Japanese pottery
- Bizenyaki
We have many precious Japanese traditional crafts made by professional 職人 / Shokunin the craftsmen. From 亜登武窯 / Atobugama, Mr. Kenji Takeda, the 職人 / Shokunin of the traditional Japanese pottery in Kurashiki, offers his special 備前焼 / Bizenyaki which is invented to Microwaveable, Ovenable, and Dishwasherable, unlike the traditional one.
To bake the dishes, he needs to make a kiln to 1200℃ and it takes around 10 days! Adjust firewood for 24 hours. Even during the winter and with the air conditioner on, the room doesn’t get cooler than 40℃.
This 備前焼, made entirely by hand under hard labor, cannot be mass-produced. Each dish is filled with the craftsman's passion.
Directly from Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter
Bamboo furniture
Mabicho town in Kurashiki city is a production center of bamboo. But the thinned bamboo was not used for anything but to be burned.
*Thinning to avoid root-bound bamboo planted in small spaces can be useful.
Bamboo, which produces one offspring after another, requires no afforestation and has a low environmental impact. To contribute to the local community, Mr. Nakayama, the founder of TEORI CO., LTD. invented his original furniture made from local bamboo after a year of trial and error.
"Creating a Bamboo Circulating Society" is his mission.
Not only furniture, but also paints, bath salts, fertilizers, and other products are made using all bamboo without wasting!
The bamboo furniture was sold in Paris, London, Milano, Israel, Switzerland, and New York including being displayed at MOMA.
His products maintain local bamboo forests and revitalize Kurashiki city.
Kurashiki
Kurashiki is a city in Okayama prefecture and known as 美観地区 / Bikan chiku.
It's the Districts that preserve historic townscape.
Kurashiki Tenugui Gocha provides Tenugui the Japanese traditional clothes designed the traditional buildings and the retro-modern scenery along the Kurashiki River.
What about make a dinner with beautiful tenugui for table cloth, handmade sophisticated dish for dinner plate, and sustainable bamboo vase to decorate your table?
Make your daily life more elegant and Feel being in Japan with these Shokunin crafted items from Kurashiki.