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…

  [Check the Previous Story!]  Our blogger Mr. B purchased a ‘taiyaki’ iron, and his first mission (baking a regular taiyaki beautifully) was completed successfully. Now Mr. B comes up…

Have you ever heard of ‘taiyaki’ (literary means tai=sea bream/ yaki=baked)? Taiyaki is fish shaped Japanese casual cake with sweet red bean paste filling. We usually buy taiyaki at sweets…

  This is a handmade (cell phone) strap with Japanese Nanbu Iron plate painted a flower. The flowers are birth flowers, so there are 12 different designs to choose from….

  This is a handmade (cell phone) strap with Japanese Nanbu Iron plate painted a flower. The flowers are birth flowers, so there are 12 different designs to choose from….

    This is the pendant with Nanbu Iron (painted lacquer). The design is dragonfly and it looks like “ribbon”. The Ribbon is a highly significant symbol in our world…

Today, we would like to share some information about an international consumer-goods fair called Ambiente happening from Feb. 10-14 in Frankfurt, Germany. We are focusing on this event because some Japanese companies will exhibit their…

  This is the pendant with a horseshoe shaped Nanbu Iron (painted lacquer). Although it’s small and simple, the texture of iron and the shape of horseshoe match each other…

  This is the pendant with Nanbu Iron (painted lacquer). The design is starlit sky and it looks like “spiral water”. The spiral water design is a charm to protect…

  This is the pendant with Nanbu Iron (painted lacquer, Japanese URUSHI). It looks like “Moon”. Pure gold dust use! This moon line reveals the mysterious shapes of the spring…

  Japanese NETSUKE (owl) using Nanbu Iron. This type of quiet design can be used for long time. How would you like these cute accessories for you or gifts? We…