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Chiba Mantake dried colander, which features a contrast of blue and white. A refreshing appearance with these two colors created by alternately knitting the color of the outer skin of bamboo and the white meat inside. This knitting method is often used for baskets with a square bottom, and it is used to make baskets for heavy items by reinforcing the bamboo part that protects the main body partly. It is a basket.
The blue color changes slowly with age, so it's a fun contrast to how you grow up.

As the name implies, it is a tool that makes you want to dry the harvested vegetables, make umeboshi, and dry dried fruits with dried potatoes and many other things. The edges of the dried chicken are carefully made, and are wrapped with bamboo straws and further suppressed by rattans, making them easy to carry.
You can use it not only as a kitchen utensil, but also as an interior display. Since it is a thick basket, it can be placed in a corner when not in use, and because it is light, it is a bamboo basket that can be easily stored in a high place.

Even now, anywhere

Bamboo material has excellent breathability and antibacterial properties, so it can be used hygienically for a long time by washing and storing it thoroughly after drying. Furthermore, there is the charm of natural materials that it changes to a beautiful amber color after continuous use.

Bamboo products have been made and used in the world using various natural materials from various countries. Among them, Japan is a little special, and it has developed not only as a daily-use bamboo basket but also as an art craft. If we dig up history, bamboo baskets have been used as flower baskets in the tea ceremony world since the time of Sen no Rikyu.
Bamboo crafts produced by delicate handicrafts unique to Japan and bamboo baskets for daily necessities both reflect the spirit of polite craftsmanship, and we are impressed by their beautiful work even today.

Also, Japanese bamboo baskets have a unique atmosphere not found in Asian and European baskets, but the naturalness of the natural materials is surprisingly easy to use, just like baskets in other countries.
From the procurement of the material to the processing, since it is polite and polite like a Japanese person, we have completed a durable product making full use of the durability of the material, so you can use it for a long time.

You may also want to reconsider the life of craftsmen who are attached to the warmth and enjoyment of using crafts that plastic products do not have.