It was in 2018, when I encountered SHINTO TOWEL.
The young owner of SHINTO TOWEL, Takashi Shinto, is the 5th generation in their family business founded in
Japan is famous for delicious food. In the reality,
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In Japan, tsubaki oil has been used in Japan over 1000 years.
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Today 21. March is the beginning of the fourth season in the twenty-four seasons solar year.
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It's still cold, but clearly getting warmer everyday and a day becoming longer.
The foldable boxed hats by mature ha. arrived.
This mending was for the jacket made by an Italian high-end brand.
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Risshun - Birth of Spring. Today 4. February is the beginning of the spring for the year 2022. The very first season in the twenty-four seasons of solar year just began.
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The dry flower vases by Takehito Ichikawa finally arrived.
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Pâte de verre (paste of glass) is the glass making technique which differs from glassblowing technique. Pâte de verre, is made in a mold in which powered glass of various hues is mixed, blended, and fused.
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The Hana Matsuri is inspired by the cherry blossoms, a beloved flower in Japan.
April 8, Buddha's birthday is the season of "cherry blossoms" when pink and white flowers surround the
Funagata Bag by Kazumi Takigawa
Being made of waxed cotton and dyed with recycled materials such as coffee and tea, she produces each piece by herself. She's been working mainly for gallery and
Hello, I’m Hayashi. I was born in a tea farm family in Wazuka, Kyoto.
When I was at teen age, I got a serious illness and this experience made me
Sometimes I take mending orders from my customers and would like to show you one example, which I recently took.
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Monpe is used be a sort of female version of Hakama which has been worn by men over Kimono. The usage of Monpe varied depending on the region, but it has been later developed more or less as work trousers worn by both
Japanese classic animation film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, made based on the Manga series illustrated by Miyao Hayazaki in 1984.
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The hat by Mature ha. is light, bendable, and very stylish. Thanks to the braiding technique using natural fibre such as paper, linen, and hemp, the hat by Mature ha. brings
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New size of 2.5-ply gauze towels from Shinto Towel arrived. This size is appropriate as hand towel, as neck towel to protect your skin from sunshine or to absorb sweat in summer, or as a muffler in a cold weather.
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Prof. Higa, the discoverer of EM and the founder of EMRO Japan, appears in the documentary program "Low Tech on the High Seas," aired on the French/German TV station ARTE. The purpose of this program is to sail around the world on the catamaran "Nomade des mers" to find ingenious low-tech solutions to the world's problems. In Okinawa, they came to learn "Bokashi composting" from Prof. Higa.
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Unexceptional exquisite work by Takehito Ichikawa has finally arrived. Each wood have an history and character, and his work makes them speak by themselves and regain the lives in other form as dry flower vases.
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