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Spring gift ideas

Choose dumplings over flowers

Have you ever heard the expression “花より団子/dumplings over flowers”? It doesn’t roll off the tongue in English quite like it does in Japanese, where it’s pronounced “hah-nah yoh-reee dan-go”, but the meaning is the same: choose practical, useful things over those that are pretty and frivolous.

We’d like to Niwakify “花より団子” and change it to “花より園芸道具” which, as you know, means “tools over flowers”.

Sure, you could give flowers as a gift but why not give them the tools to grow/prune/arrange the flowers themselves? Cut flowers have an annoying habit of wilting and dying, but secateurs keep on pruning season after season.

Check out our ready-to-gift sets, all delivered in appropriately scaled Niwaki cotton tote or drawstring bags:

Field-Report-Bundle
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Field Report + Hori Hori Pro + Seeds: something to read, something new to plant and a Hori Hori Pro for everything else.

Kenzan-Bundle
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Kenzan Medium + Kenzan Straightener + Sakagen Flower Scissors: a gift set that lasts much longer than flowers.

Shumatsu-bundle
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Shumatsu Secateurs + Mini Clean Mate + Camellia Oil: Japanese secateurs and the necessary bits to keep them clean and protected.

Niju-bundle
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Niju Holster + Hori Hori Pro + Belt: our most versatile tool with our new, Hori-specific leather holster & Niwaki belt.

Niwaki Leather Tool Bag (Main View)
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Niwaki Shokunin Tool Bag: almost too good for tools

BW-Kenzan
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Black and White Kenzan Set: for mini floral tokens of affection

Niwaki Mini Shears
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Niwaki Mini Shears: Japanese steel with ergonomic handles

Niwaki GR Pro S Type Secateurs
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Niwaki GR Pro S-Type Secateurs: serious pruning power

Golden Spade • StandardView Options

Golden Spade: available in standard, small and long

Niwaki Gardening Gloves Size 7View Options

Niwaki Gardening Gloves: protect without losing ‘feel’

Niwaki Aluminium Rake
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Niwaki Aluminium Rake: with adjustable tines for tight spaces

Mini SnipsView Options

Mini Snips • 105mm: for sewing and tiny pruning jobs

Sentei SecateursView Options

Sentei Secateurs & Canvas Holster: no-nonsense pruners

Negishi Copper Watering Can
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Negishi Copper Watering Can: handsome enough for permanent display

Niwaki Sakagen Flower Scissors in Moss Green
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Niwaki Sakagen Flower Scissors: left and right handed styles available

Sentei Garden Scissors
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Sentei Garden Scissors: beautiful ikebana styling

Niwaki Hori Hori Pro + Canvas Sheath
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Niwaki Hori Hori Pro: our best ever Hori Hori, which is saying something

Niju-Holster-Front
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Nijū Slim Double Holster: our new slim double, designed with Hori Hori in mind

Niwaki GR 210 Folding Saw (open)
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Niwaki GR 210 Folding Saw: perfect fit for a Double-Holster

Niwaki Loppers
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Niwaki Loppers: ideal for coppicing and general tidy up

Niwaki Shumatsu Secateurs
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Niwaki Shumatsu Secateurs: highly capable with a robust action

Niwaki Rattan S Type Secateurs
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Niwaki Rattan S-Type Secateurs: wisteria-wrapped handles for warmth and style

Sentei Bonsai
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Sentei Bonsai: precision scissors

Pruning Sheet
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Pruning Sheet

Niwaki Mainichi Snips
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Niwaki Mainichi Snips

Niwaki Moku Folding Saw
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Niwaki Moku Folding Saw

Japanese Vegetable and Herb Seeds: All Eight PacksView Options

Japanese Vegetable and Herb Seeds: grow something new

Mini Secateurs
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Mini Secateurs: never be without a pair of secateurs again

Niwaki SK Higonokami Folding Knife from Kanekoma
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Niwaki SK Higonokami Folding Knife

Niwaki Kenzan • LargeView Options

Niwaki Kenzan: open up a world of floral arrangement possibilities

Sharpening-tools-bundle_Nov24
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Niwaki Sharpening Tools Bundle

Galvanized BucketView Options

Niwaki Galvanised Bucket: two sizes available

Niwaki Kojima Work JacketView Options

Niwaki Kojima Work Jacket: Japanese style and best quality denim

Tobizubon Work Trousers in NavyView Options

Tobizubon Work Trousers: bold and baggy

Nizyu Kano RucksackView Options

Niwaki Nizyū Kanō Rucksack: also in Goma Black.

Niwaki Pouch
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Niwaki Pouch: reinforced pockets for sharp tools

Niwaki Tool Bag
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Niwaki Tool Bag: no more “where did I put the shears?”

Niwaki Arm Covers tough canvas protection
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Niwaki Arm Covers • Tan • One Size Fits All

Niwaki Cap
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Niwaki Cap: the OG

Single Holster • Standard (Katakana)View Options

Single Holster • Standard: fits most secateurs/pruners

Niwaki Leather Belt
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Belt • Tan

Tenugui RabbitsView Options

Tenugui available in several designs with so many uses

Niwaki Tool Roll
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Niwaki Tool Roll: a simple solution to the problem of rattling tools

Niwaki Pocket Pouch • front
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Niwaki Back Pocket Pouch: pocket liner/secateur slip sleeve to save your trousers

Niwaki Field Report No.1
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Niwaki Field Report No.1: all killer, no filler original editorial features from the world of Niwaki

Art of Creative Pruning book by Jake Hobson - a manual guide on how to shop interesting hedges and trees in the garden, Niwaki style
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The Art of Creative Pruning: pruning advice from Jake Hobson

Niwaki_book
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Niwaki by Jake Hobson: read for instruction of pleasure

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Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Cap
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Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Cap: pretty cool eh?

Niwaki x Eley Kishimoto Flash Apron
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Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Apron

Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Arm Covers
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Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Arm Covers

Niwaki x Eley Kishimoto Flash Kantan Bag
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Eley Kishimoto X Niwaki Flash Kantan Bag

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Copper Tumbler • BlueView Options

Hand Hammered Copper Tumbler • Blue

Niwaki Yamakawa Secateurs
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Niwaki Yamakawa Secateurs: when you need the best, NB double springs for all day work

Hand Hammered Copper-Tumbler • Box (lid and box)
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Hand Hammered Copper Tumbler Set

Niwaki Fruit Knife with wooden sheath
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Niwaki Fruit Knife: the picnic buddy

Niwaki Mainichi Kitchen Scissors (main)
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Niwaki Mainichi Kitchen Scissors: more than scissors…

Niwaki Kiri Knife Nakiri 165mm
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Niwaki Kiri Knife Range: handsome, hefty and very very sharp

Niwaki Mainichi Knife • Gyuto
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Niwaki Mainichi Knife • Gyuto 210mm

Itaya Sake Cups
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Itaya Sake Cups: kampai! (cheers!)

Japanese Grater
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Japanese Grater: try grating ginger and stirring straight in

Hinoki Chopping Board
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Hinoki Chopping Board • Standard

Niwaki Bento oblongView Options

Niwaki Bento Boxes: perfect for lunch on the go

Niwaki Lunch Bag
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Niwaki Lunch Bag: foil-lined to keep your sarnie safe

Lucano 2 Step OrangeView Options

Lucano 2 Step: several sizes, stylish elevation

Aizawa Kettle black Piment
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Aizawa Kettle: design classic for direct heat hobs

Tsuchime Coffee Mill ceramic and stainless steel grinder
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Coffee Mill: ceramic, adjustable grinding gears for fresh brews on the go