{"id":14865,"date":"2019-01-16T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/?p=14865"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:15:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:15:59","slug":"taiko-drumming-a-day-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prettygreentea.com\/2019\/01\/taiko-drumming-a-day-in-london","title":{"rendered":"Taiko Drumming &#038; A Day in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/45847371915\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"King Cross London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4904\/45847371915_e8156ccf29_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"King Cross London\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start of November I popped into London with my mum to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stokke.com\/GBR\/en-gb\/home\">Stokke shop<\/a> in Westfield. It was a success. Getting from Kings Cross to White City was really easy and because it was raining so heavily we didn&#8217;t feel as though we&#8217;d missed out on seeing our favourite spots in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/45847371505\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Stokke Shop London Westfield\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4918\/45847371505_c50268e0e7_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Stokke Shop London Westfield\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of the trip was to find out everything we could about the full range of Stokke products &#8211; cots, prams, high chairs, the lot! I&#8217;m a big fan of the brand but had never seen any of their products IRL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased to say that the staff were super helpful and really talked us through their full range of stock. We left with a wealth of new, baby related knowledge and headed to Wahaca to discuss. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/45992096564\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Mum Prettygreentea London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4816\/45992096564_63b0c8262f_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Mum Prettygreentea London\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Wahaca was an early birthday treat for my mum, she&#8217;d never been before. As always, the food was delicious and although it was busy we were able to catch up on all things baby related. At that point I still had just over 3 months to go and suddenly we&#8217;re down to 7 weeks and 2 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K19A3Q-w484\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, the real point of today&#8217;s post was to share the video of the fantastic Taiko drummers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/46762342891\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Ichiba Hello Kitty London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4875\/46762342891_dabc81c3b0_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Ichiba Hello Kitty London\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>They were outside the newly opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ichibalondon.com\/\">Ichiba<\/a> &#8211; Europe&#8217;s largest Japanese food hall! It&#8217;s well worth a visit. They have so many Japanese products, confectionery, sake, fresh sushi, street food, bakery, gifts and much more. I stocked up on some bakery bits to take home and even found the red bean and chestnut block that I&#8217;d tried years ago when Pip returned from Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/45992091954\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Taiko Drumming London\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4827\/45992091954_4ba43d9b41_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" alt=\"Taiko Drumming London\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time I saw Taiko drumming was at the Kaetsu in Cambridge. I was blown away by it and looked into taking classes myself. Unfortunately there aren&#8217;t any here in Sheffield but it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll do when we move in the next couple of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/daisyhatami\/46762343231\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Taiko Classes\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4855\/46762343231_ed4c6bdba6_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Taiko Classes\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>The drummers outside of Ichiba were amazing. You really have to see them perform in real life to get the full experience. Hopefully my video will give you a little taster of what Taiko drumming is like.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of November I popped into London with my mum to visit the Stokke shop in Westfield. It was a success. 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