Keep it long, treasure it long.

Have a colorful day with an umbrella

A cute chambray fabric with colorful threads that look like frost. Wakao's folding umbrella for both sunny and rainy weather, using a fabric that has both a pop look and a refreshing texture, is likely to become your favorite umbrella to color your everyday life, whether in the rain or under the hot summer sky. ..

The existence of the parasol, which has established its position as a part of fashion, is no longer limited to summer, but is also a necessity for spring-summer-early autumn. Umbrellas that can be used as rain umbrellas regardless of the season are very popular as long umbrellas and folding umbrellas because they can be used for a long time regardless of the season. It is recommended to rotate multiple favorites for umbrellas, just as you can change shoes and hats according to fashion in your daily life.

Umbrella sticking to a beautiful impression

The fabric that can be said to be the face of an umbrella is a beautiful product made in Japan that remains impressive when viewed at a glance. It is the umbrella of wakao that also cherishes the delicate expressive power that maid in Japan textiles such as yukata fabrics and Kyoto Yuzen have.
It is important not to make an umbrella as a tool, but to make the umbrella, lightness, robustness, a beautiful form even if it is spread or closed, and harmony in the whole in a well-balanced manner.
And each one of the materials in each process is selected through the commitment.

Folding umbrella for both sunny and rainy weather The handle used for chambray is made of bamboo material. Currently, only one company can make knotted bamboo in Japan. The handle, which bends slowly over time, has a familiar feel, beauty, and luxury, and you can actually feel the comfort of handmade products by actually holding it.
It is UV-processed and waterproof-processed for both sunny and rainy weather, and the length of the rib is a compact size of 47 cm, which is easy to carry around.
In addition, 100% cotton chambray, which is also used for high-end shirts, is used for the fabric. By driving the color nep thread into the weft thread, you can feel a pop look in addition to the casual and gentle atmosphere.

The colors are calm BEIGE and BLUE that you will want to have not only from spring to summer but also from autumn to winter when it rains. Maybe it will rain today? In that case, please gently put it in your bag. It is an umbrella that you can fully enjoy the fun unique to women and also enjoy gifts.

Japanese umbrella to be inherited

1938, Showa 13 years, "Kasa workshop WAKAO" which was founded by Mr. Wakao Seimasa who is an umbrella craftsman.
At that time Tokyo was the main production area of umbrellas. Dozens of processes ranging from cutting of fabric to sewing, framework, handing and finishing are being carefully made with the hands of each skilled artisan.

Today, it is said that over 90% of umbrellas distributed in Japan are manufactured overseas. There are very few craftsmen making umbrellas in Japan, and the 50's are young for 50's. It seems that there are very few successors. Even so, the fine craftsmanship technology unique to Japan, and also the making of an umbrella that is sometimes important for repairs due to rough weather, etc., is a treasure that you want me to be handed down without hesitation.