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NAKAMURA DOUKI - Traditional Japanese Copper Pan for Tamagoyaki

A copper pan is a useful cookware because of its excellent heat conduction. Nakamura Douki is a Tokyo-derived manufacturer of copper pans. Find their features and the best way to cook tamagoyaki, Japanese egg omelet.

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SUWADA Plier Style Nail Clippers for Healthy Nails

SUWADA is a Japanese brand of nail clippers founded in 1926. From a metalworking city, the brand has manufactured nail clippers in the traditional plier style by skilled artisans.

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Classical Nousaku Tin Sake Wares and Why They Must be Chosen for Japanese Sake

Tin, a kind of metal, works perfectly to make your favorite liquor more delicious. The Japanese brand Nousaku produces various sake wares made of tin. There are multiple reasons why tin sake wares go well with Japanese sake and other liquors.

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Hand-sewn Japanese Zabuton with Auspicious Patterns

The Japanese brand, Ponpindo manufactures hand-sewn zabuton, which is a traditional Japanese cushion. It is comfortable to sit on the soft zabuton and you would enjoy the adorable patterns of Edo stencil dyeing.

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Find the best Yunomi teacups for your favorite green tea

Yunomi teacups are made not only to drink green tea but also to make people enjoy the flavor of green tea more and to make them enjoy the design of teacup.

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Japan-made with good luck charms and their meaning

There are diverse good luck charms in Japan. They are from religious beliefs or old culture derived from like Buddhism, Shinto, and Chinese culture. It is believed that as you hold the amulets, you would acquire good lucks. Therefore, they often become gifts for auspicious events, such as birthday, wedding, and childbirth.

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How to find the best Japanese traditional chopsticks from various types

Chopsticks are used, especially in East Asia, where there is a culture of eating glutinous foods like rice. Although you may think all chopsticks look the same, there are differences, and each of them has specialties. HYOZAEMON, a Japanese manufacturer of chopsticks, tell us the characteristics of diverse chopsticks and in which way they are convenient.

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Making Use of Urushi Lacquerware as a Daily Tableware

Urushi is a kind of lacquer collected from the lacquer tree. In Japan, Urushi has been used for tableware, furniture, painting, jewelry and other objects from more than 9000 years ago.

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How to Use the Japanese Traditional Bento Box, Magewappa

A portable lunch box or bento box is convenient to carry your favorite food. Magewappa from Akita Prefecture is the one-and-only bento box which becomes a symbolic product of Japanese traditional bento box.

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Japanese tea caddies of Kakunodate DENSHIRO

Kakunodate DENSHIRO is a brand of Katamono, which means a container made in a mold. The brand makes various tea caddies based on the skill of Katamono with the unique material, cherry bark.

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Kiyomizu-yaki, Attractive Japanese Pottery Developed in Kyoto

Kiyomizu-yaki or Kiyomizu ware is the pottery derived in the 16th century in Kyoto. By having many skilled artisans and high-quality material, the sophisticated Japanese pottery is developed.

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Edo Kiriko, the Japanese Cut Glass with Engraved Patterns

Edo kiriko is a traditional Japanese cut glass produced since 1834 in Edo where is today's Tokyo area. The brand of Edo kiriko, Saihou, has manufactured beautiful cut glasses and passes down highly-sophisticated skills.

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KOHCHOSAI KOSUGA, Authentic Japanese Bamboo Crafts from Kyoto

KOHCHOSAI KOSUGA is a brand of bamboo products founded in Kyoto, Japan. Since 1898, the brand has produced various kinds of bamboo crafts to enrich our lives.

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HAKUSAN PORCELAIN - Simple, Practical Japanese Porcelain for Daily Use

HAKUSAN PORCELAIN has produced Hasami ware since 1779. The products are simple, useful and long-lasting. The brand has various lines of porcelain, which all of them are well-designed and practical in our daily lives.

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