tableware – Why Love Japan?

How to enjoy Japanese meal? Watch your table manners first!

By : admin September 16, 2017December 19, 2018

How to enjoy Japanese meal? Watch your table manners first!

Table manners in our opinion are very important to show your respect to others and the food as well as the environment for the meal. This applies to both Western and Eastern food cultures. If you don’t practice suitable table manners during daily or casual life, it will be very difficult to behave properly when

Kintsugi, the Art of Embracing Damage

By : admin September 16, 2017December 19, 2018

Kintsugi, the Art of Embracing Damage

Kintsugi, to join with gold, which is a methodology for repairing broken Japanese ceramics. It is said that this idea came from around late 1400s, when a shogun (general) broke his favorite tea bowl, the bowl was fixed but the shogun would like it to be beautified and that was when gold came to play.

By : admin September 12, 2017December 19, 2018

Daily Beauty by Everyday User -Japanese Tableware, How to Use Each?

As we talked about daily used pottery and porcelain, tableware in Japan probably is the most developed mingei. Lacqureware, especially Echizen lacqureware is another important part of the art along the table. Briefly touching about this, a number of terms are used in Japanese to refer to lacquerware. Shikki (漆器) means “lacquer ware” in the