Beautiful tool chikuni, Higashi hakuraku gathering place

Seen from the outside, seemingly what shop? I’m not sure.

Second station, Higashi hakuraku is calm and peaceful residential area of spread, toyoko line Yokohama station. Leave the station crossed signals and walking down the Boulevard straight minutes so far. However, without ornament black fence, what’s the black marquee, in inorganic curt appearance. Much like walking if you don’t know renewing nature, is quiet and unobtrusive presence. Glazed looks good in landscape potsripotsri and ranged to the cavernous Chamber are hesitant entering the moment. Stoic atmosphere of this unique space causes may feel a high sill and some people. But never such a thing. The feeling is like watching quietly let go in.

Attracted by the sound of the Ainu Word

The store previously real estate agent, and a while after that was vacant. Imagine not originally carpet tile paved floors, Orange wall in green ceiling, it was. Was battered inside Paint to repaint and peeling floors, installed a handmade shelves on the wall. Such technical book about the ruins, such as pots and dishes, various photos and woodworking, a strange form of lined up on a simple shelf.

awayatakeshi who is the owner of this store’s wood produced furniture and accessory to the main writer. Was first borrowed by going to work at cum warehouse listings, so decided to open as a place to express because the space close to the station, just big personnal space. Name of your store’s own name even one “chikuni ( chikuni ) “. Means “tree” in the Ainu language. heh and I are Ainu folk in love than before, to read a variety of books, to see the exhibition, had deepened the knowledge. “Deep meaning to every single Ainu folk and know enough to strongly fascinated. Trees, essential to the life of the Ainu feelings, such as not felt close to their senses. Also pleasing to the wonders in the Japan language, not in English word sound like “.

Lined with various countries and age tools. Feel free to ask about it if you do not know.

Space to move, with the ultimate rhythm design

At the shop heh and I’s also ordered tidbit. The sense of fun in the lean linear form contains movement and balance, rhythmic impression somewhere. Design combines metal and wood heh even I seems to be the idea. Uses a solid wood or filling warmth and charm is felt to the mechanic, modern atmosphere.
“Because experience learned composition and design at the school of architecture, an architectural perspective may have to the furniture and utensils of. Size, height, and size of their own laws. Is the base you want things like bringing the movement into space like it. Or it is boarded by all at a minimum. Also, design is strictly original. You want to pursue is seems to have their own design “.

Feel the warmth of expression trees with the sharp in. And pot
Furniture range from paper holder, chopping board, small working.

Introduce the aspect of the workshop, in the next page.

Ideal childhood, depicting gauged paper House is the origin of the job

Now, there is a Studio to work on the back of the store. In the other side usually across the big doors, small door like nijiriguchi but invisible from a store, attached to the large doors (… cat for doorways as are also the wood shavings flying small is made. ) pattern and open, I tried to go in. Manicured tool aligned with the neatly ordered. Did like the cockpit while the small and also, arranged usability workshop.

Only gone and invigorating appearance of the line tool. Chibi left under the door.

heh and I are born bred local Yokohama. Communicating the childhood yearning to two floors in the ranch house.
“It is a play day, gotten gauged paper from the parents, and draws his ideal House but this really, really enjoyed it. Castor even if was to paint the House ever since. Simultaneously assemble a model car is like. They both draw and actually making yourself is fun and I thought “.
After graduating from the school of architecture to design company a job. Such as the furniture in order to exhibit it from product design, commercial design was going to me, not just graphic design is able to can involved widely. Experienced craftsmen work and exterior company then and now assemble the drawings as follows. Fences were making primarily, because it managed to learn welding and iron works also. In addition to antique furniture shop, furniture repair. A variety that could be acquired.
“Has now arrived, independent from it. Is absolutely what we want instead, also planned was not in their little experience until now stands useful considerably as a result. It is now a got my current job is making, drawing, after all child’s play was at the origin, I thought “.

Broad-minded tool guys, including China, Africa and South America gathered in freedom.

You now, buy either one is lined with products of folk art, modern and old furniture from around the world, including the store ( heh and Ms. of works available for purchase of course ) . Tools ‘ with a unique form, color, and texture of heh I of quiet oceanfront to resonate and works. Feel beautiful and intuitive and even play a role properly as a tool, and what, is heh and I of criterion of the right equipment. “Seem to want and myself not to part with, then design one like it. I say not a reason that’s is it, I want to continue dealing what good, the writer or the country and age. Incidentally now the restaurant’s theme is “excavation and aluminum” (laughs). Even modern ones too in the future, want is even more experimental trial “.

Square porcelain version is a ring of Mr. Ito’s works.

heh worked for the antique furniture store, was headed into the trees and had daily and noticed the tree work depth and charm that’s it. Wood is different depending on the type and increasingly changed by the nature of the changes by the environment you grew up in, more frequently used ones. What live talks with difficulty and because it is fun. So it seems are the ones when making work even crossed his imagination and come along, I was picturing it over to you and increasingly possessed of charm, be not stopped.
“To start the shop this time found out the fun when making the doors and shelves, integrate space. I like doing this interior job opportunities. Not only production design alone, after all like the process of ‘making and painting’. I am glad when something new is born, such as the friendly town of Nice words, missing right now this place is together has a ‘store’ of art, neighbors, such as to bring umeboshi ingrained in place “.

chikuni ( chikuni )
Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama city Kanagawa-Ku West Kanagawa n/a wachi building 101
Toyoko line Higashi hakuraku Jr walk 2, is 3 minutes.
Tel n/a
10: 00 Other irregularly Thursday-16:30
http://Chiku-NI.com/chikuni

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