This January, join us for our cosiest JanuaryInJapan Book Club yet! Join us as we gather together online to chat about the heart-warming...

This year I have been thrilled to have been asked by several luxury brands to wrap beautiful gifts for them. I adore wrapping with...

This month let's take a look at the writing of Lafcadio Hearn in his essay collection of 1895, called Kokoro . In his essays, we discover...

What could be more beautiful than furoshiki fabric gift-wrapping your presents to your loved ones. We have so many beautiful designs for...

What could be more magical than Christmas stars! These easy-to-make origami stars look beautiful on the Christmas tree, or as gift...

Our new Zusetsu Geisha Dance Tea Towel design I visited Kyoto in the spring, and the lanes of Gion and the adjacent temple grounds at...

…and that ideal vision was that Kyoto would once again be  a beautiful wooden city… Steve Beimel of JapanCraft21 in Kyoto is an...

I first discovered stories about the thunder god, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, when I visited the Gion Matsuri last summer. Susanoo-no-Mikoto is...

Have you ever wondered about Japanese Shinto shrines? What is the meaning behind those zigzag shapes of paper that hang from a rope, and...

Do not think yourself The vanishing dew. Think instead Of the long-blooming Chrysanthemum flower. The Heian Court calendar was peppered...

Turn to me Mukai-kun Sincere guy Satoru Mukai (played by Akaso Eiji) had a perplexing break-up ten years ago: one which he never quite...

Our founder Cathy is a professional children's book illustrator, currently illustrating a big series of colouring books for Little Tiger...

Machiya are the beautiful, traditional townhouses of Kyoto, made with tremendous craft and skill. In 2016 I stayed at the lovingly...

This spring we took a road-trip out to the beautiful Yamanashi area of Fuji Five Lakes. At the Fujisan World Heritage Centre I saw cute...

The peak of Mount Fuji is oblivious to time. What season does it take this to be that the falling snow should dapple it like a fawn? toki...

My Japan Journey Interview 8: Catherine Pawasarat: expert and author of The Gion Festival: Exploring Its Mysteries There is no question...

In preparation for our exciting interview and blog with the Kyoto geisha and maiko photographer John Paul Foster, I began to learn about...

The best among blossoms is the red plum, whether light or dark in colour. As for the cherry, the blossoms should be on slender branches,...

My Japan Journey Interview 7: Meet Natalie Leon: Author, Japanophile, Forager In our blog today, we celebrate new writer Natalie Leon,...

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this year for our online JanuaryInJapan Book Club event! We meet once a year and we're very...