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The wind you make by yourself will cool you down. Do you enjoy summer vacation?Here, in Kyoto, the rainy  season was over at last, and now, we are ...

Will the wind bell bring you the coolness? If you have ever been to Kyoto even once in summer, you may remember the climate extremely hot and humid...

June is the month of "Ice" We are halfway through this year.This month June is an important milestone for summer.As you know, Japanese people, espe...

Do you know a secret of beauty? "Edo kiriko " , Japanese traditional glassware. This is a series of Edo kiriko glassware, we will introduce the s...

Enjoy Japanese glass ware with the sound of rain The hydrangea under the raindrops seems more beautiful than under the sunshine.So, we are in rainy...

Is it like some ritual? rolling up a hanging scrollIn Kyoto, we enjoy the Hydrangea everyday.This flowers show various colors by the weather of thi...

Enjoy "Kakejiku" hanging scroll Japanese people like to talk about the weather or the changing of the seasons, because seasonal changes are drastic...

Rainy season & SAKE &Shigaraki ware The rainy season has already started in Kyoto.Every year, we are drawn into the rainy season in June, b...

   We can see above beautiful sky in early spring from Kyoto Handicraft Center. In the garden... Some plants have sprouted just after weeding. Is ...

According to Japanese zodiac, this year 2021 is the year of OX.We talked about Kitano Tenmangu shrine in Kyoto which is well known shrine as the Go...

Wooden craft like "Kabazaiku", cherry bark craft, it breathes and it lives. This is why you can use it for a long time and it suitable for your life style.

樺細工のような木製品は、生きていて呼吸をしています。だからこそ、いつまでも使う人に寄り添って長らく人生をともにできるアイテムとなるのです。

What is "Kabazaiku"?  
Kabazaiku was born in Kakunodate area in Akita Prefecture, northest Japan, used wild cherry bark.

Kakunodate is famous place for Shidarezakura, and is called as "Small Kyoto".

Please enjoy the back history of Kabazaiku, Cherry bark crafts.

樺細工をご存じですか？「みちのくの小京都」と呼ばれている秋田県の角館町で生まれた桜の樹皮を使った美しくも温かみにあふれた工芸品。そんな樺細工の歴史について触れています。

We introduce one of the lucky item for the season between winter and spring  "Setsubun". 　In Japan, edge tool manufactured by traditional way is thought as the figure of deity and it should become your guardian...

冬と春の間の「節分」にはあなの守り神になってくれるかもしれない包丁を新調してみるのはいかがでしょうか？

We hear the footsteps of springs now.Japanese plum blossoms begin blooming in the small corner of outside of our building.Plum blossoms are one of ...

Akabeko is well known as a protective diety in Aizu area, Fukushima prefecture, which is the third largest of Japan's 47 prefectures and stretches ...