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Japan’s least populous prefecture with one of the richest craft traditions

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TOTTORI PREFECTURE

Although it is the least populous prefecture in Japan, Tottori is home to a unique, bustling craft culture.
Remote, isolated location and legacy of Shoya Yoshida, one of leading figures in Mingei movement, have given rise to an incomparable craft culture—loosely characterized by a large number of diverse individual producers and its proximity to everyday life.

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September will be a busy month for Tottori Craft!

September will be a busy month for Tottori Craft! We are at the moment of writing this at Istanbul Airport, waiting for the flight to Gothenburg, where we are meeting with artists who will be coming to Tottori to collaborate with local craft studios. Then for Sep 11-15 we will be participating Habitare for the second year, followed by MUJI Community Market on 20th and 21st.

Before flying to Istanbul we were in Singapore for brief stopover, saying hi to our very important collaborator @asaru.studio @paaru.sg . Always so nice to catch up.

#oshinsha #tottori

Hei kaikille Suomessa 🇫🇮🇫🇮 We’re del

Hei kaikille Suomessa 🇫🇮🇫🇮 We’re delighted to announce our return to Finland for the Habitare Fair @habitarefair from September 11-15, featuring our Tottori Collection. Since our debut last September, Habitare has quickly become one of our favorite trade shows. The Finnish/Scandinavian lifestyle, with its joyful approach to living and deep connection to nature, always inspires us and resonates deeply with the essence of Japanese craftsmanship 🌾

We’re also excited to introduce Yukako Hamachi, our metalwork artist from tree frog Studio in Tottori, who will be joining us this year. You may even catch a glimpse of her metalwork demonstration🔨

We warmly invite you to visit our booth and say hello—we look forward to reconnecting with familiar faces and meeting new ones!

For those unable to attend Habitare, don’t worry—our Oshinsha team will also be at the Community Market at @mujifinland on the 20th and 21st. We hope to see you there 👐👐👐

Place: Messukesus (Helsinki Expo and Convention Center)@habitarefair
Dates: Sept. 11 - 15
Times: Weds 9:00 - 18:00 (general public from 12:00)
Thurs: 10:00 - 19:00
Fri: 10:00 - 20:00
Sat & Sun: 10:00 - 18:00

#habitare2024 #nordicdesign #scandinaviandesign #interiors #designinspiration #mujifinland #mujicommunitymarket

It’s been a super-interesting week, visiting suc

It’s been a super-interesting week, visiting such diverse craft studios across #tottori Prefecture. One studio we visited yesterday was a glass work studio @_yanoshirou_ . It was quite different from any glass works I’ve seen - layered glass plate are formed into really unique objects. Lucid, geometric, yet somewhat familiar and warm… can’t wait to feature them as our first-ever glass items!
#oshinsha #japancraft

Day 2 of this #tottori #craft trip. Discovered som

Day 2 of this #tottori #craft trip. Discovered some new crafts here and there, and at the end of the day we found ourselves at a really nice cafe by the sea @jifukel.coffee in #kotoura .
#oshinsha

Huge thanks to @orcraftlife for a wonderful aftern

Huge thanks to @orcraftlife for a wonderful afternoon. It was truly inspiring to get to know them, and learn about their philosophy. Crafts and artisan they work with were all amazing, as well as how they keep the tie to the history and culture of Hsinchu. Their activities were by no means confined to craft, but food, restaurants, hotel, bookstore… all seemed to be really well designed. We hope there will be an opportunity for collaboration sometime very soon. #taiwan #orlifestyle #或者工藝櫥窗 #craft #oshinsha #hshinchu

The other day in July, thanks to @cocorostore , we

The other day in July, thanks to @cocorostore , we had a pleasure of meeting Junsei Fujimoto san, known as “kinoisu jun (wood chair jun). He was a truly amazing wood craftsman. Very friendly and so imaginative. We asked him to come up with quite a difficult kind of furniture, but he was so really eager and (as it seemed) enjoying new challenge.

The first photo shows his chairs available at @cocorostore . They can be easily assembled / disassembled into wood panels.

His studio was in a woods, a bit separated from the town and filled with great atmosphere.

Looking forward to working with him for our project!

#tottori #tottoricraft #oshinsha #japancraft

Mitaki-en in #chizu , Tottori Prefecture is one of

Mitaki-en in #chizu , Tottori Prefecture is one of the most amazing restaurants I’ve ever been to. Well, it is something much larger than a restaurant. Yesterday it was my 2nd time and still as moved, if not even more, as the first time. Deep in the mountain, it is totally like another world, completely in harmony with nature.

Their cuisine is so exceptional but the owner lady told us there are no “professional chef” there. It’s simply the dishes that have been passed down for generations, making the most of seasonal, local blessings. If you visit here, make sure you’ll allow enough time, for the stroll after the supreme lunch is also a must - people who work there were so friendly and kind.

Technically it is not a craft studio of course, but if one could see craft as techniques of life, Mitaki-en really embodies everything that is wonderful about craft (and Tottori), delivered to you with unparalleled hospitality. #tottori #japancraft

We had quite an inspiring afternoon at @yashima.no

We had quite an inspiring afternoon at @yashima.nougu in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, enjoying a blacksmith experience. We were all surprised that rather than doing it at a separate space, we were invited right into the space where their craftsman is working, and the craftsman himself taught us all the way through.

We were first presented with a regular 15cm nail, and then transformed it into a paper knife by ourselves! It was amazing to physically feel the process of blacksmithing, the sound, the texture, heat, and hardness. The craftsman was really kind and skillfully adjusted the process according to how each of us were doing.

After the experience, it was also a fun part to have a little chat with kind owners Yashima-san at their Iron Cafe, drinking their signature grated ice strawberry.

I hope more and more people will have the opportunity to enjoy this fascinating experience! #tottori #kurayoshi #japancraft

Studios

Bamboo Craft Ceramics Copper Craft Folk Toys Hakushu Cotton Indigo Dye Textiles Inshu Washi Kimono Fabric Items Metalwork Pottery Urushi Wagasa Washi Craft Woodwork Woven Rattan Basket

YOBOTY

Washi Craft
Tottori Inaba-yaki

Pottery
Dai Inshu Paper Production Cooperative Association

Inshu Washi
Domokudo

Woodwork
Inkyuuzan-yaki

Ceramics
Uradome-yaki

Ceramics
Shinobu Kougeiten

Folk Toys
Mitsuyoshi Morishita

Metalwork
Wagasa Hatsune

Wagasa
AOYA

Inshu Washi
Shokagama

Ceramics
Yashima Iron

Metalwork

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