{"title":"Toyama Glass Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Toyama Glass Studio is a creative hub at the center of Toyama's contemporary glass culture. It stands on a foundation laid by nearly two centuries of local glassmaking — a tradition born not from luxury, but from medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the Edo period, Toyama gained national recognition for its Echū drug peddlers (越中富山の薬売り), who traveled across Japan selling traditional remedies. This trade required glass — specifically medicine bottles, known as yakubin (薬瓶) — and glass production flourished to meet the demand. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Toyama had become Japan's leading producer of pharmaceutical glassware, with over ten glass factories clustered near Toyama Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the war and the eventual replacement of glass with plastic in packaging, the city reoriented. In 1985, Toyama launched a glass art course for citizens, and in 1991 founded Japan's first public glass art institute — the Toyama City Institute of Glass Art. The focus shifted from mass production to personal expression, and a new generation of glass artists emerged. In 2015, the Toyama Glass Art Museum, designed by Kengo Kuma, opened to the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, glass is integrated into the city's everyday life, from bridge railings to station walls. The Toyama Glass Studio has developed Toyama Mandala Sai (富山曼荼羅彩), a palette of five original hues drawn from local materials and traditional Japanese color sensibility. Among them is Koshi-no-Hisui Glass, a translucent green made using waste jade from nearby Asahi Town.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"toyama-iconic-yakubin-single-flower-vase","title":"Toyama Iconic Yakubin Single Flower Vase","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis vase is a direct link to the remarkable heritage of Toyama Glass. Each meticulously hand-crafted piece is not just an exquisite vase, but a respectful homage to the original medicine bottles that shaped the region's glassmaking tradition. It offers a warm, expressive beauty, inviting a sense of tranquility and a tangible piece of Toyama's unique history into your contemporary living space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlue Glass - Inspired by thedeep beauty of Toyama Bay, this unique blue perfectly harmonizes with Japan's climate, landscape, and culture. The way light gracefully shifts through the glass beautifully expresses the bay's ever-changing depths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmber Glass - This evokes waves of golden rice stalks shining across the land of Koshi. This warm hue embodies the enduring natural energy accumulated within the earth over eons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJade Glass - This collection features jadeite, Japan's national stone, which is also mined in Asahi Town, Toyama Prefecture, adjacent to the Itoi river. It's available in three beautiful colors: opal green, light purple, and celadon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oshinsha","offers":[{"title":"Blue Glass","offer_id":45448062959791,"sku":"TG-SFV-B","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Amber Glass","offer_id":46993407213743,"sku":"TG-SFV-A","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Jade Glass (Opal Green)","offer_id":46993407246511,"sku":"TG-SFV-OG","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Jade Glass (Light Purple)","offer_id":46993407279279,"sku":"TG-SFV-LP","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Jade Glass (Celadon)","offer_id":46993407312047,"sku":"TG-SFV-C","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0513\/0505\/4383\/files\/DSC_0499.jpg?v=1768645388"}],"url":"https:\/\/oshinsha.live\/collections\/toyama-glass-studio.oembed","provider":"Oshinsha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}