KOGEI STANDARD Japanese Crafts Online Media

The “Craft Competition in Takaoka” was established in 1986 in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, a city famous for its production of copperware and lacquerware. As a rare comprehensive competition held nationwide, it does not restrict materials or uses. The competition gathers a wide range of works including metal, lacquer, glass, textiles, and furniture, and has help discovered many talented artists.Thi...

YURAI is a craft jewelry brand created by designer Haruka Okabe. The brand name YURAI means “origin.” Drawing on Japanese tradition, craftsmanship, and regional materials, the brand expresses an aesthetic sensibility that has been cultivated through the long history of craftmaking.This time, as the brand’s second series, a collection of Nishijin-ori jewelry produced in collaboration with Kiyohara ...

Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Co., Ltd. obtained B Corporation™ (B Corp) certification in August 2025, a designation awarded to companies that meet high standards of social and environmental performance. In addition, the company will launch a new circular program in late January 2026 that reexamines “How Craft Should Conclude” — an initiative aimed at sustaining traditional craftsmanship for the futu...

“KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2025,” Japan’s only art fair dedicated to crafts, will take place from November 28 to 30, 2025, at Hyatt Centric Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture. Now in its ninth edition, the fair will welcome 40 Japan-based galleries specializing in contemporary art and crafts, along with exhibitors from Korea and Taiwan. In total, 42 galleries and approximately 200 artists will particip...

The Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries will sequentially open pop-up stores under the name “Atelier DENSAN” in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom (London), and Switzerland (Lausanne), beginning in November 2025. These pop-up stores aim to introduce a diverse range of traditional Japanese crafts — including ceramics, lacquerware, textile art, and Japanese paper — to overseas m...

“Hounobi” is a product brand that embodies values of enriching the mind and brightening our life, that dwells in the products of “the beauty of everyday things,” through crafts rooted in Shizuoka. This time, through collaboration between craftspeople, designers, and Sozosya, which supports the local craft culture, five new products have been announced that use the techniques of “Suruga bamboo bask...