Our story

It's in the family, the connection with Japan. After our many travels through Asia and Japan and having gained a lot of inspiration, we want to bring the beauty of simple design to Europe. To European living rooms, children's rooms or a kitchen. A European interior combined with a handmade Kanji calligraphy gives every room in your house something special.

As a 20-year-old young woman, our artist made a stop in Amsterdam before her trip to London to study there. A Dutch man made sure she never made it to London and built a life in the Netherlands. As one of the first Japanese in the Netherlands, she was the figurehead of the introduction of the first Japanese cars in the Netherlands, acted in films and did modeling work for women's magazines such as Margriet and Libelle. She was engaged in interpreting and translation work and was also an important liaison between Dutch and Japanese business life. After all these years in the Netherlands, the love for her motherland has only become stronger and bigger. She has had for several years mastered the art of calligraphy. Genki Amsterdam was born.