Today (March 3rd) is our first year anniversary since we opened nipponcraft online store. We have started our online store for dealing several Japanese crafts that we think may be useful and beautiful also for international customers. The items we deal here come from traditional makers and artisans that are producing genuine crafts for years. We find these producers and products by visiting various places in Japan even in the era of Internet society.
It is a pity to find some fake products pretending as Japanese traditional crafts that are not made in Japan nor Japanese origin. It is my opinion that genuine crafts (especially traditional crafts) should be the items produced in the country where they were born, because people in the country know the real culture, background and spirit of the products.
Showing our thanks of our 1st anniversary to international customers, we would like to present a small gift to all orders we receive during this March.
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| Hina-Matsuri painted tenugui handkerchief (Miya-zome chusen brand) |
Today is also a special day for little girls. March 3rd is Hina-Matsuri day. Traditional families in Japan display a set of dolls for praying sound growth of their daughters. The Empress doll is believed to be a sacrifice (substitution doll) of a girl for avoiding bad lucks in her life. So, the doll cannot be passed to a daughter from a mother, nor sister to sister. One doll for each girl.
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| Hina-Matsuri Dolls set - they are displayed on terrace steps |
Thank you!
Ken Yoshimura, the store manager
