Makie bamboo brush pen

  Makie technique  is unique to Japan and it was developed mainly in the Heian period and was flourished in the Edo period. Makie literary means sprinkled pictures, usually using gold or silver powder sprinkled onto various objects to decorate. Urushi lacquer is generally used as the glue.   Unlike normal contemporary lacquer, urushi slowly…

Brief introduction to Aoyama Area

Tokyo has many different aspects just like many other cities have. Ueno area can be discribed as more casual and less expensive area and also has lots of artistic aspects due to the fact that the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music is located in that area. On the other hand Ginza has…

about the logo mark

The logo mark is a combination of M and A, because the shop is called MA (mˈæ). MA stands for a space or room in Japanese. English speakers often misread the shop name MA by So Shi Te as Maybe so shite, but it is pronounced mˈæ bɑɪ sóʊ ʃi te. I am already tired…