Rikumo
If the serenity of trickling water and the faint smell of hinoki incense wafting through the air doesn’t clue you in, Japan is a place in Philadelphia, and it exists in its fullest manifestation at Rikumo. Founded by a Japanese couple with backgrounds in architecture and interior design, Rikumo opened in 2009 as an online store dedicated to bringing smart, high-quality Japanese housewares to the U.S. These days you can pick up brass bottle openers and simple-sleek matte-black graters at the store or steep yourself in Japanese-style slow living, courtesy of the new concept shop’s organic green tea line—served to you just for walking through the door.
PRO TIP: Customers go gaga over Rikumo’s towels. They’re slimmer and more compact than picnic-blanket-sized terrycloth towels—yet also somehow more absorbent.
THE DETAILS: Open Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
