Woven basket from the island of Tokyo
2022-08-21
When we hear Japanese traditional woven basket, the bamboo is the first material that comes to mind. But today, I will introduce you something different. Traditional folk crafts from Ogasawara islands What do you picture when you think of Tokyo? The crowded streets drenched with neon lights? Or the fully packed trains? Then, did you […]
SASHIKO as a product to be purchased
2022-08-19
SASHIKO was once lost Sashiko is one of the Japanese folk crafts which has been passed on for hundreds of years. But it doesn't mean most Japanese people ( or women ) are able to stitch sashiko. Actually, sashiko had been culturally lost during the high economic growth in the 1950s because they no longer […]