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This Japanese Gift Wrapping Technique Is Brilliant

The Japanese gift wrapping technique is a quick and efficient method that allows gifts to be wrapped in under 30 seconds.
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Local author to offer workshops on origami, Japanese-inspired gift wrapping

Following the success of her book on Japanese-inspired gift wrapping, Sonoma resident Megumi Lorna Inouye will be offering two related workshops for adults of all skill levels in Sonoma during the ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Sustainable and reusable gift wrap: Where to learn the art of Japanese furoshiki

Ditch the paper gift wrap, bags and tissue paper this holiday season for the eco-friendly alternative of furoshiki (pronounced fu-row-she-kee). The Japanese wrapping technique is traditionally ...
NPR

For more eco-friendly holiday wrapping, some turn to the Japanese art of furoshiki

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...
Forbes

Shiki Wrap Is ‘Sustainable Paper’ Inspired By Japanese Tradition

You might have a mom, dad, offspring or other relative that likes to slowly open gifts, so as to reuse the disposable wrapping paper that covers stuff during holidays, birthdays and other special ...
ABC7

Legacy Japanese gift shop saved by Little Tokyo small business fund

LITTLE TOKYO (KABC) -- Wrapping gifts comes easy to Carol Tanita. She's been managing the Japanese gift shop, Rafu Bussan, in Little Tokyo for nearly 50 years. The shop specializes in traditional ...
AOL

This Japanese Gift Wrapping Technique is Brilliant

You may have seen this super speedy gift-wrapping technique on social media lately—and we can totally see why it's trending! This folding method comes from a Japanese style of gift wrapping and, we ...