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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...

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....

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

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