Fine Arts and Art Installation Design transient matters crafts and installation by Yoichi Sakamoto Japan is a country with flourishing traditional crafts, each with more than centuries of history being part of our everyday life. However, due to changes in lifestyles, Japan is in the crisis of losing its own traditions. Aiming to reintroduce crafts to the markets and in reinvolving the younger craftsmen, we explore the possibility of cutting edge traditional crafts which blend in our modern lifestyle, by combining art, design, technology to traditional craft making techniques.