and short set? 00:05:35.660 --> 00:05:37.260 A billion cute dog pouches? 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:39.840 Endless possibilities! 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:41.520 And I guess I was going for a theme here - 00:05:41.820 --> 00:05:43.660 Here's my second dog fabric! 00:05:43.980 --> 00:05:49.300 French bulldog fabric on a denim coloured background! 00:05:49.780 --> 00:05:54.580 And the final fabric that I needed but didn't need but definitely needed: 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:57.360 is polar bear fabric! 00:05:57.400 --> 00:06:02.440 It's a comic about a polar bear and a penguin talking about cooking together 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:04.000 It's the best 00:06:04.460 --> 00:06:10.620 It's a quite thick, sturdy cotton, so I wanna make a backpack, hopefully, out of it. 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:12.540 Gotta learn how to make them 00:06:12.540 --> 00:06:13.800 next year in 2017. 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:16.740 And if I have any leftovers, endless makeup pouches! 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:22.020 And all these fabrics, best that I could tell, along with most of the fabrics I saw at Nippori, 00:06:22.020 --> 00:06:23.140 are made in Japan. 00:06:23.140 --> 00:06:27.680 Although obviously it was a little difficult to actually ask people because of the la nguage barrier - 00:06:28.520 --> 00:06:32.460 But on the bottom edge - the selvedge - it'll often tell you where the fabrics are made 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:33.740 so you can figure it out. 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:38.100 I've been posting a lot of photos and some videos of my trip over on my Instagram, 00:06:38.760 --> 00:06:41.880 if you wanna go and see what I've been up to so far! 00:06:41.880 --> 00:06:43.700 Thank you so much for watching this video, 00:06:43.700 --> 00:06:45.320 and I will see you all next time. 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:46.040 Bye! 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:51.520 A huge thank you to Kaila for meeting up with me and taking me around Nippori! 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:53.800 I have been an admirer of Kaila's work for years now, 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:57.680 so it was a dream to finally be able to meet up with her. 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.920 And she was just as lovely in person as she is online. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.860 Kaila's mission is to change the world through positivity and kawaii culture 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:10.220 and she runs the most wonderful blogs and Youtube channel, works for Japan Lover Me, 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:13.520 and helped establish the Kawai Philippines movement. 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:16.260 If you like journaling, definitely check out her Youtube channel 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:19.580 And if you don't like journaling, I promise you'll be addicted after watching her videos. 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:25.840 Annika: Why is there a giant Buzz Lightyear? 00:07:31.820 --> 00:07:32.620 *laughter* 00:07:33.200 --> 00:07:35.760 Kaila: So random, in Nippori there's a Buzz Lightyear. 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:41.060 Thank you to all my supporters on Pateron for making these videos possible! 00:07:41.140 --> 00:07:45.620 To become my Pateron supporter go on patreon.com/annikavictoria!