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Blog #3 Take a peek into our tatami mat border factory

September 11, 2021

I want to tell you about our dream of making bags out of tatami mat borders, but first…..

Let me introduce you to our family business . This is the 工場 (koba).

Enter the unassuming entrance and you’ll be surprised at how big the studio workshop is.

An aerial view of our family studio workshop showing multiple Jacquard looms busy at work weaving tatami mat borders
Taka, my husband, the current CEO of our family business, production manager, inventory and quality controller -

Taka the CEO of our family business busy at work tending the mechanized Jacquard looms

 

along with a half a dozen dedicated employees -

Dedicated employees in our family studio workshop in Japan

runs our family studio workshop.

Our family has been weaving tatami mat borders for three generations. 

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