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【News】 Wild animal leather crafts gain popularity (Feb. 6, 2016)
An exhibition and sale of crafts made of leathers of wild animals such as boars and deer, which damage field crops at local areas in Japan, opened at TOKYO SKYTREE in Sumida-ku, Tokyo on Feb. 5. Research institutes including universities and designers joined the exhibition to sell their craftworks through Feb. 17. Kina Kato, 42, a leather craft designer, displayed wallets and brooches made of leathers of deer captured at a Nikko area in Tochigi prefecture. “Quality of deer leathers depends upon nuts and other foods available in the forest when they are trapped. Its texture differs from one season to another. I hope my craftworks will be appreciated for … Continue reading
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【Opinion】 Let us protect the community of all sentient beings (Jan. 18, 2016)
Yutaka Une, farmer and philosopher Before we knew it, we have begun to think that it is always better to manufacture something with lower costs and shorter working hours if quality is not affected. But I believe such way of thinking is abnormal when it comes to agriculture. If farmers become obsessed with such an idea, it would become a norm for them to try to remain competitive at home and abroad only in terms of economic value. However, it is not only farmers that are engaged in farming. For example, rice is created by the coordination among the sun, the rain, water, soil, other creatures, wind (atmosphere), waterways, ridges … Continue reading
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【News】 Big red plump tomato grow in whiskey bottle (Jan. 16, 2016)
Kentrou Tominaga Growing a big red tomato in a bottle. That’s what this 72-year-old gentleman in Omihachiman-shi, Shiga Prefecture, does it as a hobby. Hitoshi Watanabe, who is actually a vegetable farmer, uses clear empty whiskey bottles of approximately 25 centimeters tall. He puts one young tomato in a bottle when it’s small enough to fit in the 3-centimeter mouth of the bottle, carefully not to drop the tomato off the branch. Then he takes care of it, always making sure that the bottle is tightly fixed and untouched as much as possible. When the tomato gets big, he cuts it off the branch and fills the bottle with … Continue reading
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【Feature】Winter beauty of harmonic life of man and nature in Japan (Jan. 1, 2016)
The landscape of Japanese farm villages changes dramatically from season to season. Winter in Japan is generally very cold, but even the cold weather brings with it some amazing sceneries. Please enjoy some of them that are brought to us by the harmonious life of men and nature in Japan. – Snow-covered quiet satoyama – Kazuhiro Eguchi (in Nanto-shi, Toyama Prefecture) Ainokura is a remote village in the Gokayama region, Nanto, Toyama Prefecture. In winter when heavy snow covers its traditional thatched- and steep-roofed gassho-zukuri houses, the village turns monochrome as if it’s a Chinese ink-wash painting. There are two gassho-zukuri villages in Gokayama: Ainokura and Suganuma. In 1995, … Continue reading
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【News】 Do up wooden tie and run into work smiling (Nov. 22, 2015)
Kotaro Yamada In Takayama-shi, Gifu Prefecture, wood ties created by a craftsman at a local carpentry shop, TS Sangyo, are drawing attention. The wearable wooden product is named “Nokutie.” It’s planned to go on sale by the end of November 2015 after some final tuning. Nokutie has five parts which are held together by a cord that runs through the parts. The cord is then tied to an elastic cord that goes around the shirt collar. It comes in 10 different locally-grown timbers including cherry wood, maple, chestnut and oak. The parts for one Nokutie are cut out of one piece of wood. This way, wood grain patterns are used … Continue reading
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