When choosing a Father's Day gift, do you ever find yourself thinking less about what to give, and more about what kind of thing would truly make him happy?
What By Emotion wants to deliver are things that make the recipient feel, the moment they receive them: "This is exactly what I've been looking for." Objects that carry a story — the provenance of their materials, the philosophy of their maker, the craft passed down through generations. Things like these deepen in meaning the longer they are used, and have a way of finding you the words to say when you hand them over.
Here are eight pieces born from Japanese craftsmanship, selected for this Father's Day.
01 | Aji Stone Bookends RS - ROCK END
Aji Stone is a granite quarried exclusively in the northeastern corner of Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. With a Mohs hardness of 7 — nearly twice that of marble — it has an exceptionally dense, fine-grained structure unlike any other stone.
Each pair of these bookends is split directly from a single block of raw stone. The outer faces retain the stone's fractured surface — rough, immediate, alive with the character of the rock — while the inner faces, the sides that touch books and shelves, are carefully polished smooth. Raw and refined, held together in one object. That contrast is the entire design.
Working Aji Stone is a craft divided among specialists: quarrying, cutting, polishing, engraving — each stage handled by artisans whose knowledge has been passed down through generations. The result is a finish that mass production cannot replicate, and a form that no two pairs share. The stone decides the shape. That, in itself, is reason enough to give it.
For the father who collects books in his study. For someone who simply knows the real thing when they see it.
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02 | Solid Wood Mouse Pad
Made by STORIO, a woodworking atelier in Niigata, from bent maple.
A conventional silicone mouse pad holds the wrist in place. This one moves with it. The palm rest flexes slightly with the natural motion of the hand, reducing the strain that builds during long hours of work — something silicone simply cannot replicate physically. And in summer, the sensation of bare skin on wood stays dry in a way no synthetic material can match.
The artisans ran 600,000 bend-endurance tests. The testing machine broke first.
For the father who spends his days at a desk. Something that makes each session at the computer just a little better.
03 | Tanzaku Lamp
Also by STORIO — a rechargeable table lamp made from strips of beechwood, bent into an elegant arc by the workshop's own bending technique.
The wood comes from "Snow Beech," a variety of beech (buna) harvested from the mountain forests of Uonuma, Niigata — once used for firewood and charcoal, now shaped into something that casts the same gentle, dappled light as a traditional Japanese irori hearth. The lamp has no power cord: it charges via USB and can be carried freely from room to room, or taken outdoors. When lit, the bent wood casts layered shadows that shift as you move around it. When off, it holds its form as a sculptural object.
The name tanzaku refers to the narrow paper strips used in Japanese poetry and Tanabata — and to the strip-cut form of the wood itself.
For the father who values both function and atmosphere. A lamp that does not disappear into the room, but quietly defines it.
04 | Samurai Bottle Helmet
A faithful reinterpretation of the helmets worn by Sengoku-era warlords, crafted by a master Japanese armor maker.
Place it over a bottle of wine or sake and it becomes an unforgettable presentation. Remove it, and it stands on its own as a sculptural object — commanding in a study, a living room, or anywhere a man of particular taste keeps the things that matter to him. The spirit of Bushidō and the precision of Japanese armor-making, in a form that belongs to everyday life.
For the father who loves history. For the father who appreciates sake. For the father who is simply hard to surprise.
05 | Japanese Cut Glass "Tōtō Mujin — an Everlasting Light"
The soft, warm glow of an Edo-period andon lantern — that quality of light, captured in a modern cut glass.
Tōtō Mujin is a Buddhist expression: the idea that one flame can light infinite flames, passing its light endlessly forward. Five auspicious patterns are hand-cut into the glass. In light, the kiriko facets create shifting shadows and depths that never look quite the same twice.
Sake, whisky, or simply water. For the father whose daily glass deserves something more considered.
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06 | Porcelain Hotaru-te Tumbler
A tumbler in porcelain by ceramicist Hiroshi Taruta, working in Seto, Aichi — the city that gave Japan the everyday word setomono for ceramics.
The technique is hotarude — "firefly hand." Lines are incised by hand through the wheel-thrown porcelain wall, then filled with transparent glaze and fired. Where the glaze settles into the cuts, it vitrifies and glows with a quiet blue. Where it is deliberately withheld, the surface stays white. The two effects work together: luminous lines against an unglazed ground, light and absence held in the same piece.
Most hotarude work is small — sake cups, tea cups. This tumbler is a departure. Large enough for daily use, made with exactly the same uncompromising process. Water, tea, whisky, whatever he drinks — the incisions catch the light differently each time.
For the father who deserves something extraordinary in the everyday.
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07 | Preserved Flower Art Piece "Zen"
A miniature moss garden sealed inside a ceramic vessel, with handcrafted cypress incense — designed by Kita-Kamakura artist Norihiko Kamei.
A moss landscape held inside a ceramic form. The stillness of it is like looking at a Zen garden distilled to its essence. Each piece is made entirely by hand; no two are alike.
No watering. No maintenance. Just the presence of it, quietly changing the atmosphere of a room.
For when you want to express gratitude not with words, but with stillness.
08 | Japanese Vinyl Umbrella — White ROSE " Catell M17"
An umbrella made to challenge the assumption that umbrellas are disposable.
White ROSE is one of the last remaining dedicated umbrella manufacturers in Japan. The M17 features a patented wind-resistant valve that prevents the frame from inverting in strong gusts. The handle is camellia wood; the shaft is white birch. It is a vinyl umbrella — and yet the balance in the hand, the weight of it, the feel, are fundamentally different from anything bought to be thrown away.
Not replace it when it breaks, but own one that lasts. That choice, given on Father's Day.
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09 | Koma Hand-Planed Wood Photo Frame
A photo frame in solid walnut or cherry, finished entirely by hand with a Japanese wood plane — made by Shigeki Matsuoka, a master craftsman based in Tokyo and recipient of the Japanese government's Gendai no Meiko award, recognising the nation's most outstanding artisans.
KOMA's approach is to pursue what human hands alone can achieve — a standard that machines cannot reach. The hand plane (kanna) is used not merely to smooth the surface, but to reveal the wood's own character: the grain, the weight, the warmth that comes only from solid timber worked by someone who knows it intimately. No coating stands between the wood and the hand that touches it.
Two sizes, two species. A frame made to hold what matters most — and to be noticed for what it is, long before a photograph is placed inside.
For the father who has everything. For the father who appreciates the work behind the object.
A Gift That Comes With a Story
At By Emotion, what we care about is not simply delivering good things, but delivering why they are good. Something you can say a little about when you hand it over. Something your father will think back on, each time he uses it. That is the kind of gift we hope you'll find here this Father's Day.
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