{"id":1523,"date":"2009-06-02T02:08:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T07:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2009-06-03T00:35:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-03T05:35:15","slug":"furoshiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/06\/02\/furoshiki","title":{"rendered":"Furoshiki"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve never been much of a Japanophile<\/a>, but the couple minutes or so that I saw Preetam<\/a> demonstrate the use of the Furoshiki<\/a>, I was hooked.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Preetam did a lightning talk demo at BarcampBKK3, where he demoed how you could hold books in it. Later, Satoko (@31o5<\/a>) mentioned that you could also hold bottles of wine, and more. Naturally, I was intrigued, so I hopped on and found a bunch of cool things you can do with it.<\/p>\n

For one, the Ministry of Environment in Japan has published a guide<\/a> on how to make use of it. All the various different knots, and methods, for you to carry items of varying sizes, and volumes. Very useful. I also found it most interesting to note that there are stores that specialise in this – take a look at this post from Kyoto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want to buy one? All hail Furoshiki.com<\/a>. They seem to be about USD$12-$70, not including shipping and handling, depending on the styles available. <\/p>\n

Further links: a bit of history<\/a>, how to gift wrap (video)<\/a>, usage etiquette, history, folding guides and more<\/a> (very useful resource), a video of a store in Kyoto<\/a>, and how to use it to carry your bento boxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have to admit, that Japanese culture and custom is starting to interest me these days. Seems like there’s a lot to learn, as there are things I’d consider innovative, that is part of daily Japanese life. I wonder if a book like Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan<\/a>\"\" will help?<\/p>\n

(photo by Preetam Rai<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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