🇬🇧 Escapism Magazine
We are honoured to have our Kintsugi Experience in Kanazawa featured in the UK travel magazine Escapism Magazine.
The article explores Kanazawa as a city of craft and repair, and introduces our workshop as a place where visitors can experience the philosophy of kintsugi — not simply as a technique, but as a way of seeing beauty in imperfection.
In the interview, I spoke about how I began kintsugi, what repair means to me, and why I believe broken objects carry stories worth preserving.
Kintsugi is not about hiding cracks.
It is about illuminating them.
To have this philosophy shared with readers beyond Japan is something I deeply cherish.
My mother was a ceramic artist.
When I was in high school, she spent three months in the UK training at Wedgwood.
Seeing her dedication to her craft left a quiet impression on me.
Years later, after she passed away, one of the bowls she had made herself broke.
That moment led me to learn kintsugi — not only to repair an object, but to understand more deeply what it means to preserve something with care.
Now that this story is reaching readers in the UK, I feel a gentle sense of connection across time and place.
Repair connects generations.
It connects cultures.
If you would like to experience Kintsugi in Kanazawa,
we warmly welcome you to join our workshop.
イギリスのトラベル誌
Escapism Magazine に
金沢の金継ぎ体験をご紹介いただきました。
金継ぎを始めたきっかけや、
私が大切にしている「修復の哲学」についても
丁寧に取材していただきました。
壊れたものを直すことは、
ただ元に戻すことではなく、
その物語を受け入れ、継いでいくこと。
この想いが海を越えて届いたことを、
心より嬉しく思っています。