Journal
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The bamboo that holds a hillside
30 September 2026Takano Chikko was founded in 1968 in Nagaokakyō, in the Nishiyama-Otokuni district that Kyoto’s bamboo has come from for centuries. Bambo...
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Why no two Kyoto iron kettles are alike
30 September 2026Heian Shojudo opened on Kyoto’s Teramachi street in 1885, working mainly in copper and iron. Kyoto Prefecture lists it as a Kyō no Shinis...
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The ceiling forty-eight painters made
30 September 2026Miyawaki Baisen-an has sold fans in Kyoto since 1823. The name is not the founder’s: the painter Tomioka Tessai gave it to the house in 1...
