New year holiday announcement

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We would like to inform that we have our new year holidays from December 29th, 2017 to January 3rd, 2018. We will resume shipping work on Thursday, January 4th, 2018.

Thank you very much for your patience in advance.

Wishing you a happy and healthy new year for 2018!

Summer holiday announcement

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We would like to inform that we have summer holidays from August 11th and August 15th. We will resume shipping work on Wednesday, August 16th.

In Japan, many companies and people have summer holidays around August 15th. This term is called "Obon"(お盆) , and it is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.

Thank you very much for your understanding and patience in advance.

Not accessible for a few minutes sometime b/w 6AM-8AM on 14/7/2017

Hello and Welcome to www.nipponcraft.com,

As the provider plans to apply a security patch to our server during 6AM-8AM on Friday, July 14th 2017 (JST - UTC+9), Nipponcraft.com may not be accessible for a few minutes somewhere between the time frame.

Thank you very much for your attention.
Shop manager

Our holidays

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We would like to inform that we will resume shipping work on Monday, May 8th because of the consecutive public holidays from Wednesday, May 3rd to Sunday, May 7th, the period called "Golden Week" in Japan. Thank you very much for your understanding and patience in advance.

Wednesday, May 3 : Constitution Memorial Day
Thursday, May 4 : Greenery Day
Friday, May 5 : Children's Day
Saturday, May 6 - Sunday, May 7 : Weekend

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Sakura Season in Japan

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As an yearly event of our blog, we are uploading some photos of this year's Sakura flowers that start to bloom in full in Japan. The Sakura are coming slowly than usual this year, because it was still very cold for the Sakura at the end of March. Although the Sakura season in Tokyo are ending now with today's rain and strong wind, but the best season of other areas are still ahead.

New semester and also new fiscal year of many companies begin in this Sakura season, so the Sakura and the fresh year is a cultural set in Japan.

As shown in the bottom photograph, it is allowed in Japan to have alcohol outside. People of all ages enjoy talking, eating and drinking under the full bloom Sakura. This customary event of "HANAMI" (Sakura picnic) dates back in the 17th century. "HANAMI" may be an excuse for having fun outside. After the party outside, people are encouraged to take back the trashes home...























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New Sensu fans added

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We have stocked new design sensu folding fans.
Please visit sensu category of our shopping website.

Maiko Girl, Sakura, Pagoda

Dragon

Wind God & Thunder God

Maple leaves

Firework

Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji (one side) & Sakura (another side)

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Nipponcraft's 6th Anniversary

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Today, 3 March 2017, is the Nipponcraft's 6th anniversary since the shop was opened on March 3rd, 2011. We appreciate customers' shopping and interests.

In Japan, March 3rd is a special day for little girls and is called "Hinamatsuri" (see also Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinamatsuri). Families with daughters wish their healthy growth and happy lifetime with displaying dolls at home.

The following snapshots were taken at a "Hinamatsuri" event in Katsuura (勝浦), a fisherman's town facing to the Pacific Ocean. Katsuura is a 130 km drive from Tokyo. According to an event staff, approximately 6,000 Hinamatsuri dolls were displayed on the platforms. Old families from all over Japan contributed their dolls to the city for this event. Their daughters should have been grown happily, and the dolls' next role is to make visitors to the city happy.









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A Happy New Year 2017

May everyone be happy and healthy !