Category: History
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Hi Everyone, Please take a look at Houkodou’s new products, featuring grey squirrel hair and Wajima lacquerware. Sometimes it’s fascinating to discover another side of a person’s personality. For example, hardworking businesspeople who turn out to be avid dog lovers… Yesterday, I was working out at the gym. I planned to finish quickly, but I…
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Hi Everyone, We have a new prime minister. His name is Kishida. He spent some years in NY when he was a boy so maybe an English speaker. I did not have an opinion about him till I found we had something in common. We like the same baseball team. ‘Hiroshima Carp’ Maybe we go…
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Hi Everyone, It was a three day weekend, and people had three-day off till Monday. Kumano had a brush festival, not the same as usual. The festival was online. Maybe some of you bought brushes online. I was asked by a client of mine why this brush in the picture was so expensive. It was…
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(The picture is SUQQU Designing Eyes 133) Hi Everyone, I have once asked a Hakuhodo shop manager what was the best about Hakuhodo brushes ? Her answer was: ‘The best thing is that we don’t have to spend much time on makeup. People are busy in the morning. ‘ If you can be ready, not…
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Hi Everyone, I received a question regarding whether Bisyodo belongs to Kumano brushes. The answer was that Bisyodo is not a Kumano brush member. Bisyodo is located in Osaka, and not a member of Kumano Fude Union. Bisyodo has been providing hair to brush makers, and they have a good quality, but not a Kumano…
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Hi Everyone, I received several feedback on MK-KO powder brush. Thank you. Some people were interested in the background of the Carp design so I want to write a bit about the history. Hiroshima Carp Baseball club was born in 1950, five years after the war ended. At the time, Japan had a professional baseball…
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Hi Everyone, It is Golden Week in Japan, and most of people are not working. It is also in the middle of ‘stay home’ period, so maybe it is not very different from April. Ths Golden Week will be quiet. ‘Stayhome’ request seems to get longer till the end of May. I see people frustrated …
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Hi Everyone, I wrote about how I get rare hair brushes to be manufactured. https://atomic-temporary-81665234.wpcomstaging.com/2020/04/26/64774/ Brush makers have some old stocks, too. Sometimes rare hair. I received a request to buy Chikuhodo old G series two days ago. Yesterday I talked to Chikuhodo, and they had a stock of old G series, two generations back…
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(The picture is Muragishi ) Hi Everyone, I hope you are all safe. We are in the middle of ‘stay home.’ in Japan. All department stores are closed in Japan for food sections. People are encouraged to work home. If the request to ‘stay home’ gets long, it might be discussed whether the school year…
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Hi Everyone, Now that the corona virus was spreading not only in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka, but also in local cities, the Government declared the state of emergency all over Japan. It will last till May 6, but could be longer than the date, the current situation considered. Kumano brushes can be bought from…
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(The picture is limited face powder of Elegance with Swarovski, which will be released in June) Hi Everyone, It was raining so hard all day yesterday in Tokyo. People in Tokyo have been requested to stay home, and the heavy rain made them stay home all day. I usually walk in the neighbor but yesterday…
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Hi Everyone, I chatted with Kihitsu. He offered some limited products, which are shown below. Please take a look. The situation with brush makers, I think, are the same as other companies who are in trouble. Especially, Hakuhodo has closed shops except for Sapporo. I can still order Hakuhodo brushes from Sapporo for the time…
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(the picture is a chanel blush 330) Hi Everyone, It is not a lockdown as in European countries. But the ‘state of emergency was declared in Japan. This will be effective till May 6. Well, it is not an order, but ‘encouraged’ or ‘requested’ to stay home. Whether good or bad, Japan is a country…
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(the picture is sakura in Tochigi, north of Tokyo) Hi Everyone, I walked underground in Shibuya, and yes less people. This Corona virus is affecting many aspects of life in Japan. One is called ‘corona divorce.’ Many husbands and wives, who usually work outside, stay home. And they spend all day together. This causes a…
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Hi Everyone, Do you know the second highest mountain after Mt.Fuji in Japan? (The picture above is Mt. Fuji) Actually, Mt. Fuji is so famous that many Japanese don’t know it. I didn’t know, either. So, I checked Wiki and found out it is Mt. Kita. It is not as beautiful as Mt. Fuji, but…
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Hi Everyone, I talked about ‘Morning’ service the other day. It is a free food service when ordering a drink in the morning. You can pay only for a drink and food comes free. I was told it was invented in the city of Ichinomiya near Nagoya. Their free food is too good there (please see…
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Hi Everyone, I have been writing this blog (newsletter ) every day for a week. I am getting used to writing it) Someone told me it is easier to continue daily than e.g. 3 times a week. I feel that it is true. It becomes a habit and I don’t have to decide if I…
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Merry Christmas! Today is Christmas Eve, and shops and restaurants are the most crowded of all year. I walked around a department store on Sunday. I saw many men there. Usually, 90% of visitors to the makeup floor are women, but at this time of the year, men come with women. I enjoyed observing them…
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Hi Everyone, Do you know Japan is an old country ?? I meant that Japan is an aging country. The median age of Japan, which divides the population equally, is 46. This is the highest in the world! The median age of the Philippines, another Asian country, is 23. You can tell how old…
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Fude Japan started when I received a request to buy Japan limited makeup to my personal Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/toshiya.fukuma/ It was Dior Japan limited. Without knowing the cosmetic market very much, I went to Omotesando, which is the town of high-end brands. Dior Omotesando was very good with clients, and I remember that I had a…
Fude Japan (Makeup brushes from Japan) 