Toyama, Sep 25 (News On Japan) –
As the variety of households with Buddhist altars continues to say no, largely on account of area limitations in fashionable housing, wholesalers of Buddhist items are scuffling with unsold stock.
A survey revealed that whereas 39.2% of households have a Buddhist altar, practically 80% of households in condominium buildings don’t. This pattern has considerably affected Takaoka City in Toyama Prefecture, a hub for Buddhist items manufacturing.
Faced with giant volumes of unsold items, Takanobu Hashimoto, president of a long-established Buddhist items wholesaler, got here up with a artistic answer. Inspired by a photograph of a bonsai positioned in a Buddhist vessel, he repurposed these things as plant containers. His new product, dubbed “Wabi-Sabi Pots,” shortly gained recognition, promoting out on-line. Hashimoto is now exploring further methods to repurpose Buddhist items, together with creating aroma diffusers for house use.
Source: ANN