Kokeshi in Tokyo!!!

Yay, JUST OPENED, a shop called Tohoku Standard market is selling Tohoku goods, including a wide variety of kokeshi dolls in Tokyo in SKY TREE Solamachi (at the base of the tree).

The interior is beautiful and chic; most likely, you will go to the Sky tree anyways on your trip (it is amazing...seriously!)
They are sourcing kokeshi, as well as other handcrafted items/ art pieces from all over Tohoku.

You can get 100% genuine, authentic, handmade kokeshi from registered craftsmen. Almost ALL the kokeshi you see in the airport shops, and tourist kitsch shops are not real kokeshi, and are probably made in a different country. If you want the real thing, the places you can get them are limited.

Check it out! Looks really really cool!!

PS -- you can also get my book there too!