This year marks the 20th anniversary of IFUJI's activities.
I exhibited at the Matsumoto Craft Fair under my own name in 2004.
Since then, we have been blessed with many encounters and connections, which has enabled us to continue making things to this day.
To express our gratitude for the past 20 years, we will be holding pop-up events all over the country.
From Hokkaido in the north to Kagoshima in the south, we will be coming to your area with plenty of IFUJI boxes and tableware.
Please come and experience the differences in the grain of each piece of wood, the various plant-dyed colors that appear depending on the angle of the light, the sweet scent of cherry wood, and the smooth, polished surface of the wood with your own eyes and hands.
I would like to visit as many places as possible, so it will be difficult to complete it in a year, but I would like to travel around the country and complete the project even if it takes several years.
This year will be a special one for IFUJI.
It's been 20 years of good and bad things.
I would like to continue moving forward step by step.
I hope this year will be a good one for you all too!