Below: Sachiyo Nakamura, Yoko Noguchi & gallery owner Sadaaki Hino. This is a Tenugui exhibition we visited when we were in Tokyo. Tenugui is a traditional Japanese woven cloth made…

Above: Factory entrance. Below: Factory interior. Recognise that weave pattern? It’s the Airvase in the making! Men at work on the printing press. Left: Matt taking a closer look at…

These are images from our papermaking workshop at Rakushikan in Kyoto. If you too would like to make paper right in the heart of Kyoto then definitely bookmark this place. Rakushikan is…

Above: A laneway near Uragu and a very picturesque part of Kyoto to explore. Kyoto is a great place to visit if you love paper. Well actually it’s a great…

Remember that sweets shop I promised to blog about a couple of weeks ago? Well this is it. Finally, I get to share with you this wonderful shop, that our…

Guest post day 2 is all about Design Hub Tokyo and Design to Change the World. So head over to The Design Files guest blog to see exactly how design can really change…

Wondering why there is just a single lonely image here? Well, that’s because the rest of this post can be found over at The Design Files guest blog. Lovely Lucy has…

Kamakura is such a beautiful place to visit. It takes just under an hour by train to get there from Tokyo station, so it’s an easy day trip if you…

If you only have time to visit one paper shop in Tokyo, make it Ito-ya in Ginza. It’s nine levels of stationery goodness and most definitely the mecca for paper lovers…

By the overwhelming response I received from my Tokyo By Tokyo book post, I got the impression you guys would like to know more about discovering the real Tokyo? So I…