Category Archives: Tableware

Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Anyone who cooks even slightly, and probably many people who don’t, gives at least some thought to buying a knife or two when they come to Japan. It wouldn’t be stretching the metaphor too ...

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Prettinesses in Japan Pt 3

More cream and pink crockery I'm afraid!    This teacup and bowl are part of a set available at Nitori for around 299yen a piece. I got plates too which are a lovely organic semi oval shape. The five-petaled flower ...

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Prettinesses pt 1

Like so many people, one of the things I've always loved about Japan is their design. The Zen-influenced minimalism of their architecture and landscape architecture was introduced to me as the ultimate design when I was a small child and so I have held simple elegance above all other design for as long as I ...

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