Category: Visit Japan

Nikko – I don’t say it a single place to visit. Nikko is a variety of places to explore. If you like history, you can see temples and shrines, each of which has stories in its history. If you like artificial Japanese garden, yes, there are beautiful gardens. If you want to find secret place…

Washi-doll is a doll made of paper. Paper is not just a paper. At first, It is Washi, produced with Japanese Traditional method by craft man. Low material of Washi is tree barks named as “Kouzo”, “Mitsumata” and “Ganpi”. And colors are dyed with natural dyestuff such as Ai, Akane and Benibana. Doll is not…

Ukiyoe is a genre picture produced at Edo period. It is known that famous impressionist painters are inspired by Ukiyoe for their creation. There are two categories in Ukiyoe – woodblock print and hand-drawn drawing. woodblock print is produced as collaboration of “E-shi” for picture, “Hori-shi” for digging and “Suri-shi” for printing. Here is a…