Who needs a crummy plastic bag when you can carry just about anything with an attractive piece of cloth? Enter the art of Furoshiki, or the traditional Japanese wrapping cloth that’s been used to ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art form of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even as decoration. Incorporating ...

Keiko Furoshiki is a family business reimagining the centuries-old Japanese tradition of furoshiki. Furoshiki translates to “bath spread,” a reference to the practice’s origins: using cloth to ...

Furoshiki is the traditional Japanese art of folding cloth to serve a variety of functions. If some of our previous coverage of Furoshiki left you scratching your head, this video might just get you ...

Furoshiki is the Japanese art of aesthetically folding square-shaped material for practical purposes, such as gift wrapping, transporting daily items or even decoration. Incorporating traditional ...

Wrapping paper – that thing that makes our holiday gifts look so festive – has a landfill problem. If it's shiny, metallic, or glitter-encrusted it's not recyclable. And even recycled paper isn't ...

Looking for a special, waste-free way to wrap your Christmas presents? Ditch the wrapping paper, bows and sticky tape for a traditional Japanese style of wrapping. Furoshiki is a tradition that uses ...

Christmas is a time of goodwill and cheer but it can also be a time of creating massive waste, especially wrapping paper. In Australia we use approximately 8,000 tons of the stuff every year. Loading ...

Furoshiki, the Japanese tradition of wrapping objects in cloth to cover or transport them, is becoming more popular as a more eco-friendly way to wrap presents without wasting paper. Much of the paper ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. The Japanese government launched a campaign several years ...

In Japan, before mass-produced plastic bags took over, a square of cloth served to wrap purchases of varying shapes and sizes. What the Western world may have derided as a “hobo bundle,” was elevated ...