JFCA 2026 Featured Brands
The Japan you almost missed.
Meet the Japan you don’t know yet.
A North American cultural festival, running since 2016. This year, LIVAPON stands here alongside makers from across Japan.
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Wada Metal Engraving Studio (WABORI TALISMAN)
Japanese ornament culture, recast as a modern talisman.
Born in Takaoka, Toyama — a metalwork region with over 400 years of history. Traditional engraving, temple ornamentation, dragons, phoenixes, and hannya motifs, reimagined as modern jewelry.
Harenochiai
An organic brand built on care and trust.
Born from a belief in health of mind and body, true to who you are. Pesticide-free, certified organic, Halal-certified matcha and hojicha — made to be chosen with confidence, regardless of faith or background.
Suzuka Sumi
1,300 years of history, pressed into Japanese ink.
Traditional Japanese sumi ink, said to have begun over 1,300 years ago in Suzuka, Mie. Made from domestic materials, entirely by hand — a craft now carried on by only a father and son.
Marumo Takagi Pottery
Mino ware that changes with temperature.
Founded 1887 in Tajimi, Gifu — home to over 1,300 years of Mino ware history. Its warm/cool sensing series reveals sakura, fireworks, and autumn leaves as the vessel's temperature shifts.
Miyazu Shoten
Takaoka metalwork, shaping how Japan drinks tea and sake.
A metal craft house founded in 1938 in Takaoka, Toyama. Casting, finishing, coloring, and engraving come together in tea ware, sake vessels, and iron kettles that carry Japanese culture.
Toyoda Sculpture Studio (RAKUGAN)
The craft and prayer of temple carving, for modern life.
Founded 1959 in Yorii, Saitama — the wood-carving brand RAKUGAN. Skills honed in temple architecture and motifs passed down through generations, shaped from offcuts of hinoki and camphor wood.
NOISE ALPHA WORKS
Traditional craft meets motor culture — a new kind of Japanese brand.
Fine clay from Seto, Aichi, shaped through precise 3D-printed prototyping and Seto ware craftsmanship. Forms inspired by cars and motorcycles, colored with a depth only traditional glazes can give.
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Maruto Shoyu
Naturally brewed soy sauce, carried on in Nara since 1689.
A flavor lost after the war, brought back after nearly 70 years. Domestic soybeans, wheat, and sun-dried salt, aged slowly in wooden barrels — an old method behind a deep aroma and mellow taste.
