What is an alternative to using Furoshiki for gifts?
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Furoshiki Furoshiki (風呂敷) are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth traditionally used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods.
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Gift wrapping Gift wrapping is the act of enclosing a gift in some sort of material. Wrapping paper is a kind of paper designed for gift wrapping. An alternative to gift wrapping is using a gift box. A wrapped or boxed gift may be held closed with ribbon and topped with a decorative bow (an ornamental knot made of ribbon).
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Scrip of Edo period Japan During the Edo period, feudal domains of Japan issued scrip called "hansatsu" (藩札 ) for use within the domain. This paper currency supplemented the coinage of the Tokugawa shogunate. Most scrip carried a face value in silver coinage, but gold and copper scrip also circulated. In addition, some scrip was marked for exchange in kind for a commodity such as rice. In addition to those issued by the domains, forms of paper money were also issued by rice brokers in Osaka and Edo. Originally used only as a representation of amounts of rice (subdivisions of "koku") owned by the scrip-holder and held in the Osaka or Edo merchants' storehouse, these scrips quickly came to be used as currency.
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Forever Friends (brand) Forever Friends is a brand of Hallmark Cards, based on a Bear design. The Forever Friends bear can be found in 40 countries and in 15 languages.
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Hataki A hataki (叩き ) is a type of household cleaning tool that originated in Japan. Consisting of durable cloth strips attached to a stick or pole, it is used for moving dust from surfaces onto the floor, where it can be swept or vacuumed. Similar to a feather duster, it is not to be confused with an Ōnusa.
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Pasalubong Pasalubong (Tagalog, "[something] for when you welcome me") is the Filipino tradition of travellers bringing gifts from their destination to people back home. "Pasalubong" can be any gift or souvenir brought for family or friends after being away for a period of time. It can also be any gift given by someone arriving from a distant place.
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Okiagari-koboshi Okiagari-koboshi or Okiagari-kobōshi (起き上がり小法師 , "getting-up little priest") is a Japanese traditional doll. The toy is made from papier-mâché and is designed so that its weight causes it to return to an upright position if it is knocked over. Okiagari-kobōshi is considered a good-luck charm and a symbol of perseverance and resilience.
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Obi (publishing) An obi (帯 ) is a strip of paper looped around a book or other product. This extends the term "obi" used for Japanese clothing; it is written with the same "kanji." It is also referred to as a tasuki (襷 ) (another kimono accessory), or more narrowly as obigami (帯紙 , belt paper) .
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Gomashio Gomashio (hiragana: ごま塩; also spelled gomasio) is a dry condiment, similar to furikake, made from unhulled sesame seeds (ごま, "goma") and salt (塩, "shio"). It is often used in Japanese cuisine, such as a topping for "sekihan". It is also sometimes sprinkled over plain rice or "onigiri". Some commercially sold gomashio also has sugar mixed in with the salt.
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Paper fortune teller A fortune teller (also called a cootie catcher, chatterbox, salt cellar, whirlybird, or paku-paku) is a form of origami used in children's games. Parts of the fortune teller are labelled with colors or numbers that serve as options for a player to choose from, and on the inside are eight flaps, each concealing a message. The person operating the fortune teller manipulates the device based on the choices made by the player, and finally one of the hidden messages is revealed. These messages may purport to answer questions (hence the name) or they may be activities that the player must perform.
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Fuyuki Fuyuki (冬樹 ) is a masculine Japanese given name which is occasionally used as a surname and means snowy winter.
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Regift Regifting or regiving is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else, sometimes in the guise of a new gift. One example of a formalization of this activity are the white elephant gift exchanges, in which items can be regifted from year to year.
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Strenna Strenna or Strenna di Natale is a gift that is usual to make or receive in Italy at Christmas time.
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Good Luck Flag The Good Luck Flag, known as hinomaru yosegaki (日の丸寄せ書き ) in the Japanese language, was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of Japan, though most notably during World War II. The flag given to a soldier was a national flag signed by friends and family, often with short messages wishing the soldier victory, safety, and good luck.
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Knottekistje A knottekistje or wedding casket is a small Frisian money casket.
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Kusudama The Japanese kusudama (薬玉; lit. medicine ball) is a paper model that is usually (although not always) created by sewing multiple identical pyramidal units (usually stylized flowers folded from square paper) together through their points to form a spherical shape. Alternately the individual components may be glued together. (e.g. the kusudama in the lower photo is entirely glued, not threaded together) Occasionally, a tassel is attached to the bottom for decoration.
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Easter basket An Easter basket is a special basket used in Easter celebrations. Easter baskets are typically filled with Easter eggs, food, toys, or other gifts depending on one's culture.
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Tamagushi Tamagushi (玉串 , literally "jewel skewer") is a form of Shinto offering made from a "sakaki"-tree branch decorated with shide strips of washi paper, silk, or cotton. At Japanese weddings, funerals, miyamairi and other ceremonies at Shinto shrines, "tamagushi" are ritually presented to the "kami" (spirits or gods) by parishioners or kannushi priests.
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Obi (sash) Obi (帯, おび) is a sash for traditional Japanese dress, "keikogi" (uniforms for Japanese martial arts), and part of "kimono" outfits.
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Japanese postal mark 〒 (郵便記号 , Yūbin kigō ) is the service mark of Japan Post, the postal operator in Japan. It is also used as a Japanese postal code mark. The mark is a stylized katakana syllable "te" (テ), from the word "teishin" (逓信 communications). The mark dates from the pre-World War II era, when literacy was less complete, the katakana symbol being more easily recognized than a kanji.
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Furisode A furisode (振袖, "swinging sleeves") is a style of "kimono" distinguishable by its long sleeves, which range in length from 85 centimeters for a "kofurisode" (小振袖) to 114 centimeters for an "ōfurisode" (大振袖). The sleeves are attached to the body of the kimono only for a short distance; the inner edge is open for the rest of its length, allowing the lining to show on the inner edge (or both, if the sleeve is left open on the outer edge as well).
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Christmas gift-bringer A number of Midwinter or Christmas traditions in European folklore involve gift-bringers. Mostly involving the figure of a bearded old man, the traditions have mutually influenced one another, and have adopted aspects from Christian hagiography, even before the modern period.