A year and a half passed after the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred.  We can see that media coverage of the earthquake and its impact are gradually declining in…

    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…

    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…

  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…

One of the Japan’s 100 famous views, Geibi Valley in Iwate Prefecture. The greens turn to bright red during autumn. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This…

More than two months has passed since the quake. Students of an elementary school in Iwate prefecture record how their lives are going after the tsunami, in their “Disaster Diaries”….

  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 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 a (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…