Shôno Shôunsai (1904-1974), bamboo basket maker and Living National Treasure The history of bamboo baskets in Japan begins with their use as utilitarian objects during the Jômon period (10,000-300 B.C ...

The plates, which come in a wide variety of color combinations in increasingly ornate patterns, including fruit, look like dinnerware you ... The TarHong Bamboo Planta Artisan Dinner Plate Set ...

has now turned his flash of inspiration into a business that makes edible tableware and cutlery to sell to environmentally conscious consumers. He is not alone, though. Numerous Japanese companies ...

From fashion to electronic music, western tastes today are far more in sync with Japan's than they were in the early '80s, and that includes our attitude to tableware. Instead of assembling 124 ...

The Member's Mark Bamboo Melamine 12-Piece Dinnerware Set brings style and versatility to any dining setup, whether for ...

Photo: Michael Sullivan According to Kinto, the CLK-151 collection was introduced in 2015, and the sandstone porcelain used to make its dinnerware is unique to the Hasami region of Japan.

An curved arrow pointing right. Longbows, or Yumi, have been used in Japan for centuries. But today, a handmade bamboo bow can cost over $2,000. At over 2 meters tall, these bows are difficult handle.

For the first time in nearly 120 years, "hachiku" bamboo is flowering all across Japan. The hachiku bamboo plant expands by sending out underground stems, which can grow at a rate of about 2 ...

One of the things I like about my home in Japan is that it’s not cluttered with a ton of stuff (yet). I’m taking my time to bring things in my suitcase [from New York] little by little as I need them.

For 2,000 years Japan had never been defeated ... Civilians were recruited to fight alongside the soldiers with sharpened bamboo spears. The government held up as a model to civilians on the ...

Learn more› By Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan is a writer covering kitchen equipment and tableware ... Other materials like bamboo and composite are popular alternatives to plastic because ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...