Takahashikougei in Hokkaido has been specializing in producing various types of wooden cups and plates. Good things about using wooden cups and plates are they are light weight, they cannot easily be damaged, they are resistant to high temperature etc. These are Cara series cups. Cara in Japanesed sounds like Kara, which means an outer shell…
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Duck shaped ceramic cups and bowls (アヒルのマグやボール)
These are somehow nostalgic design for many Japanese people who are in their 40s or above. These were designed in 1980s and they were once taken out from the market, but the maker started reproducing them again few years ago with the same prices they had been originally been sold then. The mug cup is…
Wooden soup bowls for miso soup
We, in Japan, generally use wooden soup bowls to drink miso soup, while we use ceramic bowl for eating rice. That is partially because miso soup is hot and it gets too hot to hold ceramic bowl when you drink it, so the use of wooden bowl certainl y makes sense. The bowl is…
Wooden folding stool 折り畳み式の木製スツール 倉敷帆布
New wooden folding stool. The wooden frame is made of Japanese oak and the cloth used for the top is from Kurashiki, called Kurashiki hampu. The stool is made in Osaka for my shop. When it is folded, it can be easily stored in your closet or in your car. It is light weight, so…
OHA Shoehorn by Lemnos 尾羽 靴べら
These bird shaped shoehorn are made with aluminum for silver colored one and brass for the gold one. They are not only cute looking, but they are also practical too with the functional hole in the middle, so that you can hold the shoehorn tightly with your fingers. The gold version is significantly heavier than that…
Pure tin beer glass (純錫製のビールグラス）
Many people drink beer with glassware normally, I suppose. In Japan, however, it is getting more popular to use these tin made beer cups especially at high-end restaurants, where care about the taste of beer. It has been said that these metal made glasses make alcohol taste better due to the effect of ionic activity. When…
Pure tin sake carafe and cups 純錫製の酒器
These are set of sake cup and carafe. It has been said that these sake containers make sake tastier and better making the tast somewhat softer due to the effects of the material used. For the details and more photos, you can check the online stores Cups http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/maaoyama/164-1.html http://www.aoyamamarket.com/ma/kitchen-cups/06.html Carafes http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/maaoyama/164-2.html http://www.aoyamamarket.com/ma/kitchen-cups/07.html
Laminated bamboo small console desk （竹集成材の小さ目な引き出し付の机）
This console desk comes with the drawer unit, so you can keep some documents in it or you can keep your laptop. The desk is also made of laminated bamboo. For more details, please visit our online shop page. http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/maaoyama/13-3.html http://www.aoyamamarket.com/ma/furniture-others/10.html
Laminated bamboo small desk and chair set (竹集成材の小さな机と椅子セット）
MA by So Shi Te also sells various laminated bamboo furniture as well and the set of small desk and chair is also one of them. The desk is relatively small so that it can be placed in your living room for reading books, writing letters, using PC etc. Laminated bamboo is stronger than any…
Bamboo vase “Hollow”
It is beautifully made bamboo vase. It expresses Japanese aesthetic. To look at more photos or to find more information, please visit http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/maaoyama/16-2.html http://www.aoyamamarket.com/ma/living-vase/01.html
Nabe for hot pot Camellia design
When you talk about Japanese couisine, Nabe cannot be ignored. Nabe is our popular homemade couisine in winter. We cook various vegetables and mushrooms often with meat or seafood in dashi soup. It is very easy recipe and you can make numerous combinations of soup and ingredients. It becomes really cold in Japan in winter,…
京都の谷口晋也さんの彩色象嵌のお猪口が入荷。美しくて見とれてしまいますね。 These small sake cups are made by Mr. Shinya Taniguchi from Kyoto. They are stunningly beautiful so that I can barely keep off my eyes from them. 釉薬で色付けされたのではなく、色の着いた粘土を貼り付け、そして彫って模様が描かれているので、表面は凹凸があり指先を刺激する。 These are not glazed, but they are covered with dfferent colored clays and, then, they are carved to these particular patterns. The surface of the cups…
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