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Craftsmen at work in Japan
  • Business
  • Shimane, Japan
  • October 15, 2019
  • 5 MIN 53 SEC

The talent-seeker: Ryutaro Yoshida

Japanese company Time & Style knows how to inject innovative spirit into traditional crafts. Over the past two decades its founder Ryutaro Yoshida has criss-crossed Japan to woo reluctant artisans to collaborate on modern designs. We meet him in the remote region of Shimane as he develops a series of handmade washi paper lamps.

  • Narrator Joleen Goffin

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