A Japancrafted Life
Usui Raw Silk Company in Annaka, Gunma, is Japan’s largest silk mill. Now, Usui is the only one left.
From ship sails to street fashions, Japan’s 100 percent natural high-quality canvas turns up in more places than you’d imagine. And it’s surprisingly soft and silky to the touch.
A bioactive protein secreted by silkworms and typically discarded in silk-making is being recovered and adapted for use in high-end bath products that benefi t skin and the environment.
The port city of Kurashiki is Japan’s leading producer of hanpu
As the wonderfully retro Tadami Line train winds between forests and bridges...
Kumano, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, is widely known for its superb brushes
Specialists in every step of denim manufacture—spinning, dyeing ...
A symbol of elegance loved around the world since the early 1900s, Akoya pearls ...
