Do you know how to use traditional Japanese Furoshiki?
In the days before plastic bags and gift wrapping, how did people carry or wrap things?
In Japan, they used “Furoshiki” a traditional wrapping cloth first used in the Muromachi Period (1392-1573), when people spread it out in place of a bath mat or wrapped one’s clothes with it.
The multi purpose, reusable cloth can wrap lmost anything regardless of size or shape with the trick of knowing how to fold it in the right way. The above chart shows how it can be done. A must know for anyone interested in traditional Japanese culture and any eco-warriors out there.
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