Walk on the Wild Side.
Would you believe that the most risk-taking, going-against-the-norm people I've met in my life are usually in the crafts...
What You Make Makes Who You Are
A Guideline for Choice Making Patience is a virtue, and necessity for the practice of urushiware making. Senro Sato, the master...
What Oshosama Does not Say…
Without a Master, I Come To Enlightenment. "Dharma couldn't have been the zen originator by himself." I was listening to a zen...
“I Don’t Know” Is the Answer.
This is a tricky one. Using “I don’t know” as an answer may be a safe choice for some, a way to avoid mistakes or even a self-preservative tactic.
For me, it is a very proactive way to face my ego.
Life Is Made of Constant Choice-Makings.
She was 27 when she broke up with her fiancé.
Good Things Always Spread.
People think I’m Japanese.
Well, I am. But it’s been so long since I had miso soup and rice for a breakfast.
Your Handwriting Is Terrible.
What was I trying to achieve or get done by saving a few seconds of my life, neglecting my own name?
Offering Light to Others
The mingei movement pioneered a new frontier of perspective on beauty. By doing so, it offered hope for those who have not been seen in the light before.
The Job She Hated the Most…?
As I now write this story, I see and interpret the process of pricing as “claiming self-value.” How many of us are good at it?
Life Is a Losing Game
Life is a losing game, if you count the number. However, knowing the “one” rewards all the losses in the past, life may be more than what you can count.
Portraying The Mingei Life Stories
Defining Mingei …? #1 #Mingei ... the Japanese Folk Crafts Movement from 100 years ago. It encouraged artisans to pride in their craft; it taught people to cherish what they already have. The philosophy very much relevant and refreshing today. Among all the...
I Want to See What You’re Seeing.
Takahiro Yagi at work