Modern Home Design Inspired by Zen Style
How is your first week of the new year? A bit overwhelmed? At least for me, it is always a bit crazy at the beginning of the year. Too many plans! I should really...
Tagged: Japanese Style
Dovercourt House in Toronto, Canada
The Dovercourt House draws upon, and re-interprets, many elements of traditional Japanese architecture, and marries those elements with a love for colour and texture. Instead of the popular open concept which breaks the barrier...
Pokémon Utility Hole Covers Installed Cross Over Japan
Manhole, the humble utility hole over is Japan is always quite special from what you can see in the other country. Instead of ordinary text pattern cover, Japanese cities and towns across the country...
Incredible Galaxy Sake Cup by Hiromi Sato
Hiromi Sato is a traditional Japanese craft artist. Influenced by her parents a traditional artisan and painting artist since child, Sato obtained traditional Japanese craft qualification and designed a series of beautiful starry sake...
Anime Characters Inspired by Countries
Anime is a huge industry in Japan and many of people grew up with it, such as me. I can imagine there is a large amount of people who works for this industry so...
Unique Sakura-Shaped Paper Umbrella Designed for Japan’s Cherry Blossom Season
Japan’s cherry blossom season has officially started, and people all over the world are getting ready to celebrate the arrival of the pink sakura bloom. “Flower viewing” festivals (called hanami) is the Japanese traditional...
Probably The Most Beautiful Sashimi Plating You’ve Ever Seen
Due to the nature of food, I always think Sashimi can easily achieve beautiful plating with simple food arrangement. As a sushi lover, I have been to many Japanese restaurants. No matter how elegant...
Bookends That Mimic Tokyo’s Narrow Back Alleys by Monde
Tokyo based Japanese designer Monde designed an interesting series called “bookshelf dioramas“. Monde’s “back alley bookshelves” are detailed replicas of the winding, narrow back alley’s of Japan, which can easily transform ordinary bookshelves into...
Miniature Japanese Houses With Tons of Details
New York-based artist Simon Lo creates below incredible, scaled-down versions of traditional Japanese houses full of tiny hand-crafted items. Each charming miniature is planned and hand-built with incredible attention to detail. If you only...
Omoshiro Blocks: Creative Paper Memo With Hidden Object Inside
Designed by Japanese company Triad whose main business line is to produce architectural models, the Omoshiro Blocks (loosely translated as ‘fun block’) feature various notable architectural in Japan such as Kyoto’s Kiyomizudera Temple, Tokyo’s...
Crazy Flavor KitKat Flavors From Japan
KitKats were introduced to Japan in 1973 and in 2014, it has been he top-selling confection in the country. Why? The reason is quite simple – Kit Kat in Japan just doesn’t like any...
Adorable Soy Sauce Cat from Japan
Japanese people love cat, they love cat so much that they are not only drawing cat on the Latte but drawing with soy sauce when eat sushi. It can be real! Yeah, it is...
