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We helped Yuko Higuchi make her umbrella.

We helped create umbrellas using yarn-dyed jacquard to recreate the artwork of artist Higuchi Yuko. The two designs are "Bat" and "CIRCUS Main Visual." They are available at Boris General Store!

I made an umbrella for the Japanese Masterpiece Club.

We helped create umbrellas for the "Japan Masterpiece Club," a project by Pony Canyon in which Japan's most iconic characters promote Japanese beauty and craftsmanship to the world. The Gunnai Wove...

Now available at SHISEIDO THE TABLES

Makita Shoten umbrellas are now available at SHISEIDO THE TABLES, a community space with four permanent settings: FOODS, GOODS, BOOKS, and EVENTS! The event is scheduled to run from Thursday, June ...

Now available at the gift shop "futo"

Makita Shoten umbrellas have begun to be sold at "futo," a gift shop where Mana Kawai, a fashion stylist with extensive experience, personally selects gift items and introduces their stories and wa...

It will be broadcast on News Kaidoki

On the evening of June 13th, 2019, NHK Kofu's "News Kaidoki" will feature a segment called "Exploring Yamanashi Photography," where they will introduce how to take stylish photos with an umbrella. ...

Featured in the July issue of CLUEL

The all-weather umbrella "stripe" pattern No. 3 was featured as a styling item in the June 12, 2019 issue of fashion magazine "CLUEL"! The heat-shielding fabric with eight different stripes will ke...

It was broadcast on News Kaidoki

NHK Kofu's evening news, "News Kaidoki," featured Makita Shoten's huge sale today (June 7, 2019) in a segment about the start of the rainy season.

Featured on NHK Educational TV's "Design Talks+"

Design Talks+ (Plus) will be broadcast on NHK Educational TV from 10:50 PM on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. The parasol "Na-sai" and Makita's craftsmanship will be featured in "Design Hunting in Yamanashi...

We will be exhibiting at SPIRAL, a cultural complex in Minami-Aoyama

We will be exhibiting at an event titled " MAKITA SHOTEN UMBRELLA & RAINGOODS COLLECTION 2019" at SPIRAL, a cultural complex in Minami-Aoyama ! We will be selling a variety of umbrellas, includ...

We will be exhibiting at Premium Textile Japan

We will be exhibiting at the textile exhibition "Premium Textile Japan 2020 Spring/Summer," which will be held at the Tokyo International Forum from Tuesday, May 21, 2019! (In the "Ito no Oto" boot...