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I found lycoris flowers on my way to the office.
Then, I realized that I had found them at the same place, just one year ago.
(Wow, one year ago! It's amazing how fast the time goes...!)
It's the season for this flower, lycoris (we say Higanbana) in Japan.
The vivid red color and their lovely petals like ribbons are so impressive.
Series #631 cards are very popular among foreign customers.
We selected Japanese flowers for the series and used traditional colors for each card. (You can find Lycoris design, too!)
I'm glad if you could feel "Japan" from the beautiful cards.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Maki, from Osaka
Since we will start to sell our new series #610 in August, we have just produced summer's greetings card using the same series.
The flower design of this card is gardenia, which we call "kuchinashi" in Japanese.
Don't you think the design look a little bit antique?
In fact, it is one of the vintage designs which was printed by woodblock printing in Meiji period (1868-1912) in Japan.
We were fascinated by the beauty of vintage designs during the period, and produced our new series.(Sorry, kuchinashi design is only for our summer's greetings card, not for sale. We look forward to introducing other pretty designs soon!)
Also, the card is hand made cotton paper produced by a Japanese artisan in Echizen area, where has a 1,000 year-paper-making history in Japan.
It is said that the flower, kuchinashi brings happiness and pleasure!
It's really hot(boiling!) here in Osaka, even though we are still in the rainy season..
During the summer vacation, I have a plan to visit Shikoku area (western Japan) to play in a river.
I'm a bit worried the weather, but I can't wait!
Please enjoy your lovely summer/winter season :)
Maki from Osaka
Today, we have a lovely sunny day here in Tokyo.So comfy!One of our popular cards is 631 series. As you can see from the picture, these cards have various colors with pretty flower designs.We selected Japanese traditional colors for these.Most of our customers like this series, and some of them make their personalized calling cards(casual business cards), thank you notes, etc.Some couples use them as wedding invitations, too. I think it's a cool idea!
By using this series, my close friend, Cayce ordered thank you notes for her two girls' friends in Florida and Texas, who are going to have wedding parties in September. (September is very popular for a wedding season in Japan, too.)As for the font of "Thank you," she selected an elegant script font, which is very matching with the pretty cards.I'm so glad that these cards are popular among American people as well as Japanese.Many thanks, Cayce!Rumi
