WISDOM TOOLKIT
Your accessible guide to Japanese culture and philosophy to elevate your day
Wisdom from modern Japan
For those who need a little guidance in their life decision-making, want to be more tuned with their own senses or inner knowings, or are looking for the perfect elegant gift for a loved one.
Welcome to your usable, accessible, and authentic Japanese culture and philosophy guide.
What’s New in the Toolkit
Tangible Japanese Craft & Wisdom in Your Hand
Grandpa Lost His Horse.
“Why can’t you be happy when you’re meant to be?” The idea of suppressing emotions repelled me: it felt as though taking away all the juice of life, leaving boring and dry pulps.
What You Make Makes Who You Are
because he is the craftsman of urushiware, who knows what’s important is usually hidden beneath, and that only time will show.
Unsui – Superman
Mastering Life Unsui（雲水） is a monk in training; he goes around one temple to the other, in search of his master, or he stays in Sodo, a temple space...
3 Women in 5-Tatami, 7AM Observation
朝七時 五畳にて 三人の女 GARARI! is the sound of opening a sliding door…an outdated one. Garari! I opened a glass sliding door, into the five tatami-mat space....
Work of Yoshiko Munehiro
前略 いかがお過ごしでしょうか。 早いもので母・佳子が旅立ってから5年が経とうとしています。...
Bear Attack and the Culture of Yohaku
A message came from a friend in the UK:“Bear attacks are on NHK World!”Even here in Ashigara, where Kintaro riding a bear is our local mascot (see...
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About
I’m Tomo, and it’s my pleasure to be your cultural bridge. I believe wisdom is passed down through generations and stored within our bodies. Many of us have forgotten the ways to tap into it. Craftspeople, who constantly work with their hands and five senses, seem to have better access to that wisdom. Wisdom Toolkit seeks knowledge directly from these hand thinkers and bridges the freshly acquired wisdom from modern Japan to the rest of the world.