AchiKochi
Beautiful, sustainable and functional objects, made by japanese craftsmen to embellish your daily life.All our products are made by our Japanese craftsmen with natural and durable materials.Presentation of our craftsmen Pottery craftsman - Hekizan ONIMARU
Master Hekizan ONIMARU's workshop is located in southern Japan. Takatori pottery appeared in 1630 at the instigation of the famous Edo architect and tea ceremony master, Kobori Enshū. Takatori pottery is characterized by thin ceramics, which give it its elegance, and influenced by the idea of beauty as expressed by Enshû according to the principle of kirei-sabi, which designates simplicity, beauty and the natural aging brought about by the work of time.
Hekizan ONIMARU is the third generation of Takatori potters. His Fragrant Cup is typical of the Takatori style, its enveloping shapes highlighting the fragrance of tea, coffee and digestifs. AchiKochi blog - Crafts and Nature
A little blog about daily events, nature, crafts, and a pinch of Japanese culture.Japanese New Year
In Japan, the New Year is a very important event, and during this period the Japanese engage in a number of activities that are vital to their social and family life. New Year cards
Every Japanese person writes dozens (if not hundreds!) of postcards to thank their family, friends and, above all, their office colleagues. The cards are sent at the end of December and are due to arrive on 1 January. The post office is very busy during this period, but nevertheless succeeds in its mission.
Cleaning house
At the end of the year, we like to give the whole house a good clean. Clean everything, take it all out, shake it, knock it, polish it with more care than usual to start the New Year on a healthy footing!
Spiritual decoration
In preparation for the New Year, the entrance to the house is decorated with a Shime Nawa. This is a sacred rope made up of twists of rice straw, varying in size depending on how it is used, and plaited from left to right. The Shime Nawa rope displayed on shrines acts as a barrier between God's territory and our world. In the case of the house, it serves to prevent impure spirits from entering. he New Year's Eve bell
This is a bell that is rung by Buddhist temples at midnight on 31 December. It has to be rung 108 times, because this number symbolises the number of worries that human beings have. The bell is rung 107 times during the last minutes of the current year, and the last stroke falls at the start of the new year (1 January).
Kagamimochi
This ‘mirror cake’, literally, is a traditional Japanese New Year's mochi (glutinous rice cake). It is usually made from 2 mochi, the smaller one placed on top of the larger one, and topped with a daidai, a citrus fruit, with its leaf. The two mochi are symbolic of the current year and the year to come, the human heart, Yin and Yang, or the sun and the moon. The daidai, based on a Japanese pun, has the double meaning of ‘generation after generation’. This cake is eaten at the start of the new year.
Hatsumode
Hatsumode is the visit to shrines and temples at the start of the New Year, to greet the Gods and pray for a safe New Year.
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AchiKochi (pronounced "atchi kotchi" and meaning "here and there"), is a "select shop" that imports products made by its Japanese craftsmen spread throughout Japan. These beautiful products are all handmade, of exceptional quality, functional, and made in the respect of traditions often more than a hundred years.
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