LIN Laminated bamboo vase

Those vases are made with laminated bamboo by Teori in Okayama prefecture of Japan. They are beautiful on its own, but relatively large flowers like orchid or a tree branch suit well with them like the one on the photo. The vase is size S. This is also size S. They come in three differet…

Nuts Laminated bamboo bowl

Laminated bamboo bowls called Nuts are beautiful on its own, but they can, of  course, be used as usual bowls to serve food in them like nuts and crisps etc. They become decorative feature of your interior decoration too. They come in four different colors. The bowls are polyurethane coated, so they can be used as…

Setsubun – Oniwa soto Fukuwa uchi ochoko (sake cup) 鬼は外福は内お猪口

「鬼は外　福は内」is pronounced Oni wa soto Fuku wa uchi, meaning the demon is out and happiness is in. 鬼=oni=demon は=wa=is 外=soto=out 福=fuku=happiness は=wa=is 内=uchi=inside We have a festival called setsubun (節分) , which literally means “Seasonal division” and it is the day before the beginning of spring in Japan, which is 3rd  of February. During the…