Artist

Support of Tohoku Earthquake Victims

After I invited Tohoku Earthquake 2011 Victims to my Japanese art online shop, artlabshop.com, I really feel having a mission, which I …

After the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 in Tohoku, people have tended to place great importance on friendship and family …

When I start living in Australia, I could not speak English well. I could not understand peoples’ talking. It was totally lost …

The maneki-neko, beckoning cat, was born in a town of Edo in last of Edo era.It is one of the peculiar lucky …

“Aroma of Plum” , Okinawa Folk song Words and music by Katoku Arakawa sung by Yuki Tanabe The Okinawa music is a …

This ceramic artist, Wataru Nagase is introduced before at “Joyful Ceramic Artist, Wataru Nagase“. His life style is really interesting, so I …

The ceramic artist, Wataru Nagase make wide variety of art works, decollation from a thing with the everydayness. The motif are creatures …

Terufumi Miike is a metalist. I was impressed by his respected work with his big effort and I almost cried. He made handmade …

The lacquer work is one of the most important Japanese traditional art. Many Japanese young artists use the material to make accessary, …

For me, white porcelain was just ordinary stuff before . All are plain kinds of tableware. Or ordinary colourful and small European …

I graduated from this university,Tohoku University of Art and Design. When I was a student, the school had founded only for three …

It’s a dream project! All international popular characters, Doraemon, Miffy, Pingu, Pikachu and Elmo are holding hands and they are encouraging for …