木曽生活研究所
Kiso Lifestyle Labo.
The mission of this brand is to deliver warmth, healing, a natural feeling, and well-being into the everyday life of our customers through the use of our products made from a special Kiso Cypress, HINOKI.
Our products boast unique qualities with its aromatic fragrance, antibacterial effects, and smooth texture.
Kiso Sawara Cypress BATH STOOL
Stylish wooden bath chair with modern design. This light chair is strong for water.
The center downed design creates comfort and running out of hot water.
Kiso Hinoki Cypress BATH MAT
The bath mat, made from a special Kiso Cypress. boasts an aromatic fragrance, antibacterial effects, and is smooth in texture. The angled slope allows your feet to stand more comfortably on the mat, and prevents slipping.
Silicone rubber grips underneath the mat prevent it from slipping. Carefully handcrafted by wood workers, each individual product is unique.
Kiso Hinoki Cypress BATH AROMATIC
This Bath Aromatic is made by foil and the oil refining of the Hinoki cypress. The oil of the Hinoki cypress begins to dissolve in hot water in the bath, and the fragrance of a gentle Hinoki spreads.
Please thoroughly enjoy a fragrance and the feel of a material of the tree softening by a water. After using and drying this bath aromatic, you can re-use this as insect repellent natural scent by putting this in a closet.
Tableware “wood-en”
Originating from the forests in Kiso, Japan, comes the modern Wood-EN plates. Expertly carved through the ‘rokuro’ techniques by generations of local craftsman, they are designed to meet modern luxury needs while encapsulating the rich history of Kiso.
The Wood-EN range concept is based on an ‘EN’ design, Japanese for ‘circle.’
Subtly articulating the grain direction while the curves in the plate ensure that food arrangement is accentuated.
Originating from the forests in Kiso, Japan, comes the modern Wood-EN plates. Expertly carved through the ‘rokuro’ techniques by generations of local craftsman, they are designed to meet modern luxury needs while encapsulating the rich history of Kiso.
The Wood-EN range concept is based on an ‘EN’ design, Japanese for ‘circle.’
Subtly articulating the grain direction while the curves in the plate ensure that food arrangement is accentuated.
Nagiso Rokuro Craftsmanship
Yamaichi Ogura Turnery
Rokuro craftsmanship is a traditional technique which entails sawing down a thick plank or log with a plane and cutting it into shape while rotating it on a rokuro (potter’s wheel).
The craftsmen of rokuro craftsmanship are called “kijishi (wood grain masters).” The wooden products made by kijishi are known for their experience and understanding of the Hinoki grain.
For bigger size productions, we are able to customize the project.
Oke Craftsmanship
Okekazu
500 years history exists for Oke production. Very few craftsmen have a skill to make oke at this level.
After carefully examination of trees, he starts making these oke with using more than 150 tools.
Small to Big oke, such as bathtub is able to be arranged.
Kumiko Craftsmanship
Tatemoku
Kumiko craftsmanship is a traditional technique to create a variety of designs made by trees without using nails.
Produced by Kiso Hinoki cypress trees.
Woodworking
Kosegi Woodwork
The first step of woodworking is selecting the raw timber.
The layer of a tree is crucial when we process into our final products.
The final product comes out as chopping boards, bowls etc. that we have being used through Japan for a long time.
