Echizen lacquerware town, Kawada, Sabae City, has a directly managed store! “Tsuchashi lacquerware direct management store”

2020.07.09

Established in 1962, Tohoku Lacquer Ware Co., Ltd. will open its first directly managed store in Sabae on July 5, 2020.

We have a shop on the 1st floor, where you can see and sell tableware such as bowls and chopsticks, as well as lacquer products such as tumblers, bottles (water bottles) and card cases that are close to the modern life. We will also exhibit limited items, merchandise, and collaboration products that can only be purchased at directly managed stores. The 2nd floor will be a workshop space where you can use it as a place for demonstrating and experiencing lacquerware, as well as a place for interaction in making things (laboratory). The store has a cozy atmosphere where you can relax and have a conversation.

"OWAN BAG" limited to directly managed stores Technology only available in Sabae

Dotonoku Lacquerware is a manufacturer mainly of wooden lacquer, and we have wholesaled the bowls used mainly at inns and restaurants. In addition, we started to sell wholesale to retail stores such as department stores and specialty stores, and we are now recognized as a manufacturer of bowls. After that, we continued to release lacquer products such as tumblers and card cases that are close to modern life, and nowadays more and more customers come and come to purchase from inside and outside the prefecture, which led to the creation of a directly managed store. It was

In addition, when opening a directly managed store in the local Sabae, we would like to invite many customers to come to this store and to have them know more about Echizen lacquerware, Sabae and Kawawada, and to see the spread to the surrounding area and the amazingness of craftsmen. We hope that we will have a longing for them (resolve the lack of successors), and create a place for exchanges of manufacturing, including tourism, to develop the local economy with a little effort.

*Sabae has glasses, and this Tannan area is an area where Echizen lacquer ware, Echizen Washi, Echizen Uchihamono, Echizen Yaki, Echizen chest of drawers and traditional crafts designated by 5 countries are concentrated within 30 km.

[Outline of new store]

Store name: Tsuchashi Lacquer Ware Direct Store
Address: 214 Nishibukuro, Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture
Regular holidays: Irregular holidays (posted on website) Open in July
Business hours: 10:00-17:00
TEL: 0778-65-0509
URL: >Tokuzoku Lacquerware official website
Also sold online

Echizen lacquerware centered on Kawawada, Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, has established a division of labor system throughout the region, and produces beautiful and robust works by highly specialized in various processes such as foundation making, painting and decoration. doing. At Dozoku Lacquer Ware, each has a specialized craftsman, and all the processes (base, middle coat, top coat, lacquer work) other than the base making process are carried out in the same factory while carrying out detailed communication.

In addition to veterans such as first-class technicians who hand down traditional “skills”, there are also many young staff who succeed, and five female staff are involved in production. It is a workshop that combines the traditional techniques of veteran staff, the new ideas of young staff, and the design ability to create products that meet modern needs.

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