Category: Chikuhodo

  • Sorry – my blog was a little bit negative

    (the picture is Chikuhodo Kirameki set 2022) https://store.fudejapan.com/products/copy-of-chikuhodo-collection-2021-aube?_pos=1&_psq=kirameki&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Hi Everyone, Yesterday, I wrote about Chanel.  I regret having written some negative aspects of Chanel. A family member of yours might be President of Chanel. …. —————————————————- Speaking of a company executive, I remember my university friends. I studied marketing at university. In Japan, a student belongs…

  • Hakuhodo and Chikuhodo update

    Hi Everyone, I received a call from DHL manager who wanted to meet with me. I use DHL more often than FedEX and EMS. I am a heavy user of DHL. First time to meet with a DHL sale person. I am going to meet with him in Shibuya for coffee this week. This is…

  • Chikuhodo Kazan squirrel – what are available ?

    HI Everyone,  I received a question about Chikuhodo KZ series. Here is the update.  KZ1, 4 and 5 have been discontinued.  I have KZ2, 3, 6, 7, 8. in stock. Chikuhodo told me that they cannot sell KZ2, 6, 7, 8 in 2021. I will have have those stock but I cannot order them this…

  • It is Saturday. I see many happy faces on the street.

    Hi Everyone, It is Saturday today. When I take a walk on the weekend, I see many families on the road. Fathers walk, smiling and holding hands with their daughters. It reminds me of one TV commercial message. It is Universal Studio Japan (USJ). A father says, ‘Christmas of USJ. This may be the last chance…

  • Chikuhodo limited sets – Kirameki Blue and Purple

    Hi Everyone,  Chikuhodo informed me that they began to take reservations. The sale date is  November 25. 1) 5 brush set – Kirameki Bluehttps://store.fudejapan.com/products/copy-of-chikuhodo-collection-2021-aube?_pos=2&_sid=f395f9c39&_ss=r 2) 3 brush set – Kirameki Purplehttps://store.fudejapan.com/products/copy-of-chikuhodo-collection-2022-kirameki-blue?_pos=1&_sid=f395f9c39&_ss=r Please email me fudejapan@hotmail.com or buy at online shop. Thank you!Toshiya Online shophttps://store.fudejapan.com Limited Productshttps://store.fudejapan.com/collections/all-limited Pinteresthttps://www.pinterest.jp/toshiyafukuma/limited-products-brush-makeup/ 

  • 166 Generation gap for me in Japan

    Hi Everyone, I chatted with Chikuhodo.They will have limited sets in mid November. They don’t call them Christmas sets or Noel, rather ‘limited.’So they can continue to sell those limited sets as long as they are in stock. This is Evergreen set of Hakuhodo. I will keep you updated. Speaking of limited, I have recently…

  • No. 146 Limited and new products ①

    Hi Everyone, It is raining very hard now in Japan, and especially Kyushu, southern part of Japan, has been hit by heavy rain and many people are in trouble. The corona virus situation makes it harder. Japan summer usually has lots of rain in June and typhoon in August. This summer it seems worse with…

  • What am I thinking during ‘stay home’ ?

    Hi Everyone, I talked to Chikuhodo. They still have 2018 Noel. Please let me know if you are interested. It is Rouge and Rose. (Rouge 34800 Rose 15000 yen) It is 30C in Tokyo and maybe people stay home more. During this ‘stay-home,’ I walk a lot. Day and night. When I walk, many ideas…

  • Which products have been sold most by Fude Japan ?

    Hi Everyone, Japanese Government decided to extend the ‘stayhome’ to the 31st of May. They will revisit the timeline on the 14th. So the period may be shortened. I  have received orders for items sold at department stores, such as SUQQU, THREE, D&G, Lunasol, etc. I will try and buy them as early as possible.…

  • Carp red brush  (MK-KO) – why Carp design?

    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…

  • Chikuhodo new makie brush – MK-KO (Carp red handle)

    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 …

  • Chikuhodo Old G series

    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…

  • Update from Tokyo, and and a new Makie brush from Chikuhodo

    Hi Everyone, Yes, Tokyo Governor had a press conference last night. It will be a lockdown if the situation gets worse.  Now we are encouraged to stay home, especially on weekends, but it is still an ‘encouraged’ stage. EU and North American countries are locked down, and I believe many business owners are in trouble. Next…

  • Limited products – Dior, Laduree, Celvoke

    Hi Everyone, It is said that the Japanese love saving money. Is it true? Japanese like saving money? People want to be assured lifelong or long, to say the least. This ethics ? was taught  in the Meiji Era( 1868 – 1912 ) when many countries tried to increase weapons to use in wars.  Saving…

  • Chikuhodo Silver Fox new eyeshadow brushes

    Hi Everyone, I wrote that shop employees wore a mask in my previous newsletter due to the Coronavirus. Now some brands stopped touch-up. They cannot touch the skin of a client. Those are Kanebo and Shiseido groups. So SUQQU, RMK, Lunasol, all in the Kanebo group, and Shiseido, CDP, NARS, IPSA,  all in the Shiseido…

  • This week’s shopping

    Hi Everyone,  I was writing about Fude Japan marketing and history, but I was not able to finish it… So in this blog, I want to show you what I bought this week and the products coming in January. From top, It is a foundation brush of Bisyodo. I ordered the first engraved brush. It…

  • Feedback from Europe

    If anyone is thinking of ordering any of those Chikuhodo silver fox brushes from Toshiya, they are ah-MAAAZ-inggg, softer than kittens!  My favourite part of ordering hard-to-source goodies from Japan is getting to chat with Toshiya. He makes every ordering step so unexpectedly pleasant and human, he is everything that big business shopping leaves out.…

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