Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Sumo White T54 | eBay

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Sumo White T54 | eBay



This hand towel is called a "tenugui". A Tenugui (手拭い) is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically  plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for - as a washcloth, dishcloth, but often as a headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband, as extra padding beneath the headgear (men), and to identify the participants by team color.


It is 35 cm x 87 cm (approx 34 x 13 inches) and is 100% cotton.

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Mount Fuji (B) T22 | eBay

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Mount Fuji (B) T22 | eBay



This hand towel is called a "tenugui". A Tenugui (手拭い) is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically  plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for - as a washcloth, dishcloth, but often as a headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband, as extra padding beneath the headgear (men), and to identify the participants by team color.


It is 34 cm x 95 cm (approx 37 x 13 inches) and is 100% cotton.

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Pink Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band Incl | eBay

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Pink Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band Incl | eBay



This bento box is stunning!  The pictures really can't capture how beautiful it is!  The chrysanthemums are slightly raised and sparkly!

It is 2 tiers and measures about 14 x9.5 x 7 cm. 

One layer holds 160ml and one holds 230 ml.

It comes with a black band to hold it together. Safe temperatures range from -20 ~ 140 degrees Celsius.

It can be used in a microwave WITH the lids. I would wash by hand.

It is made in Japan.

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Cherry Blossoms Blue T14 | eBay

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Cherry Blossoms Blue T14 | eBay

This hand towel is called a "tenugui". A Tenugui (手拭い) is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically  plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for - as a washcloth, dishcloth, but often as a headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband, as extra padding beneath the headgear (men), and to identify the participants by team color. It is 35 cm x 87 cm (approx 34 x 13 inches) and is 100% cotton.

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Sushi Blue | eBay

Japanese Hand Towel Traditional Tenugui 100% Cotton Sushi Blue | eBay



This hand towel is called a "tenugui". A Tenugui (手拭い) is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically  plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for - as a washcloth, dishcloth, but often as a headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband, as extra padding beneath the headgear (men), and to identify the participants by team color.


It is 33 cm x 90 cm  and is 100% cotton.

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink | eBay

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink | eBay



This is a cute 1 tier bento box.

It holds 520 ml.

Please wash by hand and only use on the warm setting in the microwave.

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink

This is a cute 1 tier bento box.

It holds 520 ml.

Please wash by hand and only use on the warm setting in the microwave.

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 4 Different Sets Animals Grass F218

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 4 Different Sets Animals Grass F218



This is a set of 4 different baran sets. There are 3 sets of animal baran and 1 set of colorful flowers.

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Pink Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Pink Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band Incl



This bento box is stunning!  The pictures really can't capture how beautiful it is!  The chrysanthemums are slightly raised and sparkly!

It is 2 tiers and measures about 14 x9.5 x 7 cm. 

One layer holds 160ml and one holds 230 ml.

It comes with a black band to hold it together. Safe temperatures range from -20 ~ 140 degrees Celsius.

It can be used in a microwave WITH the lids. I would wash by hand.

It is made in Japan.

Bento Box Lunch Box 1 Tier Green And White Stripes

Bento Box Lunch Box 1 Tier Green And White Stripes



This is a cute bento box. 

 This bento box  holds 550ml. It measures about 14.5 x 10.2 x 5 cm.

The safe temperatures range from -20 ~ 120 degrees Celsius.

 If you use it in the microwave please remove the lid.

Please wash by hand.

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink






Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink



This is a cute 1 tier bento box.

It holds 520 ml.

Please wash by hand and only use on the warm setting in the microwave.

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 5 Different Sets - Animals Grass #2

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 5 Different Sets - Animals Grass #2



This is a set of 5 different baran sets. There are 2 sets of animal baran, 1 set of flower baran, 1 set of cute food baran and 1 set of green grass.

Japanese Hand Towel Tenugui 100% Cotton Japanese Fairy Tales White And Red

Japanese Hand Towel Tenugui 100% Cotton Japanese Fairy Tales White And Red

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Hand-Towel-Tenugui-100-Cotton-Japanese-Fairy-Tales-White-And-Red-/131866965964



This hand towel is called a "tenugui". A Tenugui (手拭い) is a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton. It is typically  plain woven and is almost always dyed with some pattern. It can be used for anything a towel could be used for - as a washcloth, dishcloth, but often as a headband, souvenir or decoration. Towels made from terry cloth have replaced many of its use in the household. However tenugui are still popular as souvenirs, decorations, and as a head covering in kendo, where it functions as a sweatband, as extra padding beneath the headgear (men), and to identify the participants by team color.


This is all about Japanese fairy tales.

For example there is "momo taro" or peach boy.
According to the present form of the tale (dating to the Edo period), Momotarō came to Earth inside a giant peach, which was found floating down a river by an old, childless woman who was washing clothes there. The woman and her husband discovered the child when they tried to open the peach to eat it. The child explained that he had been sent by Heaven to be their son. The couple named him Momotarō, from momo (peach) and tarō (eldest son in the family).

Years later, Momotarō left his parents to fight a band of marauding oni (demons or ogres) on a distant island. En route, Momotarō met and befriended a talking dog, monkey, and pheasant, who agreed to help him in his quest. At the island, Momotarō and his animal friends penetrated the demons' fort and beat the band of demons into surrendering. Momotarō and his new friends returned home with the demons' plundered treasure and the demon chief as a captive. Momotarō and his family lived comfortably from then on.


Momotarō is strongly associated with Okayama, and his tale may have its origins there. The demon island (Onigashima (鬼ヶ島)) of the story is sometimes associated with Megijima Island, an island in the Seto Inland Sea near Takamatsu, due to the vast manmade caves found on that island.

Also there is Princess Kaguya-tale of the bamboo cutter. One day, while walking in the bamboo forest, an old, childless bamboo cutter called Taketori no Okina (竹取翁 "the Old Man who Harvests Bamboo") came across a mysterious, shining stalk of bamboo. After cutting it open, he found inside it an infant the size of his thumb. He rejoiced to find such a beautiful girl and took her home. He and his wife raised her as their own child and named her Kaguya-hime (かぐや姫 accurately, Nayotake-no-Kaguya-hime "princess of flexible bamboos scattering light"). Thereafter, Taketori no Okina found that whenever he cut down a stalk of bamboo, inside would be a small nugget of gold. Soon he became rich. Kaguya-hime grew from a small baby into a woman of ordinary size and extraordinary beauty. At first, Taketori no Okina tried to keep her away from outsiders, but over time the news of her beauty spread.

Eventually, five princes came to Taketori no Okina's residence to ask for Kaguya-hime's hand in marriage. The princes eventually persuaded Taketori no Okina to tell a reluctant Kaguya-hime to choose from among them. Kaguya-hime concocted impossible tasks for the princes, agreeing to marry the one who managed to bring her his specified item. That night, Taketori no Okina told the five princes what each must bring. The first was told to bring her the stone begging bowl of the Buddha from India, the second a jeweled branch from the mythical island of Hōrai, the third the legendary robe of the fire-rat of China, the fourth a colored jewel from a dragon's neck, and the final prince a cowry shell born of swallows.

Realizing that it was an impossible task, the first prince returned with an expensive bowl, but after noticing that the bowl did not glow with holy light, Kaguya-hime saw through his deception. Likewise, two other princes attempted to deceive her with fakes, but also failed. The fourth gave up after encountering a storm, while the final prince lost his life (severely injured in some versions) in his attempt.

After this, the Emperor of Japan, Mikado, came to see the strangely beautiful Kaguya-hime and, upon falling in love, asked her to marry him. Although he was not subjected to the impossible trials that had thwarted the princes, Kaguya-hime rejected his request for marriage as well, telling him that she was not of his country and thus could not go to the palace with him. She stayed in contact with the Emperor, but continued to rebuff his requests and marriage proposals.

That summer, whenever Kaguya-hime saw the full moon, her eyes filled with tears. Though her adoptive parents worried greatly and questioned her, she was unable to tell them what was wrong. Her behaviour became increasingly erratic until she revealed that she was not of this world and must return to her people on the Moon. In some versions of this tale, it is said that she was sent to the Earth, where she would inevitably form material attachment, as a temporary punishment for some crime, while in others, she was sent to Earth for her own safety during a celestial war. The gold that Taketori no Okina had been finding had in fact been a stipend from the people of the Moon, sent down to pay for Kaguya-hime's upkeep.

As the day of her return approached, the Emperor sent many guards around her house to protect her from the Moon people, but when an embassy of "Heavenly Beings" arrived at the door of Taketori no Okina's house, the guards were blinded by a strange light. Kaguya-hime announced that, though she loved her many friends on Earth, she must return with the Moon people to her true home. She wrote sad notes of apology to her parents and to the Emperor, then gave her parents her own robe as a memento. She then took a small taste of the elixir of life, attached it to her letter to the Emperor, and gave it to a guard officer. As she handed it to him, the feather robe was placed on her shoulders, and all of her sadness and compassion for the people of the Earth were forgotten. The heavenly entourage took Kaguya-hime back to Tsuki-no-Miyako (月の都/京; lit. "the Capital of the Moon"), leaving her earthly foster parents in tears.

The parents became very sad and were soon put to bed sick. The officer returned to the Emperor with the items Kaguya-hime had given him as her last mortal act, and reported what had happened. The Emperor read her letter and was overcome with sadness. He asked his servants, "Which mountain is the closest place to Heaven?", to which one replied the Great Mountain of Suruga Province. The Emperor ordered his men to take the letter to the summit of the mountain and burn it, in the hope that his message would reach the distant princess. The men were also commanded to burn the elixir of immortality since the Emperor did not wish to live forever without being able to see her. The legend has it that the word immortality (不死 fushi, or fuji) became the name of the mountain, Mount Fuji. It is also said that the kanji for the mountain, 富士山 (literally "Mountain Abounding with Warriors"), are derived from the Emperor's army ascending the slopes of the mountain to carry out his order. It is said that the smoke from the burning still rises to this day. (In the past, Mount Fuji was much more volcanically active.)

It is 35 cm x 87 cm and is 100% cotton.

Bento Box Russian Doll Matryoshka Blue

Russian Doll 1 Tier Bento Box Matryoshka Blue



This is a cute 1 tier bento box.

It holds 520 ml.

Please wash by hand and only use on the warm setting in the microwave.

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 5 Different Sets -Animals Flowers #2

Baran - Japanese Bento Box Lunch Dividers - 5 Different Sets -Animals Flowers #2



This is a set of 5 different baran sets. There are 4 sets of animal baran and 1 set of flower baran.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Baran-Japanese-Bento-Box-Lunch-Dividers-5-Different-Sets-Animals-Flowers-2-/142031127645

Cute Bento Lunch Box

This is very cute animal bento lunch box!  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Animal-Bento-Box-Lunch-Box-Bear-2-Tier-with-a-Belt-/142002550118  This is a cute bear! It is 2 tiers and comes with a matching belt to hold it all together. Please read the warnings on the bottoms of the packaging= do NOT use in the oven, microwave or dishwasher. Wash by hand. It holds 277ml on the top and 389ml on the bottom.

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink

Rabbit 1 Tier Bento Box Pink



This is a cute 1 tier bento box.

It holds 520 ml.

Please wash by hand and only use on the warm setting in the microwave.

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Green Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band Incl

2 Tier Bento Box Lunch Box Hakoya Green Kiku Chrysanthemum Bento Band Incl



This bento box is stunning!  The pictures really can't capture how beautiful it is!  The chrysanthemums are slightly raised and sparkly!

It is 2 tiers and measures about 14 x9.5 x 7 cm. 

One layer holds 160ml and one holds 230 ml.

It comes with a black band to hold it together. Safe temperatures range from -20 ~ 140 degrees Celsius.

It can be used in a microwave WITH the lids. I would wash by hand.

It is made in Japan.

Bento Box Yellow Deli Style with Matching Band | eBay

2 Tier Bento Box Yellow Deli Style with Matching Band | eBay



This is a  2 tier bento box.

It comes with a  bento band to keep it all together. It is perfect for your lunch!!

17 x 7 x 7.5 cm

I would wash by hand. Use in the microwave without the lids.

Cute Silcone Bear Roll Cake Mold | eBay

Cute Silcone Bear Roll Cake Mold | eBay



This is a very cute mold for making  a bear shaped roll cake!
This is small so it is perfect for one person! 



Please note the temperatures. They can go from -4 ~ 220 degrees celsius. It states that a microwave and an oven is fine. 

It measures about 9.5 cm wide.