Lost Guides

21/07/2020

I have a thing for orchids 🍃💜. Wearing the Orchid wrap printed dress from sustainable local brand SUI. I’ll be doing an Instagram Live chat with the founder this Wed 22nd July at 6pm Singapore time, talking about and how we can be tourists in our own city, do join us!

Lost Guides: https://www.instagram.com/lostguides/
Sui: https://www.instagram.com/wearesui/

25/02/2020

Thank you Green Is The New Black for coming to see me and talk about conscious travel. I talk about what I bring with me when I travel and my love for vintage clothing! Watch the video below xx

06/02/2020

My Tokyo book made it into Stylist magazine ‘The Style List’ 📝💘. “Discover the delights of Tokyo before the Olympics land with this guide to its coolest spots” 🇯🇵😄📚

Available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Guides-Beyond-Stylish-Offbeat/dp/9811405387/

23/01/2020

A few of my favourite flea markets and vintage shops from my Tokyo book, as told to the London Evening Standard
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https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/vintage-shopping-guide-tokyo-a4336881.html

Japan is a country rich in history, culture and memorable experiences - an exquisite mix of both the traditional and the modern. While Tokyo is often admired for the new, its real charm lies in the old. Tokyo has, for a while, been on the bucket list for the more experiential traveller – those int...

21/01/2020

''Discover the delights of Tokyo before the Olympics land with this guide to its coolest spots.'' Thank you Stylist Magazine Xx

21/01/2020

Thrilled to see Stylist Magazine feature my book 'Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond' in this week's 'The Style List'! https://www.stylist.co.uk/fashion/style-list/the-style-list-shop-environment-skincare-vegan-gift/343115

Something caught your eye in this week’s magazine?

14/01/2020

Our Tokyo & Beyond giveaway with Frankie Magazine is still on, open til 20th Jan for Australia readers! https://www.frankie.com.au/item/8707-stuff-mondays-tokyo-and-beyond

Whether you’re heading to Tokyo for the first or fourth time, it’s highly likely that you’ll experience sensory overload as soon as you set foot in th...

13/11/2019

Getting ready for the Boutique Fairs Singapore this week. I’ll be selling book + photo gift packs - great for Christmas presents or self-gifting! 😉📚📸

04/11/2019

Thanks for the write up !

Scrum, Sento and Sushi will be in order if England are crowned Rugby World Cup Champions in Japan.

17/10/2019

Looking forward to chatting all things travel, food and coffee with fellow authors Eka Wong and Pok Yue Weng at Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store this Sat! Do come and join! 📚🇯🇵✨
Event details: https://kinokuniya.com.sg/events/tokyo-themed/

11/10/2019

💐 My Little Marché 📚
Come join us next Sunday 20th October for a pop-up event in the gorgeous studio of Aude Ask a French - Flowers in Tiong Bahru.
Shop and chat with Esse, Hello Chocolate, , Ask a French - Flowers and me! 🧵🍫👛
RSVP for the address and details here: ✨https://mailchi.mp/askafrenchflowers/mylittlemarche

30/09/2019

My new book 'Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond' is now out in the UK, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA! 🇯🇵📚
Full stockist list on my website: http://www.thelostguides.com/book/stockists/

🇬🇧 UK: Stanfords Travel, Foyles Bookshop, Daunt Books, Magma, Amazon.co.uk

🇸🇬 Singapore: Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store, BooksActually, kapok singapore, In Good Company

🇮🇩 Indonesia: Periplus

🇦🇺 Australia: Dymocks Books, Readings, Berkelouw Books, Kinokuniya Sydney

🇳🇿 New Zealand: Superette Store

🇺🇸 USA: Amazon.com, IndieBound, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble

🌍 Worldwide: Book Depository

19/09/2019

Ello ello, Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond is now available as an E-Book, for those that like to travel lightly! 🎒🇯🇵

Buy here: http://www.thelostguides.com/lost-guides-tokyo-beyond-book/

05/09/2019

Hello London! Thank you so much to everyone who came to my first UK book event at Stanfords Travel in Covent Garden to celebrate the launch of my new book 'Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond'. It was great to see so many of you! 🇯🇵📔🎙🚀

26/08/2019

Thank you to everyone who came to the Singapore launch of my new book ‘Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond’ at BooksActually 📚🇯🇵🚀! Great to see a mix of friends and new faces 💁🏼‍♀️! Here are a few photos from Saturday! .Thanks for the photos 💕

21/08/2019

Thank you Top Drawer London !!

''After much deliberation, the Spotted Award's panel of judges, comprising of leading industry professionals from the likes of Tate Enterprises, The Conran Shop and Wolf & Badger, has chosen the nine brands who will go forward to the final judging, based on the following criteria: originality and innovation, commercial viability, clarity of brand and communication of message, and quality of the design. https://bit.ly/2zlYiRT

Those shortlisted for the SPOTTED AWARD A/W19 are:
The Fox in the Attic
Tatie Lou
Sarah Dunbar Design
Panda Parker
Lost Guides
Londe Botanics - British Grown Body Oils
Kind Bag
Good & Craft
Be For Change''

15/08/2019

Tokyo’s Tastiest Ramen! 🍜🇯🇵 With everyone these days being beyond obsessed with ramen, I decided to ask Frank from 5 AM Ramen to create a ramen guide for my book.

I met Frank in Tokyo last year - he told me that he eats more than 300 bowls of ramen a year so I knew he’d be the best person for the job! Read his guide in Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond 📚

Buy here: https://linktr.ee/lostguides

13/08/2019

A quick look inside my new book: ‘Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond’! 👀📚🇯🇵

08/08/2019

✨Announcement✨I’ll be doing two book launches, one in Singapore and one in London for my new book ‘Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond’ and I’d love for you to join me! 🇯🇵📚 Details below:
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🇸🇬 Singapore: Sat 24th Aug, 4pm BooksActually . 9 Yong Siak St, Singapore 168645. RSVP [email protected] (https://www.facebook.com/events/2623910964308725/)
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🇬🇧 London: Wed 4th Sept, 7pm Stanfords Travel . 7 Mercer Walk, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9F. RSVP via Eventbrite http://www.stanfords.co.uk/event-tokyo-and-beyond-by-anna-chittenden-67753407265
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👚I’ll be giving away special goodie bags with t-shirts, tote bags and all three guide books to a lucky winner at each event.
Hope to see you there! Anna Xx 💕

05/08/2019

A great few days meeting new retailers and buyers at the https://www.facebook.com/LifeInstyle/ trade show in Australia! Excited to be launching my books in this new market with inspiring and wonderful businesses 🇦🇺📚🌏

26/07/2019

It’s here! Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond has arrived 📕🇯🇵🎉! The book is available now in Singapore at BooksActually (today) and Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store Orchard, Bugis and Jurong (from Monday). For UK, AUS, USA and Worldwide you can pre-order the book from here https://linktr.ee/lostguides!
The 240-page book is a unique, stylish and offbeat travel guide to Tokyo and places easily reached from the city. It features 150 wonderful places to eat, shop, stay and more, each one visited and chosen by me! There’s also a ramen guide by ramen expert 5 AM Ramen, a Japanese public bath guide by sento ambassador Dokodemosento and a Japan photo journal by photographer Kathryn Bagley Bingham. The book features bespoke illustrated maps and original photography throughout. I hope you like it!

02/07/2019

It’s nearly here! First look at the cover for Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond!

The book is now available for PRE-ORDER!

🇸🇬 Singapore (out July): https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/lost-guides-tokyo-beyond

🇬🇧 UK (out Sept):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Guides-Beyond-Stylish-Offbeat/dp/9811405387/

🇦🇺 Australia (out Sept):
https://www.booktopia.com.au/lost-guides-tokyo-beyond-anna-chittenden/prod9789811405389.html

🇺🇸 USA (out Oct):
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Guides-Stylish-Offbeat-Reached/dp/9811405387/

The cover is made using gorgeous paper from Colorplan, with debossed text and photograph of a Tokyo onsen by Stephanie Crohin. All book design by Sarah and Schooling! 🇯🇵📕

01/06/2019

Currently editing the 230-page ‘Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond’ book ... in the meantime stay tuned for pre-orders and i’ll be announcing some exciting contributors who’ll be featuring in the book! 📕🇯🇵✨

13/05/2019

'Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond' book is slowly coming together. Can't wait to show to show the whole thing soon! 🇯🇵🥢📕

18/04/2019

Sneak peek at some illustration drafts for my new book ‘Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond’. I’ll be putting up the Amazon pre-orders page soon! 📕🎨🇯🇵

04/02/2019

Next week I'm travelling to Japan! I'll be doing the last final bits of research for my new book, 'Lost Guides - Tokyo & Beyond', as well as jumping on the bullet train to the mountains north of Tokyo for some skiing with friends in Hakuba!

17/01/2019

I also did an interview and mini travel guide to Singapore on their website 🙋‍♀️ KAYU. They're based in California and inspired by Southeast Asia - love!!

https://kayudesign.com/lost-guides-singapore/

Lost Guides: Singapore - Kayu