This is a basket with handles woven from Akebi vines.
The rim is triple-layered, making it a very solid structure.The handle is finished by wrapping Akebi vine around a rattan core.With this basket, you can buy freshly baked bread and carry it flat to prevent it from being squashed.For carrying cakes and lunch boxes that you don’t want to tilt at an angle.Also, it will be useful for everyday shopping.Good for use as a basket for storing baguettes and other items.The oval of this basket is beautiful and elegant.
Akebi vines have retained their original texture as they grew wild in the mountains. The natural gradation of colors and soothing hues will never get old no matter how much you look at them. They make us feel calm and relaxed.
Ideal as a going-out or shopping basket, or even just left in a room, it makes a stunning interior design with a sense of presence.
It is a stable basket that will surely stay with you for decades to come.
–Akebi vine work in northern Nagano Prefecture–
More than 300 years ago, people in Nagano Pref. have made baskets, toys, and other daily utensils.
There are 2 types of Akebi vine work produced in northern Nagano Pref. The one is “Brown Akebi vine”, just as they are in nature.
The other is “Gray Akebi vine”, which is soaked in hot spring water for about a week, then soaked in a river for about a month to ferment, the outer skin is then peeled off.
For both types of vines, only high-quality materials are carefully selected, and they continue to produce baskets in a variety of shapes using advanced weaving techniques.
This is a basket with handles woven from Akebi vines.
The rim is triple-layered, making it a very solid structure.The handle is finished by wrapping Akebi vine around a rattan core.With this basket, you can buy freshly baked bread and carry it flat to prevent it from being squashed.For carrying cakes and lunch boxes that you don’t want to tilt at an angle.Also, it will be useful for everyday shopping.Good for use as a basket for storing baguettes and other items.The oval of this basket is beautiful and elegant.
Akebi vines have retained their original texture as they grew wild in the mountains. The natural gradation of colors and soothing hues will never get old no matter how much you look at them. They make us feel calm and relaxed.
Ideal as a going-out or shopping basket, or even just left in a room, it makes a stunning interior design with a sense of presence.
It is a stable basket that will surely stay with you for decades to come.
–Akebi vine work in northern Nagano Prefecture–
More than 300 years ago, people in Nagano Pref. have made baskets, toys, and other daily utensils.
There are 2 types of Akebi vine work produced in northern Nagano Pref. The one is “Brown Akebi vine”, just as they are in nature.
The other is “Gray Akebi vine”, which is soaked in hot spring water for about a week, then soaked in a river for about a month to ferment, the outer skin is then peeled off.
For both types of vines, only high-quality materials are carefully selected, and they continue to produce baskets in a variety of shapes using advanced weaving techniques.
This is a basket with handles woven from Akebi vines.
The rim is triple-layered, making it a very solid structure.The handle is finished by wrapping Akebi vine around a rattan core.With this basket, you can buy freshly baked bread and carry it flat to prevent it from being squashed.For carrying cakes and lunch boxes that you don’t want to tilt at an angle.Also, it will be useful for everyday shopping.Good for use as a basket for storing baguettes and other items.The oval of this basket is beautiful and elegant.
Akebi vines have retained their original texture as they grew wild in the mountains. The natural gradation of colors and soothing hues will never get old no matter how much you look at them. They make us feel calm and relaxed.
Ideal as a going-out or shopping basket, or even just left in a room, it makes a stunning interior design with a sense of presence.
It is a stable basket that will surely stay with you for decades to come.
–Akebi vine work in northern Nagano Prefecture–
More than 300 years ago, people in Nagano Pref. have made baskets, toys, and other daily utensils.
There are 2 types of Akebi vine work produced in northern Nagano Pref. The one is “Brown Akebi vine”, just as they are in nature.
The other is “Gray Akebi vine”, which is soaked in hot spring water for about a week, then soaked in a river for about a month to ferment, the outer skin is then peeled off.
For both types of vines, only high-quality materials are carefully selected, and they continue to produce baskets in a variety of shapes using advanced weaving techniques.
