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.
Sake is one of the few drinks in the world that is consumed across a temperature range of nearly 60°C — from "snow-chilled" (yukihie, 5°C) to "hot sake" (atsu-kan, 55°C+) — and the vessel you choose should be matched to the temperature y... Read More
About 13 min read
Cold beer tastes better when the vessel is as cold as the beer. Warm sake tastes better when it stays warm. Japanese... Read More
About 15 min read
Why Japanese Cut Glass? The Craft Behind the Sparkle Hold a piece of kiriko glass up to the light. The faceted surfa... Read More
About 18 min read
The same coffee tastes different depending on what cup it's in — and that's not placebo. Rim thickness determines ho... Read More
About 11 min read
Japan's drinkware tradition is unlike anything else in the world. Whether it's hand-cut crystal glass from a Tokyo cr... Read More
About 13 min read
You spent $25 on a bag of single-origin coffee. A week later, it tastes flat. The coffee didn't go bad — the contain... Read More
About 12 min read
For hot sake: iron. For cold beer: copper. Japanese drinkers have used this principle for centuries — matching the v... Read More
About 12 min read
The same sake poured into a tin cup, a crystal glass, and a pottery guinomi tastes noticeably different — and that's ... Read More
About 12 min read
A wedding. A retirement. A 60th birthday. A father's day when you genuinely want to get it right. Japanese drinkwa... Read More
About 12 min read
Edo kiriko — the hand-cut glass tradition of Tokyo — is Japan's most gifted drinkware, and for good reason. Every pa... Read More
About 12 min read