Hello! We’re Murata WA Lifestyle Store. We’d like to tell you about a type of Japanese cookware we carry called a “donabe” cray pot, including its features and uses.                                         What kind of cookware have you been using? When it comes to cooking simple recipes, electric kitchen appliances seem to be gaining in popularity. However, a traditional Japanese donabe is also suitable for simple cooking, once you know how to use it. After reading this blog and learning about donabe, hopefully you’ll...

Hello! We are Murata WA Lifestyle Store.Let us tell you about the tenugui towels we carry at our store.   What is Tenugui? A tenugui (literally “hand-wiper”) is a cloth used for wiping your hands, but it’s more than just a hand towel. A tenugui can also be used as a washcloth, or as a towel for removing sweat or drying yourself off after bathing. Although a tenugui is less absorbent than regular towels, it dries very quickly, discouraging bacterial growth. This makes a tenugui a perfect dish towel. A tenugui is quite thin, which means it can be easily...

Hi there! This is Murata WA Lifestyle Store. We have started a blog to share valuable information with you. In this first blog post, we would like to introduce our shop to you, though you might already know well about us. Murata is an authentic Japanese Tableware store offering a variety of traditional Japanese lifestyle items for gifts & everyday use for over 30 years in Vancouver, Canada. We have Japanese ceramics, yukata and kimono, bento boxes, chopsticks and chopstick rest, sake cups, tenugui, incense, yuzen-washi, and more. Most of the items are made in Japan and imported directly from Japan....