Meet Nóra Hamucska, sumi painter

My Japan Journey Interview 4: Nóra: ink painting artist Our friend Nóra is a passionate ink painter. Her foundational skills are in...

Meet Mafalda Tenente, artist and writer of 'Autumn in Japan'

My Japan Journey Interview No 03: Mafalda: ink painting and book creating Mafalda Tenente, with a pouch full of brush pens, sits in a...

Meet Anne McKenzie, Shodo inspired botanical artist

My Japan Journey Interview No 02: Anne: Communicating a language of plants in a calligraphic way I had such a lovely chat with artist...

Children's Day, Koinoburi, and the Iris

Our Koinoburi Tenugui is instore here! What is Children’s Day? Children's Day (こどもの日, Kodomo no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan, which...

Our Hanami Story!

It's officially cherry blossom season! And that means hanami time :) Hanami (花見) literally means "flower viewing" and it's a Japanese...

Genji and the Changing Seasons

A scene from Chapter 24 'Butterflies', The Tale of Genji, illustrated by Tosa Mitsuyoshi (1539–1613) and Choujirou, Kyoto National Museum...

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