Miscellaneous goods close to the life of Shinshu created by the manufacturing skills

One of Japan's three largest pongee born in the center of silkworm species
Ueda City, which used to be called "silkworm capital", was so popular with silkwormed (silkworm eggs). Ueda Tsumugi, one of Japan's three largest pongee, has been succeeded in this area. In the first place, the sericulture farmers started using the cocoon that did not become a product for their own use. The pongee fabric is the woven woven with the pongee thread, which is expanded to cotton, and spun out.

"The Chikuma River, which flows through Ueda, has been hit by flooding for a long time, but the monster of silkworms is not washed away because of the deep roots, and fertile soil is transported from upstream due to flooding, so mulberry grows well. Ueda is blessed with a strong raw mulberry, as it has become a big raw mulberry. It is said to be strong. "
This is the story is Motomasa Sato of Tsumugi Fujimoto, founded as a textile section of a company that started manufacturing silkworm species in Nagano Prefecture. "Ueda Tsumugi", which specializes in vertical stripes, seems to have appeared as a stylish kimono in the "Nihon Eyokura" of Ihara Nishizuru in the Edo period. It is said that kimono lovers who want to wear various things are coming.

"Ueda has long been a culture of incorporating new things, and Ueda Tsumugi has also been made according to the trend and customer's request," says Sato. We take advantage of the high degree of freedom to take the opposite of the lack of classical patterns, such as incorporating trends into the colors. In addition, the Ueda Tsumugi Textile Cooperative has a wide range of activities, such as making local cocoons in collaboration with Shinshu University Faculty of Textile, which has campuses in Ueda City.

Togakushi bamboo work
Tradition of living with a living with the Togakushi area
"Togakushi bamboo work using bamboo bamboo (Chishimazasa) grows naturally in this area has a flexible and durable fiber. It becomes a color such as a color, and the ones that are sold so smoothly that the cheeks are smooth are not finished products, but they are aged by using it. Eiichi Inoue, the chief. The true value is "Sobazaru", which is a specialty of the specialty, and it is a robust and high -quality dish by knitting it carefully while using two years, two years, three years. This skilled technology is made by various tools used in nature and in the kitchen. In the past, Mino (mi) and fish baskets were the main focus, but in recent years, Mr. Inoue has worked on something that suits the times, such as lunch boxes and bags.

Coffee dripper is a lot of attention in such daily necessities. With a high -quality appearance with traditional technology condensed, it has been introduced on TV programs, so it is so popular that you can not make a reservation now.
On the other hand, it is also facing a compelling problem of shortage of successors. "Even if you can leave technology, there is no point if the culture does not remain in this area. Through Togakushi -bamboo work, which is rooted in life, inherit the culture of the entire region, such as Togakushi Shrine, mountains, and people's lives, to the next generation. That is the future. " Such thoughts can be put in the way of Mr. Inoue, who knits bamboo.

Bamboo work made using nata, scissors, and cut swords. The tools are custom -made by blacksmiths, and it takes the most time and skill to make materials to break bamboo. "Depending on what you make, the thickness and width of the bamboo, which has a knot and different hardness, can be used for good items," says Inoue. In the past, bamboo splits could be made even with power outages because they were cut out with their fingertips. However, it seems that even skilled craftsmen can not be able to understand.

LauretT's
Stylish stationery that fuses the latest x tradition, Goro x soft, and the opposite.
A Maruyusu Seiki Seisakusho, which has advanced cutting technologies in the Suwa area where precision machinery industry such as watches and optical equipment is thriving, and manufactures various appearance parts such as cameras, audio, and cars. The company created the stylish brush pen "Laurett's MLK MLK Mannen". First of all, the beautiful and precise design that makes use of the low -letting low -processing technology that cuts the aluminum surface into a jagged shape. If you actually touch it, the comfortable touch will be addictive. If you remove the cap, the brush tip created in the collaboration with the long -established manufacturer of ink, Kaisho will guide the pens handle.

"Laurett's" was cut out by super beautiful cutting processing. Three types of perennial brushes and ballpoint pens are on sale. Both ends have a different decoration from the side by spinning the swirl. "I was particular about the simple beauty of the exterior, and the fun of the gap of the brush pen when opened. I want people who are particular about the design that I value the design. "