Cute and beautiful all-mighty cloth that can wrap, wipe, decorate and save the world.

Well, maybe not save the world but the Tenugui is one handy piece of cloth to keep in your bag.

Traditionally, the Tenugui was an everyday item people kept in their kimonos to wipe themselves with. The Japanese equivalent of a handkerchief. But because of its relatively large size many women also use it to wrap presents or everyday items such as lunch boxes. My favorite application for the tengui is the bottle wrap which I use to fashionably carry my wine to parties.

The younger Japanese generation use the tenugui more as a fashion item and sometimes even use it like a poster.

Next week we hope to visit one of our Tenugui manufacturers to take video footage of some useful wrapping techniques so stay tuned!