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Masterpieces with Heart from Legendary Jeweler SHUDO
Some jewelry brands are known the world over thanks to glittering advertising campaigns splashed across billboards. Others travel simply by word of mouth, propelled by the strength of their...
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Witness the Pottery That Astonished the World This Month at Nihombashi...
There are few names in the world of pottery that have become a genre in their own right, but Makuzu Kozan has done just that, spawning legions of fans worldwide. And yet there is so much of the artist...
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The 1,000,000 Yen Shop for One Day Only at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
The 100 yen shop has become an unlikely tourist destination as well as something of a mainstay for ordinary life in Tokyo when price is the primary concern. There are, of course, limits to what can...
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Japan Trend Mix at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Fashion runs deep through Nihombashi Mitsukoshi. Not only was the whole Mitsukoshi empire originally spawned from a humble kimono dealer where the Nihombashi Main Store stands today, but our theatre...
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Mark 360 years of Kutani - a Revolution in Japanese Ceramics
A rare fusion of the skill of the painter and potter Kutani ware has long been heralded as one of Japan's finest ceramic traditions, requiring painstaking mastery of both disciplines to produce the...
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Giving Back on White Day
Men may reap the benefits on Valentine's Day in Japan, but that doesn't mean women end up empty-handed. Come White Day - March 14th - the tables are turned, and goodies are lavished upon the ladies....
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Treasuring Proper Penmanship
The digital age may have robbed us of the necessity for writing by hand, but rather than rendering the pen moribund it has instead made the pen something to be celebrated, cherished as a marker of the...
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Celebrate Sakura Season in and Around Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Sakura blossom holds a ubiquitous cultural presence in Japan appearing in a truly diverse array of media, but also dotted around in daily life - even present in your wallet right now on the 100 yen...
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Nobuko Ishikawa: Fine Jewelry from Japan to the World
Nobuko Ishikawa's eponymous jewelry brand is very much a global success story. The designer's excruciatingly detailed work, inspired by fine art, has won high-profile exhibitions and gained fans the...
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Ohanami-the Pinnacle of Picnics
Soft pinks and white against a sky of blue, delicate petals fluttering by on gentle breezes-spring's blossoming cherry trees make a dreamlike backdrop for the season's first picnic.Sakura (cherry...
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The Beauty of the Blade - The Past and Present of Japanese Swords
Photo by Kei Nakamura The traditional Japanese katana sword is mostly known as a weapon, its imposing single-edged tapered curved blade an iconic image in and of itself, never mind its wielder....
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A Window on the Beauty of the Japanese Seasons with Okurado Jewelry
So much contemporary jewelry belies that the precious stones and metals that go into its construction are in fact a product of nature, preferring to frame both the materials and its subjects with a...
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The Art of Tokusatsu - BabyTector from Syoichi Mukai
The Japanese special effects live action genre of tokusatsu movies and TV shows has rapidly becoming a right of passage, not just for children in Japan, but for youth all over the world. The memorable...
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Drink in the Best of Japanese Sake Breweries with Tokyo University of the Arts
To truly have taste in nihonshu, Japanese sake, enjoying all it has to offer requires so much more than a simple appreciation of the sake itself, with the setting in which it is savored being just as...
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Stars of Tokyo Fashion Week at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
In the 1980s the eyes of the fashion world were opened to the intense creativity that occupied the domestic Japanese scene, thanks to trailblazers Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garcons...
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Genichiro Inokuma Art in Bloom at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi
Abstract painter Genichiro Inokuma's presence is always felt at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, with his iconic artwork "Hana-Hiraku", flowers in bloom, having passed through the hands of thousands of staff,...
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New Perspectives on Japanese Watchmaking with MINASE
"Made in Japan" is so often a synonym for quality craftsmanship that sometimes one can forget just what it really means, and why it is still capable of commanding the world's respect. Japanese...
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Fresh Frontiers for Bamboo Work by Setsuko Isohi
Bamboo work ranks alongside ceramics as one of Japan's oldest traditional art-forms, born as they are in the immediacy of nature, honed in complexity and form over time by the ambition, and hand, of...
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A Gathering of Sweets: The 70th All-Japan Meika Ten at Mitsukoshi
Japan may be best known as the land of sushi and noodles, but its flair for delicious food goes beyond the savory-the country is also a sweet-lover's paradise. Be the confections Japanese in style or...
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Mitsukoshi and the Advent of the Japanese Department Store
Japanese department stores are that fabled concept of omotenashi incarnate; a beacon for shoppers desirous of the high-quality products and customer service for which Japan is renowned. But considering...
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