Paper Lantern - Hi no Yojin Bamboo Fan Stand giving it a clean look

giving it a clean look

Sakura blooms dramatically across Japan for a couple of weeks every spring

Dark navy/purple cotton uppers with soft white cotton inners and white soles

sakura (cherry)

Paper Lantern - Hi no Yojin Bamboo Fan Stand giving it a clean lookFire Alert! Quality rice paper Japanese lanterns as used through centuries of Japanese history to the present day. Even today you can hear the thwack of two small wooden blocks followed by the call of Hi No Yojin! as the neighborhood patrol walks around at night from fall to the end of spring warning us to put out our stoves before going to bed. This tradition, which persists even in major cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto, was born of the fear of fire