Keep it long, treasure it long.

A bottle opener at the center of the dining table

A bottle opener monkey whose funny expression will make you smile. Although it has a solid feeling of casting, it has a soft and simple form that makes you feel familiar, and you will want it to be the center of the dining table and watch over your family forever.

Sumitani Saburo Shoten combines traditional Japanese manufacturing methods and tools with unique and modern designs to create items that touch the hearts of many. In today's world, which is overflowing with convenient things, it is a presence that gives us space and space.

You can't talk about craft without materials

The design of the bottle opener monkey was created by Mr. Tadahiro Baba, who has been questioning the relationship between people and things, while facing the materials for many years. Mr. Tadahiro Baba, who has worked to popularize design and has developed new products in collaboration with local industries, such as serving as the chairman of the Japan Craft Association. He has long been involved in the design of Nambu Ironware, with many of his works created in the 1970s, while trying to improve the quality of life and build new relationships with traditional techniques and cutting-edge technology that excel in functionality. It was manufactured again using the same method as at the time, and Mr. Baba's unique and modern design still adds color to our lives.

Design that lives in your life

A bottle opener monkey with a unique design that uses the monkey's hand as a fulcrum and the head to be hooked on the crown. This bottle opener, which has a solid weight to it, is made from Nanbu Tekki. Nambu Tekki, iron castings that have been produced in Morioka City and Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture since around the 17th century, have long been favored as tools for daily life due to their weight and texture when held in the hand, and their superior quality. .

The round and cute deformed monkey is so comfortable that you can forget that it is a bottle opener even if it is displayed in your room as one of the interior decorations. When it comes to crafts in general, people tend to appreciate and enjoy them, but with this bottle opener made by Nanbu Tekki, you can use it casually, and it seems that you can use the original tools that live in your life. It's also nice to give as a birthday present or to thank someone who took care of you.

Products that can suggest "living"

Sumitani Saburo Shoten (Sumitani Saburo Shoten) creates unique and modern products by incorporating familiar animals and plants into their designs while valuing Japanese tools and patterns using traditional manufacturing methods. Planned and produced in collaboration with craft designers and writers, the highly interior items that are not limited to Japanese tools are loved by people all over the world, regardless of age or gender.
In addition, it is also a brand that focuses on creating products that deepen their flavor with continued use, and you can feel their commitment to the materials and processing methods used.

The reason why we can create such tools is not only ease of use and convenience, but also because we place importance on whether people who use them find it "fun". Sumitani Saburo Shoten continues to propose lifestyle tools that will enrich your mind and life through arts and crafts and metal crafts.