Follow these simple how-to instructions to perfectly wrap a gift. It's so easy, you can wrap a package in under 30 seconds! The best part about the Japanese gift-wrap technique is that you don't have ...

Happy holidays! This week we’re revisiting our favorite festive stories from years past, like this one: Once, at a dinner party, I was entranced when a friend unpacked her backpack to reveal each of ...

Ditch the paper gift wrap, bags and tissue paper this holiday season for the eco-friendly alternative of furoshiki (pronounced fu-row-she-kee). The Japanese wrapping technique is traditionally ...

An old saying from the Japanese is “Paper is the mirror of the soul.” Gift-wrapping is especially important in Japanese culture. It’s believed nature and the spirit to be united because the manner in ...

Sonoma resident Megumi Lorna Inouye has written a new book about the art of gift wrapping as an expression of gratitude. Every summer, Megumi Lorna Inouye watched intently as her mother, Suzuko, ...

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 ...

For the Japanese, the wrapping is almost as important as the gift it contains. Here are tips to emulate this Far Eastern paper art. Gift-wrapping is especially important in Japanese culture — an old ...