GUIDES & STORIES
This archive brings together guides that explain how to choose Japanese-made products — such as “Japanese-made frying pans”, “domestic kitchen knives”, “baby tableware”, or plush toys — along with makers' stories and special features. Use it as a starting point when you want to carefully discover tools and daily essentials made in Japan.
Nousaku tin rounds sake's rough edges. SUSgallery titanium keeps ice for hours. Edo Kiriko makes light itself part of the drink. Four Japan-made picks explained. Read More
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Japan's forests produce essential oils found nowhere else — hinoki cypress, Kochi yuzu, kuromoji spicebush and Hokkai... Read More
About 15 min read
A paper knife turns opening mail into a small ritual. Hacoa noble wood, HORIE titanium, and Nikken Hamono's famous-sw... Read More
About 17 min read
What each mizuhiki knot means, from awaji and ume to the butterfly bow, and which knot and colour to use for which gift. Read More
About 15 min read
Kurume kasuri is Japan's oldest cotton ikat — designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1957. Monpe, st... Read More
About 16 min read
The best Japanese gins, from ROKU and Ki No Bi to Okinawa and Hokkaido, built on rice spirit, awamori and shochu. Read More
About 17 min read
A shuro palm hand broom and harimi washi dustpan have swept Japanese homes since the Edo period. No static, no noise ... Read More
About 16 min read
Japan's strict ceremony dress codes extend to the bag. IWASA horsehair, Hamano leather — the brands that get it right... Read More
About 17 min read
Hinoki cypress gives every bathroom the scent and feel of a Japanese hot spring inn. Stools, buckets, and bath trays ... Read More
About 15 min read
A branded tissue box on the table breaks any interior look. Japan-made wood covers in hinoki, chestnut, BUNACO beech ... Read More
About 14 min read