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Yamato

Yamato

Yamato Corporation — Leather Room Sabots from Matsuyama, Ehime Sixty Years of Sandals, One Product at a Time Yamato Corporation has made sandals — and only sandals — since 1963....

Yamato

Yamato Corporation — Leather Room Sabots from Matsuyama, Ehime Sixty Years of Sandals, One Product at a Time Yamato Corporation has made sandals — and only sandals — since 1963....

Naoko Hata Ceramics

Naoko Hata Ceramics

Naoko Hata — Japanese Ceramic Artist and Glaze Specialist, Mie Prefecture A Glaze Maniac's Thousand Recipes Naoko Hata describes herself, without irony, as a glaze maniac. She works from a...

Naoko Hata Ceramics

Naoko Hata — Japanese Ceramic Artist and Glaze Specialist, Mie Prefecture A Glaze Maniac's Thousand Recipes Naoko Hata describes herself, without irony, as a glaze maniac. She works from a...

Zenemon Sakakura

Zenemon Sakakura

Zenemon Sakakura — Hagiyaki Potter from Nagato, Yamaguchi A Tradition That Lives or Disappears Zenemon Sakakura relighted a kiln that had gone cold in his grandfather's generation. The pottery tradition...

Zenemon Sakakura

Zenemon Sakakura — Hagiyaki Potter from Nagato, Yamaguchi A Tradition That Lives or Disappears Zenemon Sakakura relighted a kiln that had gone cold in his grandfather's generation. The pottery tradition...

Kawachiya

Kawachiya

Kawachiya — Hand Gold-Edged Notebooks and Fine Stationery, Tokyo A Print Shop That Became Something Else Kawachiya was founded in 1971 in Shimbashi, Tokyo, one block from the advertising agencies,...

Kawachiya

Kawachiya — Hand Gold-Edged Notebooks and Fine Stationery, Tokyo A Print Shop That Became Something Else Kawachiya was founded in 1971 in Shimbashi, Tokyo, one block from the advertising agencies,...

Ritofu

Ritofu

Ritofu — Hand-Painted Kyo-Yuzen Kimono and Accessories from Kyoto Hand-Painted Kyo-Yuzen — Worn by the Imperial Family Sairin Co., Ltd. is a Kyoto dyeing house that has practiced hand-painted Kyo-yuzen...

Ritofu

Ritofu — Hand-Painted Kyo-Yuzen Kimono and Accessories from Kyoto Hand-Painted Kyo-Yuzen — Worn by the Imperial Family Sairin Co., Ltd. is a Kyoto dyeing house that has practiced hand-painted Kyo-yuzen...

KOMA

KOMA

KOMA — Bespoke Wooden Watch Cases and Furniture, Ogikubo, Tokyo Making the workshop worth working inKOMA is a furniture atelier based in Ogikubo, Tokyo. It is led by Shigeki Matsuoka...

KOMA

KOMA — Bespoke Wooden Watch Cases and Furniture, Ogikubo, Tokyo Making the workshop worth working inKOMA is a furniture atelier based in Ogikubo, Tokyo. It is led by Shigeki Matsuoka...