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Wrapped in beauty

Furoshiki Furoshiki: wrapping up gratitude in a single piece of cloth Tenugui hand towels, shikimono rugs, mashikiri traditional room partitions - Japanese people have found a variety of way...
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Wishing for prosperity in business

Wishing for prosperity in business

Morijio: the placing of salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck Morijio is a custom close to the heart of the Japanese people. Have you ever seen a dish containing a smal...
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What is wabi sabi journey? Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. All our products and services are  inspired by wabi sabi, an ancient Japanese philosophy, which teaches us to embr...
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What is wabi sabi?

What is wabi sabi? Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. Wabi sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in the impermanence, incomplete and imperfect. That said, a...
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The things that we treasure

The things that we treasure

Kintsugi: finding beauty in imperfection. We have all encountered that sad yet seemingly inevitable situation at least once in our lives, when we broke a precious piece of tableware while wa...
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Humans are like tea bowls

Humans are like tea bowls

Personally, this is one way I like to apply wabi sabi in my life. It is just my way… The first time I encountered the concept of wabi sabi was during my tea ceremony classes here in Kyoto. Tr...
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A rusted can in the mud by the river

A rusted can in the mud by the river

Once I found a rusted can in the mud by the river, halfway corroded into nothing. I took it home—to the disgust of my mother—and placed a tea light in it. I loved its delicate landscape of dec...
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