Journal
Essays on Japanese textile history, craft, and the culture of ceremonial silk — alongside guides to caring for and living with ceremonial silk objects.
Why Boutique Hotels Are Acquiring Unrepeatable ...
There is a moment hoteliers recognise. A guest checks in, walks to their room, and comes back to the desk. Not because something is wrong. Because something stopped them. They...
Why Boutique Hotels Are Acquiring Unrepeatable ...
There is a moment hoteliers recognise. A guest checks in, walks to their room, and comes back to the desk. Not because something is wrong. Because something stopped them. They...
The Silk We Forgot
Before there were borders, before there were nations, before the word luxury had been invented and quietly ruined, there was a thread. A single thread, pulling itself out of hot...
The Silk We Forgot
Before there were borders, before there were nations, before the word luxury had been invented and quietly ruined, there was a thread. A single thread, pulling itself out of hot...
The Architecture of Silence
There is a particular quality of silence that belongs only to rooms where nothing is trying too hard. I became aware of this on a Tuesday morning last winter, in...
The Architecture of Silence
There is a particular quality of silence that belongs only to rooms where nothing is trying too hard. I became aware of this on a Tuesday morning last winter, in...
Hana-fubuki
There is a word in Japanese for the moment when the cherry blossoms fall all at once. Hana-fubuki. Flower snowstorm. It describes the particular quality of the air when the...
Hana-fubuki
There is a word in Japanese for the moment when the cherry blossoms fall all at once. Hana-fubuki. Flower snowstorm. It describes the particular quality of the air when the...
The Chromatic Harvest — 草木染め
What a European eye notices first in vintage Japanese silk is the colour. An indigo that is not quite navy, not quite violet. A gold that has aged away from...
The Chromatic Harvest — 草木染め
What a European eye notices first in vintage Japanese silk is the colour. An indigo that is not quite navy, not quite violet. A gold that has aged away from...
KOYOMI — The 72 Micro-Seasons
The traditional Japanese calendar did not divide the year into four seasons. It divided it into 72: micro-seasons of roughly five days each, each named for a specific natural event....
KOYOMI — The 72 Micro-Seasons
The traditional Japanese calendar did not divide the year into four seasons. It divided it into 72: micro-seasons of roughly five days each, each named for a specific natural event....