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Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts /[BENT WOODENWARE]

| Design, Travel | photo_Keisuke Fukamizu   hair & make_Masako Osuga   editor_Masae Wako   translation_Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber

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. Here she travels to Odate in northern Akita prefecture, where she visits a factory making magewappa, traditional bent woodenware, and purchases a beautiful bento box made of wild Japanese cedar.

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  • Magewappa is a traditional craft made by bending very thin strips of forest-grown Japanese cedar into functional objects. The moment our shopkeeper, KASHIYUKA, set foot in this renowned Odate Magewappa maker’s factory shop, Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten, she remarked on the “gorgeous aroma of the wood”. Her eyes flashing with excitement, she set about selecting a bento box.
  • Purchase No. 6[BENT WOODENWARE] Rice tastes better in this forest-grown cedar bento box.
  • Cedar is heated in 80 degree centigrade water, then bent around a wooden form, known as a “goro”.
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