Journal

By Porter Lang Start with the short version. A hanko is a name seal, pressed in red ink where a […]

By Ines Keane A card posted on 20 December and a card posted on the 24th can land on the

By Rafe Calder Pick a year. Nippon.com says the modern kendama began in 1921. A tourism ministry database says a

By Porter Lang Check the short ends first. A tenugui is a thin cotton strip, and on its two short

By Ines Keane Open the lid and you see the lid of the next box. That is the first thing

By Rafe Calder A hanafuda deck has forty-eight cards. Twelve months, four cards each, one flower for every month. There

By Porter Lang Start with the board. A hagoita is a flat paddle of paulownia wood, close to a trapezoid,

By Ines Keane A thin cord of twisted paper. Stiff enough to hold a shape, light enough to curl into

By Ines Keane Every daruma begins with two empty eyes. That is the whole idea. You buy one near the

By Rafe Calder The Japanese house of old had no central heating, and the kotatsu is what people did about