This is a used Japanese Go game board (not included go stones).

    Extremely sour, salty and fruity Japan’s favorite pickles, umeboshi, which are salted dried ume (called plum or apricot), sometimes seasoned with shiso leaf, kombu (kelp) or honey.  

When you hear a word “samurai helmet”, you will imagine stern looking strong helmet, and that’s how a samurai helmet should to be. But I found a helmet that makes…

Do you know Japanese foot ware, geta? If you don’t, please read the past post on geta. I found a pair of funky geta designed by a foreign designer!  …

    This is the Japanese Go game board and stones set. I think the material of this board is KAYA, but I don’t know details. There are some scratches…

  Wide varieties of kites are made and enjoyed in the world, for example, there are Chinese dragon kites, Indian colorful kites, and some people enjoy kitesurfing. In Japan, flying…

    About a month ago, I joined a Japanese traditional art “washi (Japanese paper)” workshop. I have had my eyes on the beauty of Japanese washi and wanted people…

  Jinbei posted by (C)megumi327   Do you know jinbei? It looks like kimono but instead of one long clothe, jinbei is a two-piece with kimono top and half shorts,…

  There are various traditional paper arts in Japan and kamikiri, paper cutting craft, is one of them but the difference from other paper arts is that kamikiri is also…

The following pictures are popular strong men’s ukiyo-e wood prints made in Edo period (1603-1868). This post is the part 2, so if you haven’t seen the part 1, please…

  The following pictures are popular strong men’s ukiyo-e wood prints made in Edo period (1603-1868). To the town-people in the period, having tattoo is something to show their courage…