Made in Japan
Craft, design, stationery and the things worth carrying home.
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New Glasses in 30 Minutes: Buying Eyewear in Japan (JINS & Zoff)
A local girl in Nagoya — the errand my husband ran in Japan that foreign friends refuse to…
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I Got Married in a White Kimono: Shiromuku, Explained by a Bride
I live here — I got married in a white kimono, and this is everything I learned inside…
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Japanese Stationery Souvenirs: A Local’s Buying List
Nagoya, born and raised — why the best souvenirs in Japan are flat, light, and sold in stationery…
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Minimal Tokyo: Bean-to-Bar Chocolate That Tastes Like One Place on Earth
A Japanese wife in Nagoya — Updated July 2026. I walked out of Minimal with a ¥740 chocolate…
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Ginza Itoya: Japan’s Stationery Heaven, Floor by Floor
Twelve floors, 120 years, 2,000 pens and a rooftop farm: Ginza Itoya is Japan’s stationery heaven. What to…
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Japanese Drugstore Beauty a Local Actually Buys (2026 Edition)
I live here — Updated July 2026. Everything here is something I bought with my own money and…