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By Kosuke Kuji The novel coronavirus outbreak prompted the cancellation of sake events throughout Japan for nearly 3 years. Measures to prevent the sp...
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In the Yuryaku Records of the “Kojiki” (Records of Ancient Matters), the villages listed include Takaichi of Wa, Karunoichi of Yamato, and Ekanoichi o...
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By Ryuji Takahashi The previous report featured the “Fujisaki Sobei Shoten.” I’m sure some readers may think traveling to Nagatoro-machi (town) just t...
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Today, we’ve updated our mobile app for our online community platform, DENREI! For users in both the U.S. and Japan, the app's available for download in the App Store. In this new fourth app release, we’ve made the following updates: Improved the UI/UX of DENREI’s “Compose” feature Users will get a comple...
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EN to follow.. 弊社エンリンクス・パートナーズ社は、日本伝統工芸「継承」活動を「EnArtEx」ブランディングで立ち上げています。そもそも日本刀存続の危機を知ったのがキッカケになります。 シアトル在住中に吉原義人刀匠と知己を得ることができ、日本刀存続の危機に驚愕を覚えました。国宝に指定...
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Following last month’s release of the English version of our new DENREI app, we’re pleased to announce that a Japanese version is now available! With this new update, people in Japan can now try our app, DENREI. With DENREI, users can only exchange messages with other DENREI members. Using the power of email...
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Have you visited Japan? If you travel to Japan, where would you like to go? Japanese government still have strict rules for foreign travelers. (as of Jan 27th, 2022) Even Japanese people in the US canceled or postponed to travel to Japan in the past two years. What is the best place in Japan for you? Would you recomme...
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-Let’s take this opportunity to reflect on the history of Japanese sake- The first sake produced in Japan was fruit liquor Traces of sake production a...
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Vol. 73 July 22nd in the U.S. is the 23rd in Japan, so while it is a year late, it is the date of the Tokyo Olympics. This will be the second time the Olympics will be held in Japan during the summer. The first two in the winter were in Sapporo and Nagano. It is the fourth time that Tokyo has declared a state of emergency d...
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日本刀に魅せられたのが、大学卒業直前に研ぎ上がった国宝級の日本刀を手にとって鑑賞させていただくことが、日本刀との最初の出会いでした。そして、居合を始め日本刀への興味も再び思い出した矢先にシアトル在住中に出会った吉原義人刀匠との一期一会。 日本刀という三種の神器でもある日本刀の伝承の将来に危機感を感じ...
