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Rice straw packaging for five eggs

Rice straw packaging to carry five eggs, image coutesy of Hideyuki Oka


bamboo sheath and cardboard replica Japanese packaging

Bamboo sheath (top) and cardboard replica Japanese packaging (click photo for source)


Natural packaging with Japanese calligraphy

Natural packaging with Japanese calligraphy (click photo for source)


Sake barrels

Sake barrels at Meiju Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, 2006


Traditional Japanese packaging

Traditional Japanese packaging (click photo for source)


A very quick look at traditional Japanese packaging design. I was inspired after seeing a copy of Hideyuki Oka’s book How to Wrap 5 More Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging. Some of the items I saw in Oka’s book brought back memories of things my Japanese mother used to buy or that she received as gifts from faraway family and visiting friends.

There’s definitely much more to show and tell about Japanese packaging. And I promise to share more in an upcoming post.

Mary Maru