Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts /[Matsumoto Hōki]

Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents things that bring a bit of luxury to everyday life. The find this time was Matsumoto hōki, in continuous production in Matsumoto, Nagano prefecture since long before Japan’s modern era. They’re gorgeous, handcrafted brooms of hōki morokoshi, a variety of sorghum sometimes called broom corn, grown by the crafters themselves.