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Takatori ware from Toho village, Fukuoka, Japan
“Kaoru Cup” is a container that delivers the accumulated aroma of drinks to your mouth and nose, allowing you to feel the original taste more mellowly and directly. You can enjoy drinking and tasting a wide range of beverages such as green tea, coffee, sake, beer and wine.....
Japanese idiomatic sentences #6 with sword
“Sugedachi” describes a scene where a samurai joins to help his companion who is inferior in his battle. It seems that the word “sugedachi” was created from helping a company with the sword in his hand.....
Takatori ware from Toho village, Fukuoka, Japan
ONIMARU, Hekizan（鬼丸碧山）is a ceramic artist who was born in 1972 in Toho village, Asakura district in Fukuoka prefecture. His grandfather is the 1st ONIMARU, Setsuzan（鬼丸雪山）, the 2nd is his father as 1st Hekizan and he is the successor as the 3rd generation. The history of his pottery, Takatori ware, ......
Japanese idiomatic sentences #6 with sword
“Kumamoto Castle” under repair since 2006 after the last earthquake damage
In Japanese, they say “kyubashinogi（急場凌ぎ）” which means to overcome an emergency. Originally they used to write it “急刃凌ぎ” which kanji of “place”（場）was “blade”（刃.）.....
Japanese sword story #2
Tantou（短刀）Yoshimitsu（吉光） ７寸２分 Mid-Kamakura (13th century)
The Japanese people start calling their sword as “Japanese sword” around the end of Tokugawa Shogun period(19th century) when they reopened the gates for the foreign countries for the foreign trades. Before that period, ......
