bamboo groveCafe (bamboo forest cafe) …akiruno

To another world which lies hidden in the inner part of the bamboo forest

The afternoon when it has the winter, “the house of the bamboo” of the hand weaving thing writer Maki Chiaki which direct the Maki beefsteak style studio was visited.

As for “the house of the bamboo” the old private house which cuts the history of construction 200 year.It makes the wind and is separated in delicate green of the u meng sect bamboo, time of completely another kind from the time when it flows to the city center is flowing richly in this place.After the light rain rises, smell of the dead leaf and the earth which get wet.Every season, color of the sky which keeps changing in every time.

Maki Chiaki travelling the many places of the world, encountering the thread and the material, it weaves the machine (it is,) at this place which is protected in the bamboo forest, furthermore that at the Indian atelier hand weaving craftsmen of the locale and also is finished to one cloth.
A little, it seems that the air becomes far, work of the assiduous hand.To support the everyday life, it seems that the space and the quiet time which living of the people is operated with the pace which does not shake are necessary.

The symbol mark which in the signboard of the wood product which stands in the entrance of the bamboo forest, three weaves the letter, thread on side and connects.”Natural flow in warp, traffic of person in weft, changing of world in twill”.
In the inner part, being held in Oki of the zelkova tree, the main building abnormal play of the old private house it is completed, in the section which separates the courtyard, there was a shop and a coffee which were built newly.

while looking at the main buildingcafeand to promote the history and, youth had to put the bait in bird feeder of the courtyard rise, you walked in here.. chef of the cafe that he is an elegant smile, was that mr. rakesh from india to japan.

not exhausted appeal of indian vegetarian cooking

chiaki maki (right) and mr. rakesh (left)

not exhausted appeal of indian vegetarian cooking

mr. rakesh was born and raised in himalayan, responsible for the cuisine in the hotel restaurant in delhi. to be presented in the bamboo grove cafe to visit japan is unpretentious home cooking …and, mr. rakesh reel the clever japanese.
who lunch (1300yen) is the difference between polite taste of handmade one by one is, sajikagen just to admire the exquisite spices. has also helped to taste vegetables that are harvested in the local.

lunch is served daily in the, flavorful vegetable dishes will be served from a wide range of repertoire of south indian cuisine from northern india. lunch on this day formula in south india. formula in south india if not leaning on the stomach plenty of vegetables curry! and was also emphasized in the spice cafe i am happy for as long as. from the front of the photo above, let me introduce clockwise.

dosa…crepe made with rice flour flavor-friendly. there involving the equipment of the taste of potato masala in.
sambal…south indian vegetable curry. sun enters this lentil. the aftertaste of spice to chase the deep, the pain, the better will be coming.
salad of turnip…cut with a knife rather than a material, i enjoyed the change of texture and crunchy crushed by pressing lightly so. the dish is a small casual, will be taught how to make you want.
wada…cooking fried mashed beans. this is also a popular dish in south india.

3white one is small dish lined spice of the original. from left, toni coconut tea, toni coriander tea, tomatochatoni. this spice is also3both charming and kind, it is, of course fit well with dosa, so enjoy, such as paint to toast sliced. instrument was the work of mr. masanobu ando.

chai is also rich who after a meal, ginger from the sweetness, cardamom, fragrant fennel is a fascinating gem. on the day of the north indian cuisine, or mr. rakesh can see her on the terrace to make the nan.

2month and8month, mr. rakesh1cafe will be closed for months to return to india.

sleep in the depths of the storage landscape

when you want to be healed, is not come to this place bamboo me to sayCafethe person who guided me to, told me about this episode.
bamboo forest on the day of the worst mental stateCafewhen i visited that. after enjoying a delicious curry in the courtyard, came quietly into that evening is spent relaxing while being blown by the wind, looking at the main house suddenly, tomori is alone on the room lights, this seems to float up when i was wearing that weave maki.

what was a spectacle that enters the breast stain how, not difficult to imagine. scenery lie in the depths of our memory.

hand spinning, we hand-woven cloth

i had lived in this old house once, farmers engaged in sericulture. maki goes forward within the renovated, it has also been found in the cocoon of the current type is not produced anymore.

if you find a good yarn, for some time, on hand, admire, or rub, has been rubbed or. will also dyed yarn if need be. what happens when combined with other material, what if there are any texture why do not you like to structure, it is imagined arekore

when you are weaving what are you thinking, when asked to maki and, it seems that such a condition is that the vague while concentrating. without thinking at the beginning, select the colors go together to weave a sense still lead－－from the accumulation of such a mysterious time, work to attract the hearts of the people will continue born.

dreamed of a garden of spring…

to the shop adjacent to the cafe, textile yarn by spinning guidance is lined with hand. cloth texture was sharishari, cloth or soft texture and eat. cloth pale glow, inhale the light cloth. can not help but instinctively stretched out a hand, and feel a variety of colors.

in the color of plant dyeing is, not afford or color only in india, it seems that color is only on iriomote island, okinawa not afford. stall of texture was also sharitto dyed bamboo beautiful color i asked to buy in the shops on this day, and those using indigo fukugi of iriomote island.
childhood spent in south india, for me, you’ve completely scrapped in a car crashed into the fence of the ranch on the verge of scrapped in iriomote island, bamboo groveShop&Cafehas become a place feel a fight unexpected asakara.

rin of bamboo forest in midwinterthere is also an exceptional flavor and spicy taste dull new air, if you come to a warm season, on weekends, people love the work of makiis also visiting from afar, now people in the courtyard under the shade of plum and zelkova leaves have dropped completelyyes i have seen the landscape rest.

a lot of peoplespinning the story of my own way in this place is a small, as many as thousands of fine warp it, made in weft, it seems that woven cloth huge invisible. it has been woven without interruption is, blessings of nature, the scent of the four seasons.

wrapped around the stall long bamboo color was determined to buy me when you hear the spring, going to pay a visit to this place again. so tell me how many kinds of maki maki stall in front of a mirror of the shop, from looking for a fit nicely into their winding.

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bamboo groveCafe (bamboo forest cafe)
(location) totohara akiruno-ku, tokyo704 maki textile studio side of the
(TEL) n/a
(OPEN) by appointment. site of the shop please check in.
(CLOSE) there are winter vacations
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