Five new bento boxes as been added to the list. We hope you will like those new boxes

As promised two traditional wooden models in replacement of Choukaku Nidanbento that we no longer offer. These are the Iriko Keiyaki and the Awase Koban. Both are lacquered with traditional urushi lacquer and have an exceptional finish.

Also you will find three new plastic bento boxes respectively named Hana Red, Hana Black and Temari.
All these three models all have a little handy trick: the removable part of in the middle can turn upside down and make the bento less high when the meal is finished. So it takes much less space! The better to understand the system is to go take a look at the pictures of these products.

Swiss Franc (CHF) has been added to he shop in order to make things easier for our customer from Switzerland

At first we were rather skeptical but we have finally decided to add a small ‘Pin it’ button on all our product pages. We changed our mind after reading several articles in English and the comments to these articles. Also we were pleased to find that some of our products were already on the site!
It turns out that the addition of the function is very easy and is free so why not give it a try?
To add a product to your ‘board’ simply click on the ‘Pin it’ button located next to the Facebook button.

In case you never heard about Pinterest, it is a social network that allows you to share the stuff you like using ‘boards’. On these boards you can virtually ‘pin’ pictures of things that you find interesting. As for Twitter, the whole community can see what you post on your account. Also anyone can ‘re-pin’ your selections.
Right now this new network is particularly popular in English speaking countries but it should not take long before it is getting popular elsewhere.
You still need an invitation to open an account but considering the rapid development of the site this may change very soon.

If you already are a Pinterest user we are very interested about your feedback!
Otherwise feel free to ask us for an invitation!

The Darobou Neko, those cute ceramic cats handmade and hand painted in Mino (Gifu prefecture) have finally been added to the shop!
You can discover them on the Dorobou Neko category page.

With the arrival of the timeline for fan pages we were more or less forced to redo the layout
You can see the results here: http://www.facebook.com/tokyosmart.
We tried to do something that remains in the minds of our site with a rather simple design and a large picture from our shop.
What bothers us with this new layout is the disappearance of the ‘Welcome’ tab, which allowed us to display a custom page when a visitor arrived on the page. This personalized page allowed us to present our activity and invite the visitor to become a fan.
With the new timeline a lot of restrictions have emerged. By example we are not allowed to display the url of our shop or to add a ‘call-to-action’ (become a fan, comment …) on the cover photo.
Anyway we had no choice as all the fans pages were concerted to this format on March 31.
In the end we’re pretty happy with the result and hope you will like this new presentation.
Lately we haven’t had much time to develop our fan page (and our blog as well) and we will really have to improve that. So we think about a way to make them more lively and interesting to our fans. If indeed you have any ideas as always feel free to let us know! I also remind you that you are free to post messages to our fans so do not hesitate.

Otherwise we have a bit of delay on adding new products particularly due to the move which was made without incident.
Coming soon new ceramic cats (which are not Maneki-nekos) and three new bento boxes.
We still hesitate to add a few Tanuki statues.

Also for those who subscribe to the newsletter be informed that we will move to a new format which will allow us to have prettiest newsletters and to reach more people since they were blocked by some Internet companies.

Finally we have another project in the pipeline that this time would be dedicated solely to Japanese customers. A project that we found interesting but that will take time because it requires that we develop the manufacture of the product here in Japan!
Although this project does not directly concern Tokyo Smart it will be developed in parallel. Rest assured however that this should not have a great influence on the store as we organize ourselves so that everything goes smoothly.

We  have recently moved a few kilometers away from Tokai-shi in a city called Chita-shi.
Here is our new address:

Tokyo Smart
478-0024
Aichi-ken Chita-shi
Minamikasuya 4-245
- JAPAN -

We have just added the last modifications to our shipping options.
The option concerned by those changes is S.A.L.
We have divided this choice into 2 parts:
* S.A.L Small Packet for packages under 2kg / 4.4lbs
- delivery within 2 to 3 weeks
- no insurance, no tracking number
* S.A.L
- delivery within 2 to 3 weeks
- insurance for loss and damage included
- tracking number included

What it means is that from now for any order over 2kg / 4.4lbs you can choose a cheaper option than EMS while still benefiting from an insurance and a tracking number.

Note that this should be the last change regarding shipping before a while