Shopping basket

買い物かご (kaimono kago), shopping basket

Used before the prastic bags had been invented. 

Still prefered by some Japanese restaurant chiefs.

Goza-me pattern

Basic coiling technique to form solid surface without gaps. 

Handle is formed by coiling thick long material three times.

Kazura (ivy) is common material for handle cover. 

But only available in late automn.

Leather is used instead. 

Makibuchi

Coiling around the rim with thin bamboo surface strips. 

Ishizuri

Stone guard. Protecting the body from scratches when place on the floor.