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Bring a new breath to tradition

While new technologies are being created in search of convenience, there are also technologies that disappear unknowingly due to lack of successors and productivity. Aoki Seishokusho has the potential of a traditional craft called Aizu cotton, triggered by the restoration of a loom about 100 years ago, which was already unused and asleep, with the help of local people. It is an Orimoto reprint brand that reconsiders.

Inheriting tradition

The Aizu cotton tote bag is a tote bag that can be put in up to B4 size. While having a simple and gentle atmosphere of cotton, it is a bag that can be used without hesitation every day due to the durability unique to Aizu cotton. Inside, there is a vertically long pocket that can store PET bottles, water bottles, folding umbrellas, etc. vertically. You can also wash your hands, so if it gets dirty, you can wash it immediately, and the more you use it, the more you can enjoy the changes that become familiar to you. It is convenient to have a handbag that is just the right size as an eco bag or sub bag. If you have multiple color variations, it is recommended because it is fun to choose according to your clothes.

The striped pattern, which is also a feature of Aizu cotton, is so particular that it has regional characteristics due to differences in the thickness and color of the stripes. Aoki Seishokusho expresses the plain and thick striped pattern, which was the specialty of the orimoto who owns the loom that was the basis for launching the brand. Utilizing the traditional colors of Aizu, we have a lineup of color variations that allow you to feel the rich texture of Aizu cotton. Aoki Seishokusho's tote bag, where you can feel the story, is a great item to choose as a birthday gift for those who like making things, or as a gift for Mother's Day.

Aizu cotton that is close to your life

Aizu cotton is a traditional handicraft that has been handed down in western Fukushima prefecture. % Plain fabric. Because it uses yarn-dyed yarn, it does not easily fade, and because the cotton fiber itself contains air, it is strong and light. It is warm because it is woven with thick yarn, but it also has high hygroscopicity, so even in summer. It is a material that is easy to wear and has excellent quick-drying properties. Because of these characteristics, even in the land of Aizu, where summers are hot and winters are cold, it has long been loved and used as stray clothes and everyday clothes that are active in field work. However, with the passage of time, the number of orimoto has decreased, and it has been steadily declining.
The shuttle loom used at Aoki Seishokusho was originally a closed weaving machine, and was made about 100 years ago. After accidentally finding a loom sleeping in the warehouse, I took a year and a half to repair the first loom with the help of local people and people familiar with looms.

A plain weave fabric that is adjusted by hand and slowly woven while making a noise. It is said that the fabric that can be woven in a day is about 12 m, but the fabric woven at low speed has a good texture because the threads are not stressed, and the ears are carefully woven, and the weft threads are added to the warp threads. It is very durable and dense by driving it firmly. Furthermore, when weaving with the current machine, the threads will pop out from the edges of the cloth, but with the repaired loom, the thread flow is similar to that of hand weaving, so the fabric will be beautiful without the threads popping out. It is a woven fabric from Aoki Seisakusho that makes you feel adorable just by imagining the scenery where the fabric is made while the loom makes a sound through the shuttle.

Reprint brand of seven falls and eight rises

An orimoto reprint brand that continues to convey the traditional craft of Fukushima Prefecture, "Aizu cotton," which was born about 400 years ago. Takuro Tanizu, a native of the local area, focused on local manufacturing, which was the beginning. Aizu cotton, a traditional craft that is a local culture inherited by his predecessors, is worth being loved for generations, and decided to launch a brand of Aizu cotton products. We will rent a closed kindergarten, repair a broken loom, and start making Aizu cotton products that match the modern lifestyle with the cooperation of the locals who used to work at Orimoto. After various trials and errors, it started as Aoki Seisakusho in 2019. Like Aizu's folk craft, Okiagari-koboshi, it is a brand that creates new value while using difficulties as a spring, and you can feel the maker's feelings for manufacturing as well as the history of Aizu cotton.