Ukrainian Bread Festival at Pyrohiv Museum

Ukrainian Bread Festival at Pyrohiv Museum

KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 29, 2023 - An employee of the From Grain to Bread craft bakery puts bread loaves into the oven with a peel during the Ukrainian Bread Festival at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

A sake cup processed by Takakuwa Seisakusho (left: cross section)

A sake cup processed by Takakuwa Seisakusho (left: cross section)

Takakuwa Seisakusho (Ota-ku, Tokyo, President: Eiji Takakuwa, 03-3731-4647) is engaged in spatula forming of various metals. The company is now producing titanium drinking cups for the general public using a new technology called "Hitohira-shibori," which is a more advanced version of spatula shibori. Hera-shibori is a three-dimensional processing technique in which a spatula is pressed against a metal plate while it is being rotated. The company's uniquely developed single-piece buckle makes it possible to form double-structured vessels from a single metal plate. Generally, double-layered metal vessels are made by welding. President Takakuwa says, "At first glance, it's hard to tell the difference between our products and others, but when we explain our technology, people often find value in it. (May 16, 2019, Takakuwa Works, Ota-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Kronk's New Groove (2005)

Kronk's New Groove (2005)

Kronk Characters: Kronk Film: Kronk'S New Groove (USA 2005) Director: Saul Blinkoff & Elliot M. Bour 28 November 2005 Date: 28 November 2005

Girls having a meal

Girls having a meal

Two young women are having a meal in front of the low meal table in a room with shoji screens. The woman in the middle is handing an empty rice bowl to the woman on the right, who will then put cooked rice into the bowl with a wooden spatula. A porcelain charcoal brazier is visible behind them. ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐54‐0]

Ainu women

Ainu women

The three women all have tattoos around the mouth area (left untinted?). They wear earrings with beads. The woman on each side wears an embroidered cotton coat over appliqu? and a necklace with tassels. In the centre foreground is a set of a lacquerware bowls, bo twigs, shu sake wine and a hei spatula, all indispensable to Ainu rituals. Sacred wood sticks (inaw) are visible on the right.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐33‐0]