The Highs And Lows Of Shopping for Art Supplies In Tokyo: Shopping, Swatching & Testing

Curl up for an adventure of art supply shopping as I hit the streets of Tokyo, ready to restock old favorites like my Turner and Holbein acrylic gouache, as well as visiting some cool, aesthetic art stores.
⭐STORES/BRANDS MENTIONED:
✼Sekaido, Shinjuku
✼Gekkoso, Ginza
✼Pigment, Tennozu Isle
✼Amazon Japan
✼Kuretake Watercolours
✼Turner Acrylic Gouache
✼Holbein Acrylic Gouache
⭐About me:
I’m Kat (aka Kathryn), a part time artist living in Melbourne, Australia. I work mainly in multimedia using materials like acrylic gouache, Caran d’ache luminance pencils, Ecoline markers, Caran d’ache neocolors and so much more.
⭐LINKS
✼INSTAGRAM: @sketching.the.world.with.kat ( / sketching.the.world.wi... )
✼KO-FI ko-fi.com/sketchingtheworld

[@ChantelleArts]

This is so good, what a fantastic haul ☺☺

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

Thank you!! 😊

[@ArtDreamPainting]

This is so good, what a fantastic haul

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

Thanks so much!!

[@haejinchung8105]

Thank you so much for posting the prices in yen ❤

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

You’re welcome 😊

[@oficinacaracolinho]

So many goodies 🤩 Iove the Kuretake paints, I have the basic small set! Hope you are feeling better by now Kat 👋

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

I haven't even swatched the Kuretake set. I might do that today 😃

[@thepeoplesmovies1]

Lovely goodies can't wait until 2025, when I go myself, UK GBP pound forget is better than us dollar, today it's 197 yen to £1 GBP, last week it was 215 yen to pound, great video!

[@thepeoplesmovies1]

My hotel last November was close to making at tawaramachi as I used Miramar station a lot

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

Lucky. The AUD is at a good exchange rate but not at 'spend like crazy' levels! You'll have a ball!

[@linda5809]

Do you sketch when you're laid up in your hotel? Every one of my travel journals has at least one sketch of the room from my sick day.

[@sketchingtheworldwithkat]

I do. I even did a still life of all my cold meds, lozenges etc. Do you often get sick when you travel? I always do when I go to Japan.