Using lacquer to reassemble broken vessels by pasting shards together and coating with gold or silver powder, a techn...

Asakusa, Tokyo, is home to many shrines and temples. Visitors often buy "omikuji," which are small pieces of paper wi...

After leaving his math teaching job Suzuki Yuichi became a doctor, but he has no license. The surgeries he performs r...

Cheap plastic umbrellas are all too easily used and thrown away in Japan. And since they're difficult to break down, ...

Azuno Tadafumi runs a rather unconventional retail space. It doesn't just carry used tools or furniture, but also sal...

Komuro Maito has a studio in downtown Tokyo where he works with traditional plant-based dyes. His dyes are made from ...

Japanese chef Kai Kosei offers dishes featuring "Zako," fish with little or no market value. Either because they're t...

For over 40 years Tsukamoto Yoshifusa has used scrap wood from old Japanese houses to make violins. Carefully carving...

Flowers accompany life's most important moments. But there's a sadness to picked flowers. They color our lives and ar...

Nakahara Keiko lives at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains in central Japan. She dyes fabric using nearby plants a...

Japanese schoolchildren wear backpacks known as Randoseru. Though sturdily made, after the first 6 years they're no l...

Working as an architectural designer after college, Kigami Natsuko soon added "jewelry maker" to her job description....

The Japanese southern island of Okinawa Prefecture, warm all year, this popular tourist spot is home to "Ryukyu Glass...

Kids just love coloring with crayons! But what if a child puts them in their mouth or tries to eat them? Kimura Naoko...