Collection: Homewares

Beautify Your Life and Home with Japanese Homewares

In a busy modern life, the beautiful quality designs featured in our Japanese homewares range can infuse a sense of calm and relaxation into your day. From essential oil diffusers to leathercrafting kits, you can create and enjoy the superior quality and tradition of Japanese artisan crafts from our selection of products. We exclusively partner with a small number of manufacturers in Japan to provide you with a carefully curated selection of arts, crafts, and homewares delivered to your door or as a gift for a fellow craft enthusiast.

Fun Facts About Japan and Leather Accessories

Japan has produced leather and made crafts for more than 2000 years.

• Leather tanning was introduced to Japan by Korean craftsmen:Japanese first embraced the art of leather accessories from Korean immigrants as it is durable, comfortable, and warm, making it a popular choice for homes and as samurai armour. While you can find tanners and craftsmen throughout Japan, the prefecture of Hyogo is well-known for its white leather products. Unlike other white leather, Hyogo products derive their colour naturally during the tanning process.
• Leather products became more luxurious: Japanese leather artisans expanded their craft from battle armour to creating luxury products such as handbags and decorative items. Their quality designs and natural beauty of the white leather began to get the attention of fashion designers around the world, helping to highlight the once overlooked Japanese tradition.
• Japanese leather craftsmen offer workshops: You can find a variety of professional craftsmen in Japan who offer hands-on leather workshops. While travelling to Japan to make leather crafts is not an option for many, you can enjoy making accessories in your home with our selection of kits, tools and more.

We sell bundles of leather offcuts to assist you in your custom made leather accessories: We work closely with Danke, a leather accessories maker in Kobe who custom makes pieces – mouse mats, wallets, key rings – from the smoothest horse leather to last a lifetime. You can choose your preferred colour of thread and shade of leather to create an unforgettable gift.

What You Can Expect from Us Regarding a Leather Tool Set

You can make your leather crafts more easily with our quality seven-piece starter kit.

• You can readily get essential leather tools: You can enjoy leather crafting and complete your designs more easily with essential tools from our kit. This kit includes pricking forks, an awl, base plate, needle, waxed thread, and leather adhesive.
• It contains quality made items: Our leather tool kit made by Siewa is ideal for stamping holes and hand sewing to create a range of small leather accessories. The two pricking forks are made from quality, durable steel and make even slits in your leather so you can readily sew pieces together with the needle and waxed thread by hand.
• We provide a range of accessories for leather crafts: You can keep all your artisan tools and leather readily accessible with our selection of quality Japanese bags and boxes. For example, our durable Waxed Canvas Tool tote bag features an array of exterior pockets and storage solutions, making it a practical and stylish addition to your craft.

We sell bundles of leather offcuts to assist you in your custom made leather accessories: We work closely with Danke, a leather accessories maker in Kobe who custom makes pieces – mouse mats, wallets, key rings – from the smoothest horse leather to last a lifetime. You can choose your preferred colour of thread and shade of leather to create an unforgettable gift.

What You Should Know About Our Japanese Essential Oils

• We provide Japanese plaster diffusers: The Thera Ballon essential oil set features aroma diffusers in the shape of Japanese plants. You can place a few drops of your favourite oil on the small plaster diffuser and allow the scent to fragrant the room without the worry of using an open flame.
• You can use the Paulownia wood box as a display case: Coming from what is commonly known as the Japanese princess tree, this stunning hardwood is a popular choice for boxes and makes an ideal display case for your diffusers.
• You can enjoy the traditional scent of a Hinoki Cypress diffuser: Japanese traditionally use cypress, or Hinoki, for building temples and shrines. The forest scent is thought to encourage relaxation and may help to relieve stress. This distinct scent is the most popular of Japanese essential oils.

We sell bundles of leather offcuts to assist you in your custom made leather accessories: We work closely with Danke, a leather accessories maker in Kobe who custom makes pieces – mouse mats, wallets, key rings – from the smoothest horse leather to last a lifetime. You can choose your preferred colour of thread and shade of leather to create an unforgettable gift.

Why Trust Hands On Workshop Regarding Japanese Souvenirs?

We provide quality Japanese made products, including a leather tooling kit, embroidery items, paper crafts, ceramic homewares, and more. We partner with premium Japanese manufacturers and trusted shipping services to have items delivered directly from Japan to your doorstep. Our artisan collection is carefully curated to maintain Japanese crafts' tradition and quality, and we continually update our range. Contact us with any questions or order hard to find Japanese crafts online.