Tuesday 21 September 2010

Japan Society North West Japan Day 2010

Japan Day
Sunday 17th October 11.00am - 5pm FREE ADMISSION
Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester, M60 2DS

We will be running a stall at Japan Day 2010. Due to limited space, we will only be able to bring a small selection of our Japanese gifts to the Matsuri.  These will include: folding fans, origami paper, lucky cats, T-shirts, daruma, greetings cards, samurai sword paper knives, keyrings and hair accessories. If you would like to see a particular item from our website, for example one of our kimono, please contact us and we will try our best to bring it along on the day.

Thursday 12 August 2010

Japan Matsuri London 2010

Saturday 18th September 10:00am – 8:00pm
Spitalfields Markets, Brushfield Street

We will be running a stall at the Japan Matsuri 2010. However, due to limited space, we will only be able to bring a small selection of our Japanese gifts to the Matsuri.  These will include: folding fans, origami paper, lucky cats, T-shirts, daruma, sake sets, greetings cards, samurai sword paper knives, keyrings and hair accessories. If you would like to see a particular item from our website, for example one of our kimono, please contact us and we will try our best to bring it along on the day.

Tuesday 3 August 2010

New range of Kimonos added to japanya.co.uk

We are delighted to launch several new designs of kimonos on our website this week.  These kimonos are made in Kyoto, Japan, by a kimono manufacturer who has been making kimono since 1963.  For the first time we are offering silk kimono for both men and women. If you have any queries regarding sizing, materials, colours etc please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Thursday 13 May 2010

Japanya Kanji Pendants now on Amazon


Japanya has now started selling ready made kanji pendants on amazon.co.uk .  Alternatively, you can design your own pendants on www.kanjizone.com .

Tuesday 27 April 2010

Japanya kimonos used for photoshoot

The photographer James Day recently used our cherry blossom kimonos to photograph Japanese models in very stylised poses. The portfolio created is to be entered for the Association of Photographers Awards 2010.

Monday 1 February 2010

Introducing Kanji Zone

Our sister website www.kanjizone.com

Now as well as designing and purchasing your own Japanese T-shirts, you can customise your very own Japanese pendant or keyring. We have a selection of tarnish-free stainless steel pendants/keyrings which we can etch for you with your chosen western name in kanji, katakana or hiragana. Alternatively, you may like to design a piece with a kanji character. We offer a wide selection of popular kanji including the character 愛 meaning love and the character 侍 meaning samurai. We look forward to fulfilling your order!


Tuesday 5 January 2010

Year of the Tiger (2010) Solar powered Lucky Tiger now available


Designed for the Year of the Tiger (2010) a solar powered tiger (£13.95) whose head and hand sways when sitting in sunlight or artificial light. The kanji on the gold coin reads "Shofuku" (invite fortune). She has a slot for displaying a business/greetings card. The tiger is a symbol of strength and power in China.