Make Your Own Christmas

Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in East Asia with her many attractions and sights of nature such as park, lakes, majestic mountains and quiet countrysides. They provide a perfect balance of urban charm and seductive nature, and the locations that illustrate this the best way are her parks. There are many that [...]

“We may simply have lost our appreciation for handmade goods.” Igarashi san has been making chochin paper lanterns in his small shop for his entire life. His pa too, and his grandfatherand great grandfather and even great, great grandfather. The tools & hardware that surround him today, in fact, have outlasted his ancestors, their wooden [...]