October 27, 2011

Photo albums

Hello and Welcome to Nipponcraft.com,
I have compiled an album of photos we have taken so far. We occasionally travel to several places in Japan and take photos to show the seasonal culture of Japan to global customers.
The photos include the autumn colors, cherry blossoms (Sakura), Koinobori (carp flags), Maiko ladies, Jinriki-sha (a cart driven by man), Osaka-jo castle, funny neon ads of Osaka central.

Please visit our facebook to find more.

Thank you!

October 25, 2011

New Gamaguchi Series Added

Hello and Welcome to Nipponcraft.com
We have added new series of Gamaguchi wallet to our web site. Ten lineups of small size Gamaguchi wallets and three lineups of medium size. The design prints are called Edo Sarasa which emerged in Edo era in Japan some three hundred years ago. Trees, flowers, birds are the motif of Edo Sarasa design and it was originally inspired by India design.

The design is all hand-dyed (called "Tezome" in Japanese) and the dye factory is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Although Shinjuku is a very busy shopping  zone with three million visitors a day around the station, several traditional factories still exist until now.  The dye factories gather around Ochiai district, two stops from Shinjuku station by local train.

Please visit our web site to find more.

Thank you!
A young successor painting design manually
New lineup sample

Small size Gamaguchi wallet suitable for coin holders
Medium size Gamaguchi wallet

October 20, 2011

New Noren-curtains added and shipping free campaign

Hello and welcome to Nipponcraft.com,
We have added new Noren-curtains series and just started the free shipping campaign of them. This campaign will last until December, 2011. Please visit the Noren-curtain category of our website and take a look. We are still a small web shop but we will continue to expand the lineups.

In spite of the free shipping, all the listed prices of Noren-curtains at our website are the same as those prices sold in Japan. No hidden charges! And we will ship the goods via EMS express mail service, which is the reliable international mail service operated by Japan Post (Japanese government owned company).

All the Noren-curtains listed here are dyed manually (batik) in Kyoto and are of high quality. They are cotton 100% and tougher compared with the products of other vendors. What is fascinating about batik (Roketsu-zome in Japanese word) is that you will find some natural cracks on the dyed parts. Many people say that these natural cracks are the tastes of the products.

Noren curtain can be used for room divider, window sunshade, wall hanging and tapestry. I believe that Noren curtains look good for the western home interior. I hope you would like the products.

Thank you!

New lineups
Short length lucky cat
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_135.html
Arch style flower design (90cm length)
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_136.html
Lily of the valley
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_137.html
 
Wave (Green)
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_139.html
 
Wave (dark blue)
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_140.html

Circle (dark brown)
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_138.html

Bamboo
http://www.nipponcraft.com/goods_en_jpy_105.html