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  • Culture Day and Pop-up Stand

    The 3rd of November marks Culture Day in Japan, celebrating tradition and heritage. Conciding with this "month of culture", a pop-up...

  • Chrysanthemum Festival (The Choyo Festival):the ninth day of the ninth month

    In Japan, there are some traditional festivities, that are still practiced. One of them is on the 9th September and it is called Choyo Festival (Ch...
    Veröffentlicht in Japanese ceramic, Lacquerware, Made in Japan

  • Celebrating Japanese Children's Day!

    In Japan, the fifth day of May marks a special celebration known as Children's Day or Kodomo no Hi in Japanese. This day is dedicated to celebratin...

  • Exploring the Serenity of Hanami and Japanese Traditional Handcrafts

    In Japan, the arrival of spring heralds the eagerly anticipated tradition of Hanami, a celebration of cherry blossoms that captivates both locals a...
    Veröffentlicht in Hanmade, Made in Japan, Silk

  • Ethical wooden product from Laos

    Laos is a landlocked country in South-East Asia, which has a lot of forests. Although the percentage has been decreasing slowly about 70% of the co...
    Veröffentlicht in Hanmade, Laos, Wooden product

  • The seven herb rice porridge in the favorite ceramic bowl!

    In Japan, there is a tradition to eat seven herb rice porridge on the 7th January. This custom originated in China and came to Japanese royal court...
    Veröffentlicht in Japanese ceramic, Made in Japan

  • Rainbow colored Khan-Atlas fro Uzbekistan

    The story behind this beautiful multi-colored fabric called Khan-Atlas is very touching. In the old times, a ruler of a city in current day Uzbekis...

  • Hida-Shunkei lacquerware from Gifu, Japan

    Hida-Shunkei is a kind of lacquerware made in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Its characteristic lies in its natural beauty with the base wood patterns com...
    Veröffentlicht in Hanmade, Lacquerware, Made in Japan

  • Bizen ware (pottery) from Okayama, Japan

    Bizen ware is a kind of pottery from Okayama Prefecture, Japan and is one of the six ancient kilns of Japan.  (Photo: white Bizen-ware mug cup) Th...
    Veröffentlicht in Hanmade, Japanese ceramic, Made in Japan

  • Suzani (Hand-emrboirdered textile)

    I was in Uzbekistan to buy the products for my shop for the first time just before the lock down in March 2020.  (Photo: city of Tashkent, Uzbekis...

  • Kayaori cloth from Japan in your kitchen or elsewhere!

    Kayaori cloth is a kind of cloth that is often used in kitchens from Nara, Japan. Kaya originally was mosquito net, which was made of cotton or lin...

  • New Year's special food and the lacquerware

    In Japan, people often eat special food called Osechi during the New Year's Days. Osechi was originally the cuisine eaten in the turning points of ...