The presence of Japanese design was threaded across the creative spectrum at this year’s Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week, with countless projects in the spotlight – from furniture and lighting ...

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Limited to just 150 pieces, the U2-KKD honors Kaikado’s 150 years of craftsmanship — best known for its handmade tea caddies that take 130 steps to create, a method unchanged since 1875.

The powder should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The traditional tea caddy is referred to as natsume. The traditional utensils to make matcha include a chawan (ceramic tea ...

Another important part of the tea ceremony, was of course, the ‘caddy spoon’, a small spoon that was kept within the tea caddy to scoop out an appropriate amount of this expensive material.

Tea caddy, named Sakai Kokatatsuki, with red lacquer tray and scroll, China, Yuan dynasty, 1279–1368, brown stoneware with black iron glaze and ivory lid; lacquer; paper and silk, National Museum of ...