New discovery: Korin Japanese Knife store

Last week, I had to pick up a last-minute gift for my god-husband, Pete. He's the god-father to my awesome god-daughter. I decided to venture into the Japanese store that's around the corner from my office and discovered Korin (korin.com), which is now one of my new favorite places. They have an array of tableware, some affordable gifts (super cool gold and lucite chopsticks for under $3!!). The store is really dedicated to knives though, you can tell because most of the ones displayed behind the case range range from $150 to $1500. Who knew? I ended up getting Pete a set of hot pots which they kindly wrapped. I was in a hurry and already late which was a shame because I was in a Japanese store and gift-wrapping is an art-form in Japan! It took longer for the amazing wrap job than it did for me to pick out the hot pots! But the result was gorgeous - I wish I'd remembered to take a picture. The folks there are really kind as well, so I'll be doing a lot shopping there in the months to come!