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Yuudachi gama began production in Mizunami of Gifu Prefecture in May, 1995. Their concept is to make pretty ceramics. 29 staff in the man and woman produces ceramics with a handicraft now in their studio. They hope that the ceramics which they produced is useful for the living of people with this above all. Therefore [...]

We can make a Japanese-style room in the part of your room. It is not exaggerated, though. If we usually use transport of the ship when we send genuine Tatami from Japan, it will take time. Furthermore, it is said that it costs about 2,000 dollars expense in six pieces of rates. In the tatami [...]

there is a Japanese-style bar restaurant called “Izakaya” in Japan. They treat us with the Japanese living room style that can be relaxed. It is space called ” Zashiki “. Therefore I drink liquor with a friend, and we enjoy it. In Japan, the home party is not so prosperous. However, we go in Izakaya [...]

The city called Japanese Imabari prospered as a production base of the Japanese-style towel in the Edo era about 350 years ago. Therefore, the Japanese towel industry has long tradition and reliable technology. And the towel made with Imabari is excellent so that the Hollywood star uses it habitually. On the other hand, Japan has [...]

The biggest charm of the tatami room is variety of the use. it use every day as space in a living room. And it becomes the bedroom. Or sometimes use it as a guest room. it use as the space that the Japanese old house decorates a Buddhism altar, and is dedicated to ancestors. it [...]

Many Japanese love to bathe. There are public baths in many Japanese cities. . . They are called Sentou. The traditional Sentou are decreasing in currant Japan. On the other hand, public baths called Super Sentou have increased in many local Japanese cities. The Super Sentou baths are amusement-style bath. In Japan most Japanese houses [...]

Zataku(座卓) spread in the Japanese general family in the Meiji era. Zataku shortened the leg of a desk in China, and it was improved to match a Japanese style. It is the furniture of a rectangular guest room aimed at it being used on a tatami mat.

  History of Chabudai  In fact, the history of the model of Chabudai is very old. It was a table called Kouhai.(高杯) Kouhai changed on a small table to use it with an individual called Zen(膳) after the Heian era.(794-1192) It was a complete class society in old Japan. Therefore, all japanese did not have [...]

We use our pillow every day. And pillows are always come in contact with our body. Therefore, its maintenance becomes very important. That’s why I write about the maintenance of the pillow this time. About the buckwheat scale pillow which is a Japanese traditional pillow. You must not wash the pillow of the buckwheat scale [...]

Did you ever slept in a Futon? Possibly you may have borrowed a mattress if you had the experience to come to Japan. . . How about you? If you slept in Futon, it is a good experience of Japanese cultures. In addition, you experienced sense of incongruity at the same time. Because Japanese spread [...]