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Hakuza
Kanazawa, the City Where Gold Leaf Is a Way of Life Kanazawa, in Ishikawa Prefecture, is where virtually all of Japan's gold leaf is made today — 100% of domestic...
Hakuza
Kanazawa, the City Where Gold Leaf Is a Way of Life Kanazawa, in Ishikawa Prefecture, is where virtually all of Japan's gold leaf is made today — 100% of domestic...
Kazuhiko Komekyu
The Art of Akae Fine-Line Painting Within a single millimeter, Kazuhiko Komekyu can draw three lines. Based in Ishikawa Prefecture, Komekyu works in akae saibyō, a Kutani ware technique in...
Kazuhiko Komekyu
The Art of Akae Fine-Line Painting Within a single millimeter, Kazuhiko Komekyu can draw three lines. Based in Ishikawa Prefecture, Komekyu works in akae saibyō, a Kutani ware technique in...
Atelier Shimura
A Color Drawn from Life, Passed Down Through Generations Atelier Shimura was founded in 2016 to carry forward the artistic spirit and technique of Fukumi Shimura — a weaver of...
Atelier Shimura
A Color Drawn from Life, Passed Down Through Generations Atelier Shimura was founded in 2016 to carry forward the artistic spirit and technique of Fukumi Shimura — a weaver of...
Go-One
Exotic Leather That Refuses to Play It Safe The Outrageous Ones "Being called outrageous — or even ridiculous — is the highest compliment I can receive." Those words, delivered with...
Go-One
Exotic Leather That Refuses to Play It Safe The Outrageous Ones "Being called outrageous — or even ridiculous — is the highest compliment I can receive." Those words, delivered with...
Makita Shoten
Woven at the Foot of Mt. Fuji for 150 Years Most umbrella fabric is printed. Makita Shoten's is woven — thread by thread, on Jacquard looms, using yarn dyed with...
Makita Shoten
Woven at the Foot of Mt. Fuji for 150 Years Most umbrella fabric is printed. Makita Shoten's is woven — thread by thread, on Jacquard looms, using yarn dyed with...
muto
A weaving town fed by Fuji snowmelt Nishikatsu sits in the southeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, where roughly 80% of the land is forested and the rivers run with snowmelt...
muto
A weaving town fed by Fuji snowmelt Nishikatsu sits in the southeastern corner of Yamanashi Prefecture, where roughly 80% of the land is forested and the rivers run with snowmelt...