Gaia is a wonderful natural foods store. Ironically, we found it on our way to Kua Ai’na, a hamburger restaurant near Shin-Ochanomizu.

Tod calls it the “deadhead yaoya” because of the music they play, but I think of it as another one of the “crazy food stores” we’ve enjoyed since our friends introduced us to not-cheese, not-milk, and not-meat a dozen years ago.

In addition to the requisite not-products, they carry excellent bread, all sorts of grains, legumes and cereals, and plenty of vegetables and fruits. I found mikan blossom honey, carob cookies and herb teas. Tod says there’s wonderful soap in the basement.

I bought millet, bread and mikan and already anticipate going for hamburgers again soon. Which place is an excuse to visit the other, I’m not sure. Posted by kuri at March 06, 2002 08:49 AM