Today the sight in front of me is like this.
She just makes me smile.
September 22, 2010
My Favorite Place
Sometimes when it is just too busy, I escape the office with my laptop and sit outside on the terrace of Starbucks.
September 15, 2010
Spiral Market Paper Products Exhibition 2010.09.11-23
What is very unique about Airvase is that it is developed under a project called “Kami no kousakujo (Paper Factory).” The project was launched in 2008 by Fukunaga Print, a paper processing and printing company located in the west side of Tokyo, in collaboration with 14 different emerging Japanese designers. It is skilled workers at Fukunaga Print that enable designs to become actual objects with practical and artistic appeals.
Read more on >> eco+waza online http://www.greenjapan.com/goods_en_jpy_325.html?htpl_id=6
September 14, 2010
The Magic Tenugui
TENUGUI is a Japanese version of towel, usually made of cotton, thin and more like a cloth rather than a "towel." It has been around for ages, since the Edo period, and although once denied for being old fashioned, many Japanese young people are appreciating its usefulness these days.
I am using a tenugui myself, and this summer what surprised me was its ability to soak water and sweat!
Really, when you are sweating like crazy (which often happened this summer), just gently touch with the tenugui and it dries your skin in a second. Especially when you are wearing makeup, it helps if you don't have to rub your face off.
All tenugui designs have traditional meanings, which is something we can learn as a small trivia to tell friends.
And the eco-friendly part of this is its product design. Tenuguis are supposed to be used till it wears out, and then reused as a cleaning towel, and after that we tear it into thin straps and make it a duster.
Check out our TENUGUI collections at www.greenjapan.com ! >> Tenugui
I am using a tenugui myself, and this summer what surprised me was its ability to soak water and sweat!
Really, when you are sweating like crazy (which often happened this summer), just gently touch with the tenugui and it dries your skin in a second. Especially when you are wearing makeup, it helps if you don't have to rub your face off.
All tenugui designs have traditional meanings, which is something we can learn as a small trivia to tell friends.
And the eco-friendly part of this is its product design. Tenuguis are supposed to be used till it wears out, and then reused as a cleaning towel, and after that we tear it into thin straps and make it a duster.
Check out our TENUGUI collections at www.greenjapan.com ! >> Tenugui
Photo of Nanao (editor) with her favorite tenugui.
The small dots are called "uroko," meaning fish scales.
It is thought as a charm against evil.
September 13, 2010
Find us at Hiroo Crossing!
Nanao will be handing out flyers with coupons at Hiroo crossing tonight,
around 7pm.... Find her and get 500 yen off!
around 7pm.... Find her and get 500 yen off!
This photo is from Saturday.
I was there too...
September 10, 2010
Visit GreenJapan.com!!!
http://www.greenjapan.com/
Check out our new website GreenJapan.com!
You will find many hints to greener your lifestyle.
Ideas and products are all from Japan.
We started working on this renewal project a year ago,
but as always, (just like homework) it started rolling in the last one month.
Fun but hectic days of countdown.
We hope you like our new website!
http://www.greenjapan.com/ eco+waza editorial team
Check out our new website GreenJapan.com!
You will find many hints to greener your lifestyle.
Ideas and products are all from Japan.
We started working on this renewal project a year ago,
but as always, (just like homework) it started rolling in the last one month.
Fun but hectic days of countdown.
We hope you like our new website!
http://www.greenjapan.com/ eco+waza editorial team
September 7, 2010
Press Release: Leading Japan Eco Goods and Ideas Site Opens Redesigned Web Shop
(Tokyo)- eco+waza, Ltd., Japan’s leading source for news, information and products for inspired green living—Japan style—celebrated the opening of its completely redesigned and updated website (www.greenjapan.com) on September 10th, 2010.
The new site features a special corner targeting foreigners living in Japan, highlighting products and eco solutions ideal for greener living in this small island nation. In addition, a range of innovative, attractive new products were added for the website re-launch. With updated shopping cart and payment systems, customers around the world will enjoy shopping on www.greenjapan.com.
To mark the launch, company founder and president, Reina Otsuka, will be hitting the streets of Tokyo between September 10th and 12nd, together with eco+waza’s other leading ladies, Nanao and Naomi, to promote the new site and distribute promotional flyers and discount coupons.
Since its establishment in 2006, eco+waza has been working to connect green ideas from Japan with the rest of the world, supporting cross-border business of environment-related Japanese firms, spotlighting cutting-edge eco products and producing an attractive quarterly bilingual magazine, “eco+waza,” which is sold in select stores across Japan.
Contact
Haruka Sakurai
info (atmark) ecotwaza.com for details.
The new site features a special corner targeting foreigners living in Japan, highlighting products and eco solutions ideal for greener living in this small island nation. In addition, a range of innovative, attractive new products were added for the website re-launch. With updated shopping cart and payment systems, customers around the world will enjoy shopping on www.greenjapan.com.
To mark the launch, company founder and president, Reina Otsuka, will be hitting the streets of Tokyo between September 10th and 12nd, together with eco+waza’s other leading ladies, Nanao and Naomi, to promote the new site and distribute promotional flyers and discount coupons.
Since its establishment in 2006, eco+waza has been working to connect green ideas from Japan with the rest of the world, supporting cross-border business of environment-related Japanese firms, spotlighting cutting-edge eco products and producing an attractive quarterly bilingual magazine, “eco+waza,” which is sold in select stores across Japan.
Contact
Haruka Sakurai
info (atmark) ecotwaza.com for details.
September 6, 2010
3 More Days to Renewal Open!
Our online media, http://www.greenjapan.com/ will be renewed on September 10th.
The editorial team is now working haaaaard on this project.
Well, three more days to go.
Please check out http://www.greenjapan.com/ on Friday morning!
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