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Need last-minute, shipping-friendly holiday gifts?

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Nov 25, 2019

Need last-minute, shipping-friendly holiday gifts?

by Mio Yamada

The holiday season is closing in fast, and if you're looking to send gifts — especially to overseas — you likely only have a week or so at the most to get to the post office. Here are a few ideas that shouldn't need ...

A few ways to go the whole dog in 2018

Style & Design Dec 31, 2017

A few ways to go the whole dog in 2018

by Mio Yamada

Cats may have surpassed dogs as pets in Japan for the first time in more than 20 years, but that hasn't stopped the nation preparing for the year of the dog with canine events and all manner of engimono lucky charms to see you ...

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten sells the story of Japanese crafts

Style & Design Mar 26, 2016

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten sells the story of Japanese crafts

by Mio Yamada and Rina Yamazaki

"I can't ask a craftsperson to make something cheaply, or to produce 1,000 items. I have to find 10 artisans to each create 100 quality items," says Jun Nakagawa, president of the crafts-revitalization business Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten. "That's what makes it tricky." Nakagawa, seated in ...

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