October 24, 2025
Chidori Vintage sourced 80 authentic Japanese sake bottles for The Ritz-Carlton Aruba’s new restaurant—mixing antique kanji bottles with colorful Kutani ware.
October 5, 2024
Japanese dolls, known as "ningyō," hold a deep cultural and historical significance. We can trace their origins back to ancient rituals meant to ward off evil spirits.
September 17, 2024
Recently, Chidori Vintage was approached for display ideas for small dolls and statues. We recommended using Japanese Kadai Display Boards.
May 11, 2024
We just completed a large order for a restaurant in Morocco. They ordered 60 Japanese Tokkuri sake bottles to decorate their dining room space.
May 7, 2024
Four years ago, Chidori Vintage was lucky enough to get the contract to supply all the movie props for the Apple TV+ series Pachinko.
May 23, 2023
Sake barrels play a prominent role, serving as symbolic offerings to deities and representing the connection between the spiritual and human realms.
January 19, 2023
Japanese pottery, or "yaki," started back in the Jomon period from 14,000-300 BCE. They made pottery using the coil and paddle method and decorated it with cord-marked designs.
September 19, 2022
Japanese wooden Kashigata cake molds are used to make Japanese sweets called Higashi. They come in many unique shapes such as animals, flowers, etc. They are unique pieces of art with a range of spiritual meanings in Japanese culture.
May 18, 2022
Recently a customer asked Chidori Vintage to source them a new Butsudan. A Butsudan is a Buddhist Altar.
October 19, 2021
Chidori Vintage finally moved out of our old warehouse space in Nakamura Koen in Nagoya. Our new space gives Chidori Vintage plenty of space to grow and expand our inventory selection.
April 25, 2021
When I started Chidori Vintage in 2008, I was running it out of my apartment. In my living room I started by selling Japanese tools. I slowly expanded to my second item which was Japanese Katagami.
November 25, 2020
Back in July of this year, Chidori Vintage received an email from a movie and TV show set design company about supplying Japanese antiques for a TV mini series for the new Apple streaming service.
September 27, 2019
oday we acquired a beautiful Shinto shrine bell from a local shrine in Nakamura area in Central Nagoya.
February 21, 2019
The Osu Antiques Market is where Chidori Vintage got started in the world of Japanese antiques. It's a gathering twice a month of dealers that travel into Nagoya from all over Central Japan to deal in all things antique and vintage.
June 17, 2018
Katagami are paper stencils that are used to print the beautiful colors and patterns that you see on Kimono and Obi. They are made from multiple layers of washi paper that are treated with special glue made from Persimmon juice, which makes the paper strong and flexible.