Bamboo forest story

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There are many bamboo forests in Japan (there used to be lot more in the past) and it is getting a good season to visit there. It's very refreshing to go into forests in spring time. There is a famous bamboo forest pavement in Kyoto called  "Sagano Chiku-rin" nearby Arashiyama railway station. This is a nice place to spend your time walking through there.

Bamboos are so common in Japan that they are printed on many traditional crafts such as tenugui and noren curtain.

By the way, we have many earthquakes in Japan and it is often said that it's safe to escape into a bamboo forest when a big earthquake occurs.  Bamboo roots are strongly nested together underground, so they protect yourself from earthquake's ground cracks.

Bamboo forest in April (Meguro-ku, Tokyo)

Famous bamboo pavement at Arashiyama, Kyoto

Inside bamboo forest

We have several products on which bamboos are printed:

Bamboo forest tenugui sold at our shop

Bamboo forest noren (Japanese door curtain) sold at our shop

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Ukiyo-e noren curtains added

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We have added some more noren curtains (Japanese door curtains) to our web store. Please take a look if you like them.

In the future, we would like to prepare some anime prints noren curtains since I hear that Japanese anime is popular in some countries.

New lineup

Hemp 100% Sakura print noren dyed by Roketsuzome (batik) technique in Kyoto

Cotton 100% Roketsuzome (batik) noren curtain. The pattern is hand painted. Very nice touch and taste!

More casual noren made of rayon and cotton. This print pattern of Koi (sea bream) in waterfall comes from Kiryu, Gunma prefecture in Japan.

Typical Ukiyo-e print noren curtain made of rayon and cotton. Made in Kiryu, Gunma prefecture, Japan.
The price is $32 (USD)!

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Greeting: Sakura season has come!

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Today, Sakura flowers are in full bloom in Tokyo. Because of the colder temperature than usual, the Sakura season is a little behind than that of the last year. We should be able to enjoy full bloom of Sakura during the next week.

I went out to take some photos around. I took this big Sakura tree standing in front of a house at Meguro-ku, Tokyo. There are many beautiful and big Sakura trees around this residential area.

This Sakura tree is a good contrast against the blue sky behind. I took this one in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.

I found some children playing in the park after school. They were enjoying the swing under Sakura trees.

Boys waved to my camera. At Nozawa park in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.

The university students were having big parties under the Sakura trees. Maybe, they escaped from the class and got together to enjoy party! They were having beers and wines. I took this photo at Komazawa Olympic Park in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.










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