People who do handicrafts often see the word Zakka. Do you know what it means? What does it mean? Zakka (from the Japanese "zak-ka" (groceries) or "various items") is a fashion design phenomenon that has spread from Japan to throughout Asia. The word encompasses anything that improves your home, your life, and your image. It usually refers to household items from the West, where they are often considered kitsch. But Zakka can also be a Japanese item from the fifties, sixties and seventies. In Japan, there are also so-called Asian zakka shops, which usually refer to Southeast Asia. Zakka also refers to modern handicrafts.

Zakka is also described as "the art of seeing wisdom in the ordinary and mundane". The interest in zakka can be seen as yet another trend in consumer trends, but it also touches on issues of self-expression and spirituality. Being cute, tacky and kitschy isn’t enough. To be a zakka, one must also be attractive, sensitive, and thought-provoking. WHAT’S ZAKKA? This word cannot be found in the English dictionary, but it is closely related to life. All food-related pots and pans, teapots, teacups, tea filters...and these come in Western, Japanese, Asian and other styles, and are related to clothes. Related cloth products, insulated gloves, moisturizing covers, canvas waterproof aprons, or the decorative life that has become more and more important recently, candlesticks, candle cups, flower utensils... In Japan, whether in residential shopping streets, urban streets, or flower houses, in Japan , whether it is a residential shopping street or an urban street or a flower house, Zakka seems to play an important role. Every small corner is always so pleasing to the eye and makes people smile happily. Groceries may be just small accessories, but they can play an immediate and valuable finishing touch in a space or life path. In grocery stores, you can buy all kinds of household items, many of which are made by the shopkeepers themselves. There are also many professional designers who have been experimenting with the design and production of groceries. Zakka is also vividly interpreted as "fun groceries". It creatively redesigns small things in daily life, making life fun and cute. With the advent of Japan and South Korea in recent years, the term Zakka has been the first to be integrated into the life culture of Taiwan and Hong Kong. Zakka is not only loved by children, but also by adults. A cute Zakka mug and a kawaii Zakka small lamp placed on your desk can bring you joy and arouse your lingering childlike innocence... Below are the links If you look at a Korean handmade grocery store with great taste (the picture is from the Internet, I forgot to sign it...), you can imagine those children's shoes who like to make handmade shoes, and their mouths will water after seeing these photos, haha! (The name and logo of Kunming Lishang Handmade Fort has applied for national trademark protection, please do not borrow it.)