Updated on 11th April 2024 We are Tax Free Shop! The prices are all excluding 10% tax. With your passport, you can enjoy shopping without the tax (when the total of your purchase exceeds 5,000yen). Otherwise 10% tax will be added to the prices. Shipping to outside of Japan will all be tax free…
Yoh-ichi Yoh-ko Yajiima pastel color mugs, cups and bowls
Spring has finally come to Japan and cherry blossom season is only in few days away! Although this winter was relatively mild, it was still cold and I personally prefer summer over winter, so I had been looking forward to enjoying this nice weather! It is sometimes rather hard to explain this but he is…
Matcha tea bamboo whisk – Chasen
They say 95% of made in Japan matcha tea whisk, which is called chasen (茶筅）is made in Takayama of Ikoma city in Nara prefecture and they say there are about 20 craftsmen making these whisks. The proper made in Japan bamboo whisks are made with those bamboo which is dried slowly for over 10 years…
Notice of winter holiday
As some of you might know the new year in Japan is very quiet; many stores and restaurants are going to be closed. It is very important part of our culture in Japan to celebrate the new year with our family and visit temples and shrines for the new year prayer. So my store…
The sounds of Japanese orin brass bells
Orin is a Japanese brass bell, which is often used for Buddhist rituals and ceremonies, typically during sutra reading, the priest will sound the orin bell at the beginning to align their voice’s pitch with the bell’s tone. During the service, the bells serve different purposes, such as improving the practitioners’ focus and concentration or calming their…
Turquoise blue plates and bowls by Yoh-ichi Yajima
Summer in Japan, as you may know, is really hot and humid, but I personally love the summer here in Tokyo, because there are so many things which you can enjoy only in summer like going to swim in the pool or beach and go hiking in the mountain, each shaved ice called Kakigoh-ri etc….
Antique kimono fabric gamaguchi bags, coin purses, card cases etc by Yoshitsune Yanagida 栁田義経
You can recently purchase cheap imported kimonos in Japan, but traditionally woven made in Japan kimono can be very expensive. We nowadays rarely wear kimono on everyday bases and those people who wear kimono daily have been very limited. Our ancestors taught us not to waste any kimono when it is no longer used by…
Welcome back to Japan
It has already been several months past since Japan has opened up its border and many foreign visitors have already been wondering around the streets of Japan. It had been, in a way, very weird not to see any visitors from overseas for the past 3 years and many tourists sites in Tokyo had been…
Japanese samurai armour and sword shape chopstick rest set
There are numerous variations of chopstick rests in Japan and many people collect them as a part of their hobby, but at restaurants they actually use them for serving foods, especially when the restaurants serve Kaiseki style meals (Kaiseki is a multi-course Japanese dinner which generally consists of 8 or so courses and they serve…
Shimpei Zaiman 財満晋平 pottery
You can also check the latest new arrivals on our Instagram . Please follow, if you are interested. Shimpei Zaiman (財満晋平) graduated from a University in Okinawa in 2005 and he moved to Aichi prefecture in 2006 to study pottery further. He, then, moved to Hiroshima prefecture to establish his own workshop in 2008 and…
New Bizen pottery glass, bowl and plate by Kazuto Oh-e
I have already talked about the Bizen pottery in my article from the past, so if you are interested in the details of what Bizen pottery are, please visited this . There are many bizen pottery craftsmen in Japan, but I personally like and support Mr. Kazuto Oh-e (大江一人）, so we carry those bizen potteries…
Kaori Walsh – Japanese modern pottery
Ms. Kaori Walsh lives in Tokyo, but she has been making her products in Mie prefecture, where she studied pottery. It has already been over 7 years since I first introduced her works at my store and her works have gradually been getting more popular these days. She visited my store few weeks ago to…
Daikokuten 大黒様 and Ebisu 恵比寿様 roof tile objects
Daikokuten (大黒様) is a syncretic Japanese deity of fortune and wealth, and Ebisu (恵比寿） the Japanese god of fishermen and luck. Both god figures have often been found in various entities like Shinto shrines and many Japanese people like these figures. The size is about 24cm tall and they are made by Japanese roof tile (which…
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