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The last installment of Japan Stories looks at Tree to Green, a company based in Tokyo and Kiso that designs modern lifestyle products made from the famous Kiso hinoki cypress trees.

In the fourth installment of Japan Stories, Japanese bladesmith Chiyozuru Sadahide II and his apprentice Naohide challenge traditional techniques to create works that express the inherent beauty of iron and steel.

Junko Yashiro talks about her career and the unique process she uses to create urushi lacquerware for the third installment of Japan Stories.

For the second installment of Japan Stories, Kazuto Yoshikawa explains why, after a twelve-year career at Italian furniture company Cassina IXC in Japan, he chose to devote himself to the study of Japanese woodcraft and furniture design.

In the first installment of Japan Stories, a new independent series on craftspeople working in Japan, Suzuki Morihisa Studio, one of the oldest and most famous family workshops for Nanbu Tekki (or ironworks), opens its doors.