Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner party, I was entranced when a friend unpacked her backpack to reveal each of ...

Instead of struggling with wrapping paper this holiday season, get yourself some cloth. The Japanese Furoshiki technique can wrap anything easily and make it look good. Traditionally, Furoshiki is a ...

Save yourself the Christmas day headache of sorting through discarded wrapping paper, trying to discern which is recyclable and which is destined for landfill, by switching to reusable furoshiki ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

Furoshiki, the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them, is becoming more popular as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even decoration. Incorporating traditional ...

Christmas is a time of goodwill and cheer but it can also be a time of creating massive waste, especially wrapping paper. In Australia we use approximately 8,000 tons of the stuff every year. Loading ...

VietNamNet Bridge – The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will organize an exhibition on Furoshiki – Japanese wrapping cloth at the center, 27 Quang Trung Street in Hanoi from ...

Keiko Furoshiki is a family business reimagining the centuries-old Japanese tradition of furoshiki. Furoshiki translates to “bath spread,” a reference to the practice’s origins: using cloth to ...

Much of the paper that wraps holiday gifts is not recyclable. Unless you choose to save and reuse it, it probably winds up in a landfill. An eco-friendlier option is an ancient tradition from Japan ...