THE WORD “TSURARI” MEANS “BEING IN LINE.” THESE CUPS ARE MADE WITH HIGH TECHNICAL SKILLS OF WOOD TURNING.
THE CTLINDRICAL SHAPES, WITH TWO TYPES OF CURVED LINES, FIT EACH OTHER WHEN PLACED IN LINE, AND MAKE A SHAPE OF WAVES WHEN STACKED.
NOT ONLY CAN YOU STACK TURARI CUPS PRACTICALLY AND BEAUTIFULLY, BUT YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY YOURSELF AS IF PLAYING WITH COLLECTED WOODEN BLOCKS IN YOUR DISH CUPBOARD.

TUMUGI SHIRUWAN BOWLS ARE DESIGNED TO FOLLOW TRADITIONAL JAPANESE FOOD CULTURE THAT HAS BEEN PRESERVED THROUGH GENERATIONS.
EACH SHAPE OF THE BOWL WAS NAMED AFTER A TRADITIONAL SHAPE.
WE HOPE THAT TUMUGI SHIRUWAN BOWLS WILL BRING A NEW COLOR TO THE SCENE OF YOUR DINING STYLE, WITH A TOUCH OF JAPAN’S TRADITIONAL FOOD CULTURE.

THE MOTIFS OF MUSUBI’S SINGLE FLOWER VASES ARE THE FIVE ELEMENTS IN NATURE: SOIL, WATER, THE SUN, AIR, AND WIND.
MUSUBI, MEANING THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF GENERATING AND RAISING EVERYTHING, WAS DESIGNED BASED ON THE IDEA OF IMMUTABILITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CONCEPTS OF HAIKU VERSE, WHICH BASHO MATSUO FOUNDED, WHO WAS A JAPANESE HAIKU POET OF THE 17TH CENTURY.
THE IDEA OF IMMUTABILITY STATES THAT ALL PHENOMENA DO NOT EXIST INDEPENDENTLY, BUT EXIST IN ONE OF TWO CONFLICTING FORMS: LIFE AND DEATH, WITH EACH ONE REPEATING, RISING AND FALLING. AS PLANTS AND FLOWERS REPEAT THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH WITH VARIOUS NATURAL COMPONENTS, WE HOPE THAT CUT PLANTS AND FLOWERS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES IN MUSUBI VASES FOR PEOPLE TO APPRECIATE THEM.

KARMI IS QUOTED FROM ONE OF HAIKAI POETRY’S CONCEPTS, KARUMI.
LITERALLY MEANING “LIGHTNESS,” IT IS AN IDEAL FOR THE STYLE OF HAIKAI FOUNDED BY BASHO MATSUO(A JAPANESE HAIKU POET, WHO LIVED IN THE 17TH CENTURY).
WE APPLIED HIS HAIKAI CONCEPT OF KARUMI TO THE PRODUCT LINE OF KARMI AND HOPED TO EXPRESS MINIMALISM IN DAILY LIFE WHITHOUT RELYING ON KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS TOO MUCH.
WE THINK BOTH HAIKU AND DESIGN HAVE COMMON CONCEPTS IN TERMS OF THE BEAUTY PRODUCED FROM DEPTH.

CRAFTSMEN’S DELICATE TECHNIQUES MAKE TOHKA’S UNIQUE SHAPES AND POLISHED BEAUTIFUL WOOD GRAIN POSSIBLE.
ONLY WELL-EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMEN ARE ABLE TO MAKE TOHKA WINE AND CHAMPAGNE CUPS WITH STEMS THAT ARE BEAUTIFULLY AND THINLY POLISHED LIP OF THE CUP.

WE AIM TO CREATE PRODUCTS TO MATCH THE MODERN LIFESTYLE, BASED ON THE YAMANAKA LACQUERWARE TRADITIONS.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE OUR SIMPLE AND FUNCTIONAL, LONG-LASTING LACQUERWARE PIECES FOR DECADES TO COME.

AEKA OBJECT HAVE A DAINTY AND ELEGANT SHAPE, WITH A DELICATE BASE.
THE NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE ARCHAIC WORD “AKA,” MEANING DELICATE AND FRAGILE.
FEEL AEKA’S DELICATE BEAUTY.

THE WORD “KISEN” REFERS TO THE UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL ANNUAL GROWTH RINGS OF TREES.
OUR TEA CADDIES ARE MADE FROM ONE BLOCK OF WOOD SO THAT THESE UNIQUE PATTERNS OF THE WOOD GRAIN ARE CONNECTED BETWEEN THE LID AND BODY OF THE CONTAINER.
THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DOUBLE STRUCTURE OF THE TEA CADDY, IN PROCESS. BECAUSE OF THIS NEW STRUCTURE, EACH TEA CONTAINER LOOKS LIKE AN ARTISTIC OBJECT.
KISEN MAKES YOU FEEL THE TRUE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL WOOD.

“SHINAFU” IS AN ARCHAIC WORD, MEANING “ELEGANTLY HANGING.
” THE SHAPES OF SINAFU’S BOWLS AND DISHES WERE DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE TRADITIONAL SHAPES AND SPIRIT OF HOSPITALITY OF YAMANAKA HOT SPRING, WHICH HAS BEEN WELCOMING VISITORS AND PASSING ON THE TECHNIQUES OF JAPAN IN THE 700S.
SINAFU DOES NOT ONLY EXPRESS WARM HOSPITALITY WITH BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS ON BOWLS AND DISHES, BUT ALSO LITERALLY MAKES YOUR HANDS’ MOVEMENTS LOOK MORE GRACEFUL.

THE RUNNING PATTERN OF “WA” RINGS IS DESIGNED ON THE SURFACE ON BOWLS AND CUPS, AS IT LOOKS LIKE WATER RIPPLING OUTWARD. INCLUDING THE CIRCLES INSIDE THE BOWLS AND CUPS, AND EVEN THE SHAPES OF THE SPOONS, WAQWA EXPRESSES THE BEAUTY OF A RANGE OF CIRCLES. WAQWA WAS ALSO DESIGNED CONSIDERING HOW PEOPLE HOLD THEIR CUTLERY AND THE BOWLS’ FUNCTIONS. BECAUSE THE SOUND OF WAQWA ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THE JAPANESE WORD “WAKUWAKU,” WHICH MEANS “LOOKING FORWARD TO DO SOMETHING,” WE HOPE THAT WAQWA WILL MAKE USERS LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A MEAL WITH ITS BOWLS AND CUPS.

SAIBI CUPS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THE BEAUTY OF WOOD.
QUALITY WOOD AND A WOOD CRAFTING PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN REFINED OVER GENERATIONS HAS BROUGHT THESE BEAUTIFUL CUPS TO LIFE. SAIBI CUPS LOOK DELICATE AND FRAGILE, BUT ARE DURABLE ENOUGH FOR EVERYDAY USE.