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Smells Like Autumn 🐿️🍂
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Annual Autumn Release / Bag Charm / Bunkoya / Bunkoya Oozeki / Foodie Squirrel / Limited item / New pattern / Noble Animals / Pattern release / Pierrot / SewingHello there! 👋 By now you should know that when a new blogpost comes out it’s because we have something new to introduce you… 👀Well today isn’t any different. So let us cut to the chase and tell you about our new patterns and limited items we’re going to...
Summer Collection 2022! 🌻
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Bunkoya Oozeki / Gold Fishes / Limited item / New pattern / Pattern release / Shaved Ice / Summer collection / Summer pattern / Summer pattern release / SunflowersHi there! 👋 June is finally here, and with it our Annual Summer Pattern Release too! ✨🥂This year’s main pattern is the Sunflowers. A nostalgic pattern with Sunflowers swinging in the light summer breeze. The arrangement of the flowers, the two tones of yellow and the gradation gives depth...
Getting ready for spring
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Bunko leather / Bunkoya / Bunkoya Oozeki / Camellia / New pattern / Pattern release / Spring pattern / Spring pattern releaseHi there! 👋 Winter is slowly coming to an end, and with it it’s time for Bunkoya Oozeki’s Spring Pattern Release. Yes, you guessed it! This year’s spring pattern is all about Camellias or Tsubaki - 椿 in japanese. Camellia and its seeds (for Camellia oil) have been...
Just a short post about our history
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Asakusa / Bunko leather / Bunkoya / Bunkoya Oozeki / Ginza / Himeji / History / Tokyo Solamachi / Update / Usaburo OozekiHello! 👋 Today we’re going to tell you a little bit about Bunkoya Oozeki’s history. Bunkoya Oozeki was founded in 1927 (that’s right, almost a hundred years ago 🤯) in Mukojima, one of Tokyo’s bustling, working-class neighborhood. But the craft itself goes back even further than that. Bunko leather got...
So what is Bunko?
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Artisan / Bunko-box / Bunkobako / Bunkoya / Craftwork / History / Origin / UpdateHi there! 👋 We decided to tell you about our craft and its details throughout a series of blog posts. We’re going to cover everything from prepping the leather to the finishing touches. You’re gonna learn about which work phase follows which, small nuances that make huge differences, the lingo...
Happy Bundle 🎁
Posted by BUNKOYAOOZEKI, Apollo / Christmas / Discount / Fukubukuro / Golden Tapestry / Happy Bundle / KINSHA / Lucky Box / My Neighbor Totoro / New Year / Totoro / UpdateHello! 👋 Have you ever heard of Fukubukuro? Fukubukuro (福袋) or Lucky Bag is a Japanese New Year 🎍 custom in which stores make grab bags (or boxes) filled with unknown random contents and sell them for a substantial discount, usually 50% or more off the price list of the...
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