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Japan has long embraced a system of deep, immersive apprenticeship known as deshi-iri, where an apprentice trains under a a master.

Shiro Yanagi’s extraordinary journey nurturing and crafting from the urushi tree, preserving the tradition of lacquer craft.

Truth About Kintsugi Kits: Did you pay over $100 for BBQ Skewers? Time to up the game (and your tool box)

Escape the over-crowded Tokyo and Kyoto. JOIN US. 2024 Japan Cultural immersion Japanese lacquer cultivation and kintsugi crafts workshop.

What is so special about Japanese bento boxes? There are many food storage options out there, but none are quite as distinctive as a the...

In the quiet town of Daigo, nestled amid the lush urushi lacquer forest, a heartbreaking news resonates through the community. The...

Beyond Wooden Bento Boxes, Unique Bentwood Objects made by ShibataToku. Check our gallery to view some special wood functional objects.

Announcing the retirement of Mr. Taizo Morita from ShibataToku Bentwood Shop, one of the few remaining wooden bento box makers in Hakata.

If you have visited a shrine in Japan before, you probably have brought back one of those shrine-amulets as souvenirs or as lucky charms....

How well do you know your kintsugi brushes? Dig deeper into authentic kintsugi material and tools. Curate your own kintsugi kit!

Always enjoy my visits to Koishiwara, the historic pottery town in Kyushu Japan. On any nice dry day, potters will leave their...

This is a story about a curry-rice plate got broken because of spicy cod roe. The plate owner Arase (a good friend of mine) visited...

What is it like working with Small-batch producers in rural Japan?