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Chochin Lamp 02 - Tawara Kinto You can’t help but smileHandcrafted by Asano Shoten in Japans Gifu Prefecture, the Chochin Lamp 02 Tawara reinterprets the traditional Japanese paper lantern through a contemporary lens. Made using premium Mino washi paper and a spiralled bamboo rib structure, each lamp is formed by hand using wooden moulds. The bamboo frame is carefully wrapped, glued and papered panel by panel a labour intensive process refined over generations of lantern making. Named Tawara (), meaning