We welcome Slow Bar Ma 間 and Boulet to transform the shop into the kissaten (coffee shop) of our dreams! Please join us for Sloooowwww Kissssaaaa Sunday Oct 11th from 10-3p (special morning hours)! The Slow Bar menu will include pour over coffee, a pour over flight (one coffee brewed on three different brewers), usucha matcha, and a white tea from Spirit tea. Boulet will be offering a thoughtfully paired panna cotta. Yum! Come by for some slooowww siiippps and sweet folks ~

*sold out (thank you!)*

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either July 26, August 23, or September 27 **

As part of the visiting vendors from Tsubamesanjo Japan Fair, we will be hosting the creators of GRAVIMORPH, a beautiful kinetic art meditation tool, for three sessions of Zen meditation.

Step into a Moment of Quiet & Reset Your Mind.

Each session is 45-minutes and will include a guided Zen meditation and Japanese tea experience featuring GRAVIMORPH, a unique object born in Sanjo, Niigata, Japan designed to soothe the mind through simple, continuous movement and gentle, relaxing sounds.

Each small-group workshop (limited to 5 participants per session) offers a quiet retreat from daily stress, inviting you to reflect, reset, and cultivate inner peace.

Details

Sessions offered at: 2:00p, 3:00p and 4:00p

Cost: $20

Click the button below to register:

We very rarely participate in markets since opening our brick-and-mortar, but there was no way we would miss the opportunity to join the Tsubamesanjo Meets Portland Japan Fair on Saturday, September 12 (11-4p)!

Join us Coava Coffee Roasters HQ for a day celebrating Japanese craftsmanship, thoughtful design, food, coffee, culture, and the Portland community. We’ll be there alongside makers and brands from Tsubamesanjo, Japan, and a wonderful group of local vendors. See below for the epic line-up.

Saturday, September 12 | 11 AM–4 PM
Coava Coffee Roasters HQ
1015 SE Main St, Portland

Vendors from Tsubamesanjo:
Tamaki Metal ~ stovetop sandwich press
Tsuboe ~ hand crafted kitchen graders
Ishizaki Kenzan ~ floral arrangement tools
Nozaki Limited ~ kinetic art/meditation tools
KOGU ~ coffee and tea ware

Local vendors:
Okappa Houseware ~ beautiful and well crafted homeware
Fumi ~ handmade incense and accessories
Soen ~ Japanese comfort food
Moriki Design ~ hand crafted furniture and homegoods
Storied Objects ~ handmade objects and artworks
YOEZAWA LEATHER ~ fine leather goods
Tamiko Sidore Studio ~ risograph/printmaking paper goods and more
Takumi Japan ~ Japanese knives and tea
Asano-ya ~ cleaning and bath products
SORA Shodo ~ calligraphy artist
Half Ripe Studio ~ modern kintsugi restoration
Cat Around Stamps ~ handmade rubber stamps, greeting cards, and artwork
Maki Schwartz Art ~ mixed media artwork
IzakQ ~ handcrafted clothing using Japanese fabrics
Kurumi Conley Glass ~ glass artist
mai ide ~ sashiko and textile artist
Fuwamoco ~ fluffy-puffy kokedama
Yellowheart Sunshine ~ homemade treats
Hiwa Tea ~ Japanese tea from Kyushu
Jorinji Miso ~ hand-crafted miso, amazake, and more
Afuri ~ Japanese cuisine
koiki ~ handmade Japanese zori made with upcycled materials
Seiji Nanbu ~ coffee + tea

Visit the Okappa Houseware website for more event details.

*Please note that our brick-and-mortar will be closed in Sat 9/12 as we will be focusing our energy on this event. Thank you for your understanding.

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either July 26, August 23, or September 27 **

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either July 26, August 23, or September 27 **

We are excited to welcome Jane Hashimawari of Ippai back to Fumi to host a Temari sushi making summer series. Temari sushi are small, hand-shaped sushi balls inspired by traditional Japanese embroidered temari toys, topped with colorful ingredients and designed to be eaten in one or two bites. In this small group workshop you will learn how to make temari sushi, complete with recipe, ingredients, and some to take home! Jane will also be making a little somethin’ to share with the group as well. Bring a small cutting board, a knife,fum and your creativity!

About Your Instructor

Jane Hashimawari comes to us with decades of experience in the restaurant industry and cooking instruction. She is the founder of Ippai, a food pop-up inspired by the seasonally focused cuisine of kaiseki and her mom’s everyday Japanese home cooking. Jane uses the bountiful produce of the Pacific Northwest to create cozy, vegetable-forward dishes that hope to comfort the spirit and honor the legacy of the domestic chef.

On Friday July 10 (5:30-7:30p) we’ll be hosting the release party for issue 8 of Berm magazine, a local publication focused on contemporary art and design here in Portland. There will be an intimate movement performance by Charles Roy Jr. at 6p!

For their eight issue, Berm asked artists to reflect on the theme “body.” Every artist and audience member must reckon with the body - whether it is a movement performer who makes their body into the work of art, a painter relying on their bodies to cooperate in the creation of art, or the audience member, embodied and dealing with whatever their body gives to them.

Inside this issue:
Indigenous Tattoo Futurity
Joni Smith Introduction by hannah elizabeth, with support from North Pole
Apocalypse-Gospel on Bodily Autonomy of Twin Teen Runaways - Gog and Magog maximilliano
Body Home Fat Dance and Mason Rose
Goddess, Alone in Heaven
Slam Dance - Ella Ray

This event is free!

We are excited to welcome back Salty Xi Jie Ng to host another Ancestor Dream Circle gathering here at Fumi.

This is an intimate gathering and palliative portal at the intersection of dreams and ancestral connection. We will meet in the cozy hearth of Fumi to discuss lineages, dream visitations, and share ancestral objects, followed by creating personal ritual objects that can be used to connect with ancestors known and unknown, then end with a guided meditation-dreaming. Dream tea and materials are provided.

We cannot think of a better facilitator for this work. We hope you can join us if it calls to you.

For more details and to register click the button below:

About your Facilitator

Salty Xi Jie Ng is an artist, educator, and akashic records practitioner based between Singapore and Portland OR. She created the Ancestor Dream Visitation Repository, was the lead artist for Both Sides Now: tides, a collaborative art project on the end-of-life, and her body of work on grief has been shared at the Singapore Art Museum and starch on home ground, Taipei Artist Village, and Shedhalle (Switzerland). She has been offering akashic readings for over five years to querents from all walks of life.

We're honored to host Essie Humberston, ann annie, and Steven Leslie Douglas for a live performance on:

Sun July 5th, doors @ 5p

Three artists whose work we deeply admire, each performing solo acoustic sets. 

We got to know Essie Humberston’s music through her project, Essie and the Hum (recetly voted one of Portland’s best new bands by Willamette Week). We were immediately taken by Essie's voice ~ lived-in and deeply felt. Whispers of Mazzy Star and Neko Case, her lyrics are playful, witty, and come from a heart space.

We first witnessed ann annie several years ago at Clay Street Studios, a ceramics and music studio they share with a community of artists in SE Portland. It felt like a house show. Intimate and casual. Friends and neighbors. A vibe we are always seeking here at Fumi. Their show was earthly, patient, and tender. We can’t wait to hear them play the shop piano.

Steven Leslie Douglas plays drums in Essie and the Hum and is a solo performer and song writer in his own right. He is also a dear friend and the curator of this special evening. We love seeing Steven’s genuine spirit platformed through his music. Grateful for what he is helping to bring to the Fumi space.

This is sure to be a intimate listening experience. Tea and snacks will be available for donation.

Click the link in below for tickets ($15-30 sliding scale) and more info. 

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either 3/29, 4/26, 5/10 or 6/28. **

Join us Friday, June 19, from 5–7pm for the release party for carina cha’s limited edition fragrance 🌹 Spicy Rose 🌹 !! Soen will be preparing a special assortment of snacks inspired by the fragrance! Additionally, carina will be offering a very limited run of 20 mixtapes made in collaboration with TOKO TAPE. First 3 purchases will receive a free mixtape!

carina first designed Spicy Rose as a fragrance for comfort ~ to reach for in difficult times. Rose, pink peppercorn, bergamot, ginger, turmeric: energizing and steadying all at once. 

Only 45 bottles available! Each labeled by hand.

We are excited to welcome Jane Hashimawari of Ippai back to Fumi to host a Temari sushi making summer series. Temari sushi are small, hand-shaped sushi balls inspired by traditional Japanese embroidered temari toys, topped with colorful ingredients and designed to be eaten in one or two bites. In this small group workshop you will learn how to make temari sushi, complete with recipe, ingredients, and some to take home! Jane will also be making a little somethin’ to share with the group as well. Bring a small cutting board, a knife,fum and your creativity!

About Your Instructor

Jane Hashimawari comes to us with decades of experience in the restaurant industry and cooking instruction. She is the founder of Ippai, a food pop-up inspired by the seasonally focused cuisine of kaiseki and her mom’s everyday Japanese home cooking. Jane uses the bountiful produce of the Pacific Northwest to create cozy, vegetable-forward dishes that hope to comfort the spirit and honor the legacy of the domestic chef.

*Sold Out* join the wait list by clicking the Register button below.

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either 3/29, 4/26, 5/10 or 6/28.**

We are excited to host a special portrait pop-up event with one of our favorite photographers, Ada Matusiewicz.

ALL are welcome for this event in celebration of matriarchy – bring your kiddos, mom, grandma, spirit mama or come solo to honor your inner-matriarch. You have 2 options to choose from:

10-minute Mini Photo-shoots (10-1pm)- $50

5 high-resolution edited digital photos will be delivered to your email via a private digital gallery in time for Mother's Day (with the option to add a polaroid for an additional $10). Reservations required (see below).

Polaroid Shoot (1-4pm) - $10

Get a sweet instant image to take home right away. Walk-ins welcome.

*Note: Cancellations & refunds will be honored up to 48 hours before the event.

*Sold Out* join the wait list by clicking the Register button below.

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either 3/29, 4/26, 5/10 or 6/28.**

Exhibit Dates: April 23 - May 11

Opening Reception: Fri April 24, 5-7p

One of the great benefits of having a permanent space has been developing genuine relationships with our neighbors, both business and residential alike. One neighbor in particular, Tim Warner, has become a dear friend. Tim lives around the corner from the shop and was an early regular. Our conversations were always rich and deep. I soon learned about his ceramics practice, one he has returned to in retirement and after seeing some of his pieces, I was excited to add his tea cups to the Fumi offerings.

In time, Tim invited me to his studio and he shared more of his works in progress. It is such an honor to witness an artists’ workspace. It’s a vulnerable private world filled with questions, starts and stops, tests, and finished pieces that may never leave the light of the studio. A highlight of my visit was seeing Tim’s urns. It spurred a conversation about grief, the passing of family, friends, and pets.

I was struck by his intentional vessels. Their rustic textured patinas paired with the arms of tree branches he collected in his yard, reaching up and out of the top closure of each piece. Totems to the life of loved ones ~ shelters, homes, a place for rest.

Creating spaces to honor ancestors, related or chosen, is a value here at Fumi. Perhaps you’ve seen our Ancestors’ Altar where we have invited the public to contribute photos of friends and family that have passed away. These spaces have always been part of households throughout human history and while they look different across cultures they are united in spirit. It felt like a natural progression, and a touch of kismet, to invite Tim to exhibit his urns here at the shop.

We’d like to invite you to this special window exhibition of Tim’s pieces.

We are excited to welcome Salty Xi Jie Ng to host an Ancestor Dream Circle gathering here at Fumi. This is an intimate gathering and palliative portal at the intersection of dreams and ancestral connection. Intentionally being held during Qing Ming Festival (the Chinese ancestor worship festival), we will meet in the cozy hearth of Fumi to discuss lineages, dream visitations, and share ancestral objects, followed by creating personal ritual objects that can be used to connect with ancestors known and unknown, then end with a guided meditation-dreaming. Dream tea and materials are provided. We have been excited to bring Salty to the Fumi space. We cannot think of a better facilitator for this work. We hope you can join us.

For more details and to register click the button below:

Incense is at the heart of Fumi and we are honored to introduce you to the craft of making it and and its history.

For those new to us ~ we’ve been teaching incense classes before opening our shop in places like Apa Kabar (Portland), Ei-to (Awaji, Japan), and Sun Sun (Bingen, Washington). Classes are led by Fumi’s founder, Mia Reiko Braverman, whose practice centers the Japanese diaspora of incense traditions.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using all natural materials.

This class is about cultural exchange and respect. You’ll leave with incense you made yourself and hopefully a deeper connection to the natural materials and histories that surround this ancient practice.

All registered attendees receive a 15% discount certificate to Fumi.

** Click the button below to register for sessions on either 3/29, 4/26, 5/10 or 6/28. **

~ rain or shine ~

Sakura (cherry blossom) season is making its way through the city and we want to celebrate! Fumi and Goodies Snack Shop invite you to Hanami Hangout on Tuesday, March 24th (12-3p) at the Japanese American Historical Plaza. Hanami is the Japanese tradition of sitting beneath the fleeting beauty of the blooming sakura with friends, family, and neighbors equipped with food, drink, and time to spare.

What to expect:

• Start your visit at Goodies Snack Shop (just two blocks away from the Plaza) to pick up some treats ~ the first 20 folks receive a FREE Goodies snack bag.

• If you didn’t bring your own bento, worry not! Ippai will be vending onigiri (rice ball) and spam musubi12–1:30p in Goodies.

• Then wander over to the Plaza to join us for hanami (12–3p). Look for our signs.

• A special treat, artist mai ide will be offering picnic blanket mending (tools and supplies will be provided).

• The Japanese American Museum of Oregon Cherry Blossom Trike and Kizuna Tours will be joining us to share Japanese American stories and history of the Plaza and the surrounding neighborhood.

There is more to this park than 100 akebono cherry trees. The Japanese American Historical Plaza honors the history, struggles, and resilience of Japanese Americans in Oregon and beyond. It tells the story of early immigration in the 1880s, the unjust incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and the challenges of rebuilding their lives afterward.

We invite you to not only enjoy the cherry blossoms but also to take a walk through the full installation of engraved stones with poetry that reflect the Japanese American immigrant experience.

Let us celebrate together beneath the sakura trees with gratitude, honor, and joy!

For event updates, please return to this events page or our Instagram.

We are excited to host the Public Nature series run by choreographer and performer Danielle Ross. It includes artists working across disciplines including dance, experimental performance, sound, and text. Meant to stay on the move in terms of place and people, Public Nature aims to bridge disciplinary communities, foster a scrappy, head first approach to performance, and allow for a risk-friendly space for artists to show improvised or in-process work.

This installment brings three beautiful artists together. Each of their work holds depth in textured ways. Please also welcome back Gregory Flores (Seattle) to Portland. Don’t miss this one!

Chris Ashby (text)
Gregory Flores (sound)
claire barrera (performance)

March 8th /// 4:30pm doors /// 5pm show
$5-15 sliding scale (100% to artists)
Space is very limited for this show. Show up early to ensure a spot!

Do you sando? Do you dango? Welp, look no further, we have a tasssty treat in store for you. The good folks at Soen will be popping up at the shop on Sunday 3/1 (12-2p) and serving up a specialty tamago sando (egg salad sandwich) using local pasture-raised eggs, yuzu kosho butter, and buckwheat soba (with possible gf and vegan options ~ details to come). Additionally they will be offering dango (rice flour dumplings) with toppings like pnw grown azuki beans, kinako (soybean flour) with Okinawa brown sugar, and Cardamom coconut anko (azuki bean paste)!

We got the chance to try their tamago sando at a lovely event at Golden Hour a few months ago and fell in love with their thoughtful take on this Japanese convenient store classic. We have long been fans of Soen. Their approach to cooking is cozy, nuanced, surprising, and features an abundance of locally sourced ingredients. We highly suggest you check out their cafe downtown in Courier Coffee Roasters. 

~ sold out ~

Temari sushi are small, hand-shaped sushi balls inspired by traditional Japanese embroidered temari toys, topped with colorful ingredients and designed to be eaten in one or two bites. In this small group workshop taught by Jane Hashimawari of Ippai, you will learn how to make temari sushi, complete with recipe, ingredients and some to take home! Jane will also be making miso soup to share with the group. Bring a small cutting board, small knife and your creativity!

~ sold out ~ (Fill out our interest form to hear about a future class.)

We’re excited to host our first incense-making workshop at the Fumi space.

Together we’ll learn about the history of incense in Japan (and beyond), experience rare aloeswood (jinkō) through the monkō practice of listening to incense, and make all-natural incense cones using special materials, including a sandalwood endemic to Hawai‘i.

Limited seating. Click the button below for more info and to register.

We are excited to host the release of Derek Hunter Wilson’s third solo album, “SCULPTURES" with Beacon Sound and Megalith. In addition, he will be join with a solo set by Dao Strom. We will be serving tea and Luke Wyland will be curating a playlist between sets.

Tickets at the door: $10-20 (all $ to artists)

“SCULPTURES" is an ode to the ancient and contested shorelines of the Pacific Northwest. Deeply embedded in place, the six longform pieces that make up the album reflect the artist’s journey through grief (including losing his father) and the passage of time, each one built upon loops created from extended sessions with harpist Joshua Ward. Like the foggy, moss-encrusted locations that inspired the album, Sculptures has a timeless feel to it, shadowed by the rumblings of a colonial system in decay.”