Zenbird Editorial TeamIn a sushi restaurant in Kyoto, one column stands out with its rustic, crooked look, almost an artistic touch to the space. It is a length of old chestnut, weathered and irregular, originally a support post from a traditional rack used to air-dry...
Fewer than 10 sudare workshops remain in Kyoto today. A sudare is a screen of reed or split bamboo, hung outside a window through the summer, where it catches the sun and lets the wind pass, leaving the room behind it three or four degrees cooler...
