An announcement from Komiya Shoten.
Komiya Shoten was interviewed on "Takeshi's Nippon no Mikata!", which is scheduled to air on TV Tokyo from 10pm on Friday, October 19th next week.
(Broadcast times may vary in some areas, so please check the website.)
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/mikata/
We've picked out 16 umbrellas made by veteran umbrella craftsman Shoichi Kogane and his wife, as well as the young craftsmen who have inherited the tradition!
Please look forward to it!
" Takeshi's Nippon no Mikata! "
Scheduled to air on Friday, October 19th from 22:00. Featuring Beat Takeshi, Taichi Kokubun, Hitori Gekidan, Tomoe Shinohara. "Discover the hidden gems! Tokyo you don't know about"
▼Time slip! The spirit of craftsmen living in the downtown area... Close-up on the making of "Tokyo Western umbrellas" ▼Takeshi is impressed! A lifetime item that combines Japanese and Western styles
About Komiya Shoten
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Komiya Shoten's Western-style umbrella making
read moreSince its founding in 1930, Komiya Shoten has continued to make umbrellas with the desire that people will use them for a long time as a part of fashion.
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Japanese umbrellas
read moreWestern-style umbrellas, which were introduced to Japan at the end of the Edo period, were refined by the techniques of Japanese craftsmen and their unique aesthetic sense. We will introduce the appeal of Japanese-made Western-style umbrellas, which continue this tradition and live on in the present day.
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About Us
read moreIt's been almost a century since our founding, and we're still making umbrellas today.
We would like to introduce our history and our efforts to adapt working styles to suit the times.
