One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
Your scribe has just returned from another short working break to Osaka and was lucky enough to have again sampled the fine wines and fine food on offer there. There are four Michelin 3 Star restaurants in Osaka, so if you're a gourmand then Osaka is the place for you.
Whilst there, I was also lucky enough to have witnessed the loss of yet another game by the Osaka Buffaloes. That's their logo above. Like a lot of their supporters, I have never seen them win a game....maybe one day. Japanese baseball is fun alternative to America's "big show" baseball, as they call it. Although the fans are just as ardent and the games are always full of spectator participation. Your scribes favourite part of the whole exercise is where the various beer vendors try and spruik your custom. The three major breweries were there competing and seeking your baseball brewski order....Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin. Last week I settled for the Sapporo.
As always, I managed to range the back streets of bars, food joints and shops....a Link Man on the prowl!!!! Today's little beauties are small ceramic tile cuff links that a young artist had hand painted. He had a number of quite exquisite traditional Japanese designs along with some more contemporary ones. His little store of only a couple of square metres provided the perfect source of new links and of course the gift links for those back home.
Back to the Buffaloes......the home games for the Osaka Buffaloes are at the Osaka Dome which is wonderful futuristic structure and a great fun venue for baseball....or "bassieburrow" as they say in Japan. With capacity seating at about 35,000 a packed home game is always full of atmosphere and there is so much merchandising available you are bound to leave with all the latest shirts and hats for those back home!!
Today's links are worn with a cream coloured cotton Simon Carter of London shirt and silk Chanel neck tie with lilac lily motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series .....
Your scribe has just returned from another short working break to Osaka and was lucky enough to have again sampled the fine wines and fine food on offer there. There are four Michelin 3 Star restaurants in Osaka, so if you're a gourmand then Osaka is the place for you.
Whilst there, I was also lucky enough to have witnessed the loss of yet another game by the Osaka Buffaloes. That's their logo above. Like a lot of their supporters, I have never seen them win a game....maybe one day. Japanese baseball is fun alternative to America's "big show" baseball, as they call it. Although the fans are just as ardent and the games are always full of spectator participation. Your scribes favourite part of the whole exercise is where the various beer vendors try and spruik your custom. The three major breweries were there competing and seeking your baseball brewski order....Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin. Last week I settled for the Sapporo.
As always, I managed to range the back streets of bars, food joints and shops....a Link Man on the prowl!!!! Today's little beauties are small ceramic tile cuff links that a young artist had hand painted. He had a number of quite exquisite traditional Japanese designs along with some more contemporary ones. His little store of only a couple of square metres provided the perfect source of new links and of course the gift links for those back home.
Back to the Buffaloes......the home games for the Osaka Buffaloes are at the Osaka Dome which is wonderful futuristic structure and a great fun venue for baseball....or "bassieburrow" as they say in Japan. With capacity seating at about 35,000 a packed home game is always full of atmosphere and there is so much merchandising available you are bound to leave with all the latest shirts and hats for those back home!!
Today's links are worn with a cream coloured cotton Simon Carter of London shirt and silk Chanel neck tie with lilac lily motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
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