Category Archives: Art

Japanese Horseshoe Shaped Pendant (sunflowers)

  Bring happiness to your life with our new horseshoe pendant! Hand crafted in Japan, this pendant with its horseshoe shaped charm is a symbol of luck and happiness. Different…

Japanese Horseshoe Shaped Blue Necklace

    Bring happiness to your life with our new horseshoe necklace! Hand crafted in Japan, this necklace with its horseshoe shaped charm is a symbol of luck and happiness….

Japanese Hand Paint Iron Pendant

  Studio RYU has come out with a new “JAPAN IRON” item recently. This new product is a pendant, made with the traditional Nanbu Iron and the highest quality lacquer,…

Japanese Style Iron Candle Holder

  Do you ever get bored of those dull typical candle holders? Want to find a piece of furniture to complete your home? Studio RYU (located in Shizukuishi), a Japanese…

Beautiful Japanese Iron Tray for Trinkets

    Part of the Studio RYU (located in Shizukuishi) iron collection “JAPAN IRON”, the Japanese Iron Tray is crafted by using traditional iron welding techniques, finished with a layer of lacquer…

My New Neighbour is Paint Artist! (Part 2)

As I mentioned previously, today’s article covers workshop experience with new next door neighbour, the paint artist!     Here is some parts before painting.  This will be used for…

Beautiful Japanese Iron Sake Cup with Lacquer

    Studio RYU (located in Shizukuishi), a Japanese iron jewelry and accessories company, has recently started a new technique to create beautiful metal art pieces. The collection of Japanese iron…

My New Neighbour is Paint Artist! (Part 1)

It seems a writer of the article recently moved to a new place, and interestingly, his new neighbour was paint artist! What a surprise!  So as a sign of new…

New Type of Art?? Collection of Scribbling from All Over the World

When you say ‘art collection’, it sounds great and even posh, but here is very unique and new type of art collection I’d like to introduce you today; collection of…

Explore Mie: The Louvre Museum? and Daikannon Temple

  Have you ever been to the Louvre Museum? I know, Paris is too far away and we don’t have a chance to go there so often. But, here’s good…

Wasabi Stories vol.257: “One Picture Could Change Someone’s Life”

I would like to introduce a column written by a Tokyo University professor, Kang Sang-jung. In this column, he writes mostly about his two-year experience being an anchorman on a…

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