What is Edo Kiriko?
Edo Kiriko refers to the technique itself of cutting and decorating a pattern on the surface of glass, or the cut pattern itself.In English, it’s a cut glass.We mainly use a rotating polishing machine to make cuts by pressing the glass against it.It is exactly the art of glass drawn by the many years of experience and skill of craftsmen! There are other products with the product name “Kiriko”, but only those certified by the Edo Kiriko Cooperative can call themselves “Edo Kiriko”.The condition is that it is made of glass and is made in a designated area such as Koto-ku or Sumida-ku, Tokyo.Therefore, Edo Kiriko is inevitably a handmade […]
Rush tatami mat rug carpet is beautiful!
It can be said that the Japanese-style rooms that use Rush tatami mats in Japanese houses and their beauty are still indispensable for Japanese houses.I would like to take good care of the Rush tatami mats and use them for a long time.However, I would like you to be aware of the beauty of the Rush tatami that is created by it, rather than simply replacing the Rush tatami because it has become dirty or damaged.Roughly speaking, the beauty of a Japanese-style room (zashiki) is the three elements of “ceiling,” “wall,” and “floor,” the materials of “tokonoma” and “pillars,” and the openings such as “fusuma” and “shoji.” It can be […]
Rush tatami mats, Japanese-style rooms and the heart of Japan
“Going up to the house” “Let me go up to another person’s house” is a very pleasant sound. It is a phrase peculiar to Japanese people and Japanese culture. In Europe and the United States, when you enter a house, it becomes IN or ENTER, and it is simply an expression that you enter the space. This is because the way of entering the house is different between Japan and Europe and the United States, so I think there is a difference in how to say it. In Japan, taking off your shoes at the entrance and “stepping up one step” is probably described as “going up” correctly. Be barefoot […]
Rush tatami to breathe!
Rush tatami is alive!Rush tatami breathes and also regulates the humidity in the room. Rush tatami mats may be one of the absolutely necessary items for Japanese housing.Rush tatami has a very good quality, and the Rush tatami “breathes” to clean the air and regulate the humidity. As you know, Japan has a hot and humid climate with four seasons. Tatami has long been popular as a housing material and flooring material that is extremely suitable for this rich environment. Rush tatami mats have the wonderful property of “breathing” and adjusting the humidity and temperature of the room, but it is said that one tatami mat absorbs as much as […]
What kind of plant is “rush”, the raw material for tatami mats?
Rush is a monocotyledonous plant and a perennial.Another name is rush.The distribution in Japan is a wet plant that grows in lakes, rivers, wetlands, etc. from Hokkaido to Okinawa, and blooms from May to September.Rush used for tatami mats has been cultivated in paddy fields. Also, the cultivated tatami mat Rush is usually cut in July. The main production areas are Kumamoto prefecture, Hiroshima prefecture, Okayama prefecture, Ishikawa prefecture, Kochi prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, Saga prefecture, Oita prefecture, etc.In particular, the Yatsushiro region of Kumamoto Prefecture has the highest production in Japan, accounting for an overwhelming share of 80% to 90% in the Japanese tatami mat market. In the olden days, […]
Healing, Rush tatami mats and Japanese-style room
Why the Rush tatami room is soothingRush tatami room, low line of sight in Japanese-style room. This leads to healing.Everyone wants the familiar home to be a healing space. There are people who go home after a day’s work, people who go home after school, people who go home after a trip, etc., but the reasons for going home are the same. “To rest your body.”What is important is the problem of the contents of “to rest the body”. Sitting in a chair and taking a break or lying on the sofa is nothing more than “resting”, but it shouldn’t be the only thing that really comes home. I think […]
Take good care of your Rush tatami mats and make them last longer!
Take good care of it and make it last longerCleaning the Rush tatami mats that you should usually do is very simple.It is enough to sweep with a tatami mat and wipe with a dry cloth.The point is to be gentle and gentle along the eyes of the Rush tatami mat.When vacuuming, move it slowly and lightly along the tatami mats, and stop it just before the edge. That way, the edges will last longer. Another recommended care is to choose a sunny day twice a year, before the rainy season in late spring or early summer, and from late autumn to early winter, and dry it outside.At that time, […]
Create a fun time with the cool SAKE cup series ♬
The cool SAKE cup series is a cute SAKE cup in which the cherry blossoms react when you add a drink below 17 ° C and turn from white to pink.A special SAKE cup whose color changes with temperature using a special technique. Cherry blossoms and fireworks in full bloom opened with cold sake SAKE cup ♬Luxury SAKE cup where you can see cherry blossoms / fireworks anytime, anywhereThe cool feeling SAKE cup series reproduces the cherry blossoms and fireworks that bloom at temperature in a glass or SAKE cup. What is drawn on the surface of the SAKE cup is a cherry tree that looks like a bud. The […]
What are the characteristics of Rush tatami mats?
Rush tatami has various features and advantages.Traditional Japanese traditional Rush tatami mats use rice straw for the tatami floor and woven Rush on the tatami mat surface, that is, the main material is plant fiber. Therefore, it has elasticity containing moderate air. Even for Rush tatami mats that do not use modern rice straw or rush, this characteristic of elasticity has been inherited because materials that are similar in usability to traditional materials have been selected. The tatami mat is also characterized by its excellent heat insulation and moisture retention due to its airy finish. In particular, Rush tatami mats made from traditional rice straw have excellent moisture absorption and […]
Traditional Tatami mat structure
Tatami mat has a simple structure with the inner core, tatami-doko・the surface material, known as the tatami-omote・the border material, tatami-beri. Tatami mat is woven with “the inner core, tatami-doko” made by tightening and compressing layers of rice straw and weaving natural RushGrass into the warp to create “the surface material, known as It is made by covering the tatami-omote from above and sewing the border material, tatami-beri on the long side.Today, with the advancement of science and technology, and changes in housing conditions and needs, various materials have come to be used. However, the basic structure and manufacturing method of the Tatami mat itself has not changed since ancient times. […]