Spring arrives, yet the home always seems to lack fresh sunlight and air? This is how Japanese homes do it

If there is a season best suited to embracing sunlight and air,
it must be spring.
If you feel your home has poor natural light and everyday items feel dull and rigid,
you might consider using a special piece of tableware to brighten up daily life,
something most people can more easily accomplish.
Today, Fox is here to talk about the recently popular spring tableware and beautiful vessels in Japan.
Although Japan has many domestic trendy brands,
like FrancFranc, which is also elegant and natural.
But Japanese home decor experts have a particular fondness for the free-spirited Finnish brand Marimekko.
M is famous for its poppy pattern.
Yet the 2018 Japan limited edition color was sunflower.
Reference price: mug on TB Global Purchase 279 yuan, Rakuten overseas purchase about 200 yuan.
The Japanese domestic brand Reale is known for its reassuring Japanese-made bamboo material,
this lace soup bowl has a large capacity,
and is also more suitable for Chinese food.
TB Global Purchase price is 980 yuan,
but on Rakuten overseas purchase it is under 300 yuan, a clear advantage.
From a distance it looks like a solid wood mushroom,
but when taken apart it can become something that holds baby food and tea,
kawaii baby tableware.
Reference price: 15 yuan, Modern Housewife flagship store
It is exactly the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom,
this cherry blossom soy sauce dish,
normally shows nothing special,
but as soon as soy sauce is poured in, it forms a cherry blossom shape.
The set also includes cherry blossom-shaped chopstick rests.
Available at Keyu Life.
With Qingming approaching, how could tea leaves be missing?
The Qualy "Green Sprout Tea Canister" recommended here comes from Thailand,
yet is very popular with Japanese families.
As a creative brand,
it is known for the liveliness of its animals and plants.
Although not recommended, there are imitations domestically.
I do not know how the workmanship is; the material is all ABS plastic.
Reference price: 79 yuan
After looking at plants, let us look at animals.
This Hasami ware lead-free hand-painted bird-shaped soup bowl,
although it looks very shallow,
can still hold soup.
A set of 4 different types of birds.
Reference price: 326 yuan for 4, Qiyue Chushang
This elephant draining box,
has a stopper on its trunk,
pull it out and it can drain tableware.
Some clever people even use it as a flower pot,
letting succulents grow on the elephant's back.
Available at Keyu Life.
Finally, among traditional Japanese tableware,
there is the acacia wood dining plate with a very unique aesthetic.
The characteristic of acacia wood is that the grain is deep and large,
so every acacia wood dining plate is unique,
admire it carefully in the sunlight,
and you can see a world within the wood grain.