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Kai Kaori, writer

Born in Nagasaki Prefecture. Contributes magazine and online articles on the lifestyles and activities of people living by new values in the areas of food, handwork, crafts, and local community. She divides her time between Minami-Aso (Kyushu) and Tokyo, and writes on themes such as local culture, the culture of monozukuri workmanship, food and other areas, community, and regional society. Articles serialized include Nippon tsugibito junrei (Pilgrimage to the Successors of Japanese Crafts) (Shueisha Shinsho Plus; online ); Fudo o meguru tabi (Journeys Exploring Local Customs) (cocolococo; online ), and Seikatsu kennai de yutaka ni kurasu (Living a Rich Life in Your Own Neighborhood) (Suumo Journal; online ). Among her book publications is Kurashi o tsukuru (Making Your Life) and Hodoyoi ryo o tsukuru (Making Just Enough) (Impress ).

Kai Kaori website: Tsuchi to kurashi no shippo (Snippets of Local Living)
kaikaori.com

Articles

Toyama’s Inami: Community through Collaboration

Kai Kaori, writer

We believe that for local communities, crafts are hidden treasure that will prove to have value far greater than ever before. How will work that is grounded in nature and the environment be transformed and lifted as culture? There are people who are putting into practice new perspectives and methods. In this series, we go to see these people at work, and we consider how makers and the people who connect them to markets are discovering new value in crafts. 　　　 In the Inami district of Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, a center of woodcarving craft for over 600 years, I interviewed architect Yamakawa Tomotsugu. The Bed and Craft network that Yamakawa…

Treasured Woodworking Skills Flourish in Toyama’s Inami District

Kai Kaori, writer

We believe that for local communities, crafts are hidden treasure that will prove to have value far greater than ever before. How will work that is grounded in nature and the environment be transformed and lifted as culture? There are people who are putting into practice new perspectives and methods. In this series, we go to see these people at work, and we consider how makers and the people who connect them to markets are discovering new value in crafts. Traditionally, the craft of woodcarving evokes household status symbols such as an eagle—associated with power and courage—in a tokonoma or intricately carved ranma woodwork in the transoms of Japanese-style rooms….