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わたしたちについて
Yama-Biko
わたしたち
呼応する声に耳を傾ける
We take your voices into consideration in improving our products.
The word “Yama-Biko" means "echo" in the mountains. We share our skills and ideas with the world, and carefully take our customers and collaborators voices into consideration in improving our products. It is like listening to the “Yama-Biko". The Japanese people of ancient times created the art of weaving and making baskets from wild grapes. Yama-Biko is a brand that inherits this traditional culture that is being forgotten. We deliver new values to these tradition and resources, and resonate widely throughout the world.
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Chapter
Philosophy
大切にすること
温故知新を尊び現代に活かす
Tradition and knowledge from the past
Wild grape baskets are the result of traditional Japanese techniques that take advantage of the benefits of natural materials and are created only by human hands. We are always looking for new possibilities of weaving techniques and studying the potentials of the vines in order to inherit and improve this prideful skill and apply it to modern needs.
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Chapter
History
これまで
廃れ行く文化を現代に活かす
Beginning of Yama-Biko
Noriyuki Funyu and Kazutada Doi, with great passion for natural materials, we stumbled upon wild grape baskets.
Fascinated by the historic techniques and resources of nature, we decided to carry on the culture that was dying out. Yama-Biko was launched in 2012 with determination to develop and to spread the tradition globally.
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Chapter
Vision
これから
技と世界観を分かち合うこと
For a better Future
Wild grape baskets created by ancient Japanese has the potential to fit into the future with its skills, as well as the sustainable production cycle that matches the modern age. In the needs of mass production and consumer society, we are proud of our waste-free cycle. Never to cease our work and the traditional culture, we are committed to constant improvement and developing our techniques. To deliver and carry on the old yet new Japanese traditional culture and thoughts to as many people as possible.
