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Training era part2
At the same workshop, a designer was working whose name is Yukiko who was two years senior at work. She also helped as a weaver when we were so busy with many orders.
The working environment was monotonous and depressing, but fortunately, I was so lucky to refresh myself by having a post-work date....
Training Era part 1
During his training era, he learned a hand weaving for the first two years and a machine weaving for the next eight years which he spent 10 years in total as his training to be a weaver. The veteran weavers are over 50 years old ladies whom he learned a hand weaving from them. Even after he was able to weave to some extent, their work speed.....
Shin Kinoshita Profile 2
Profile 2 for Shin Kinoshita
His first encounter with Nabeshima Dantsu was during his job hunting before graduating from university. From the time he was in school, he wanted to get a job relating something to Japanese traditional crafts. In addition to painting, he also took a pottery class. He use to play....
Shin Kinoshita Profile 1
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Shin Kinoshita was born in Toyooka city, Hyogo prefecture in 1977.
Hyogo prefecture is adjacent to Kobe and Osaka which sounds like an urban area, but his hometown is a really countryside in the northern part of Hyogo. When he was a child, ......
Japanese idiomatic sentences #11 with sword
“Tantouchokunyu” means that you are direct to ask. There are many other English expressions for this such as a word of straightforward
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You come straight to the point.
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I asked him point-blank.
