Learn a bit about sakura zensen, the “cherry blossom front” published by Japan’s meteorologists predicting the flower’s peak blooming periods each spring.
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Master artist Shu Kubo visited Rikumo for a workshop celebrating the Japanese art of kirié.
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Try out Aki’s recipe for a vibrant and tasty homemade matcha roll cake this holiday season!
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Read a brief accounting of the history behind kirié, the practice of turning sheets of paper into works of art.
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We talked with Takashi Shinto, owner of Shinto Towel, about the company his great-great-grandfather started more than a century ago. Learn a bit about one of our most popular brands straight from the scion of its founding family.
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See fireworks illustrated almost 150 years ago by Jinta Hirayama, a forefather of modern Japanese pyrotechnics.
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A quick look at the azumabukuro, an age-old style of lightweight market bag created in Edo Tokyo.
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Learn 12 of the great many uses for tenugui, the slim Japanese towel with countless designs and infinite applications.
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Learn to gauge a towel’s absorbency and drying speed at a glance with this helpful overview of Japanese towel design.
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Reflecting on a visit to The Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York
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Forge a quiet connection to spring with a centuries-old haiku from poet Kawai Chigetsu, and learn a bit about how Japan celebrates cherry blossom season.
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Add a note of sweet-and-spicy goodness to this year’s holiday festivities with this Maple Togarashi Spiced Nuts recipe, perfectly paired with a Pear Sake Fizz.
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A pair of recipes to help get you started with your new donabe.
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A tasty - and eye-catching - take on a classic cocktail.
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Learn how Yamachiku’s decades-long struggle to preserve Japan’s bamboo chopstick industry led to the revitalization of an age-old custom.
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Try out this sugar cookie recipe from Preppy Kitchen and use your Fuapri Cookie Cutters to full effect.
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Welcome back! After a year-long transition from our former space on Walnut St., the team at rikumo is proud to invite fans and newcomers alike to check out our new concept store in Ardmore.
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As throwback looks find new popularity across Japan, dyeing company Takeno Senko Ltd. leverages a one-of-a-kind manufacturing process to create eye-catching textiles that pay homage to retro styles in entirely modern ways. Find out what sets the company’s distinctive Hirali towels, scarves, and tenugui (a type of all-purpose cloth popular in Japan) apart from all the rest.
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