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ORIGAMI

If you live in Japan, none probably haven't made "origami" or don't know "origami"."Origami", which allows you to fold out beautiful flowers and cute animals from a piece of paper, has been loved by many people as a culture that has been passed down from ancient times in Japan. Origami, which has various possibilities such as hobbies, education, and rehabilitation effects, is now being applied to industrial products, and the world is steadily expanding.The wonderfulness of origami that has come to the hearts of each and every one of us is spreading all over the world as the universal language "ORIGAMI", regardless of country or region. We are selling handmade greeting cards using Origami @traditinal crafts japan

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Kutani Ware

Kutani ware boasts a 360-year history and is a popular color painting porcelain from Japan and abroad as a traditional craft that represents Ishikawa Prefecture. The graceful colors include the five colors (red, green, yellow, purple, and navy blue) have been inherited to this day, and many people are enjoying them with the profound feeling of Japanese paint. Modern Kutani ware is not necessarily sticking to the traditional design represented by the old Kutani style, but modern art Japanese tableware that each artist used vivid colors and elaborated with each technique. @traditional crafts japan

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Magewappa

"Magewappa" has been traditional crafts in Odate City, Akita Prefecture for about 400 years. Cylindrical vessels and boxes made by bending and thinly cut plate of natural Akita cedar. In addition to the appearance that makes use of the bright and graceful wood grain peculiar to Akita cedar, it has excellent functionality, and if you store the rice in Magewappa ohitsu, rice store vessel, you can even hold rice balls at night with rice cooked in the morning. @traditinal crafts japan

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Katsushika Hokusai

We write blog from today. First of all, about Katsushika Hokusai. Hokusai is the only Japanese person named among the "100 people who have influenced the world in the last 100 years" selected by the American magazine LIFE magazine. "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" is said to be the second most famous painting in the world after Mona Lisa.  It depicts fishermen clinging to a small boat in a raging wave, shows "how humans are powerless in front of nature", And its concept can lead to today's SDG, Sustainable Development Goal, I think.  Hokusai's grave is a five-minute walk from my house, and his last words (which were also inscribed on his tombstone) were "Even after death, let's become a...

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