While Sydne was away on a buying trip for Japanistic.com and our other store, Essentials, she was interviewed by the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO). Apparently, not only is her interview going to be aired on Japanese TV News, but she will also be featured on an inflight show on JapanAir. WOW!
The interview was set-up because of the interest in our newest site – Japanistic.com. Apparently, JETRO, and many others in the “Japan Section” of the New York International Gift Show, was really enthralled with what we are trying to accomplish and pleasantly surprised at our interest in goods made by Japanese, Japanese-Americans, and Americans influenced by the Japanese aesthetic.
The interest in our new site got so intense that we were finally able to get a new distribution/wholesale contract with one of the better Japanese stationery/kids/novelty companies – Artemis. Now, we are the only US distributor of such products as Elph & Epha and much more. You can view all the Artemis we are currently carrying by going to Japanistic.com/Artemis. We will keep you informed on the wholesale side – we should be ready to distribute in the next few weeks!
Who knew that a small website devoted to all the cool Japanese stuff we love would be so interesting to so many…
