京都あさひ屋-Kyoto Asahiya

いらっしゃいませ！京都あさひ屋へ。

日本の品々を紹介します。
手作りの数珠、念誦、腕輪、風呂敷、着物、桐箱、和風雑貨などの品々を取り揃えています。

天然石で作られた数珠・腕輪は、お求め安いお値段でご提供しています。
数珠は一珠一珠に匠の念がこめられた名品です。人生の中の一点を京都あさひ屋で見つけて下さい。

Welcome to KYOTO ASAHIYA!

We introduce Japanese handmade items from Kyoto.
Juzus (Japanese prayer beads, mala beads, rosaries), gemstone bracelets, wooden bracelet, furoshiki (Japanese traditional wrapping cloth), kumihimo, traditional wooden boxes, Hanging scroll paintings (Kakejiku) and other Japanese traditional good items.

The main body of a mala is usually 108 beads, though other numbers are also used. In addition, there is often a 109th bead (often of a distinctive size or colour) and/or tassle and sometimes there are additional beads which may be decorative or used for counting rounds. Malas are used for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.

Juzu ( a Japamala ), In Buddhism of Japan, buddhist prayer beads are known as ojuzu (数珠, counting beads) or onenju (念珠, thought beads). Different Buddhist sects in Japan have different shaped juzus, and use them differently.

Kyoto is the center of product Japanese prayer beads.

Miyai, 100 years old furoshiki ( Japanese traditional wrapping cloth ) brand in Kyoto. With various material and design, you can choose Japanese traditional design or art or modern design.

The eco-friendly life style becomes more and more popular in the world.

By using the wrapping cloth, not only eco-friendly, but also fashion and elegant and can show the user's taste of lifestyle.

In Japan, it's also a manner when people giving gifts or deliver goods.