Cute and durable miscellaneous goods. The material is ``tatami edges''

Kojima, Kurashiki City is the production area for tatami edges, which accounts for about 80% of the domestic market share.

Cultivation of salt-resistant cotton began in the Edo period in the present-day Kojima area of ​​Kurashiki City, which is a large-scale reclaimed land. Later, a textile industry using cotton emerged, and Ogura-ori and Sanada cord-making developed. Then, during the Showa era, backed by the rush to build new homes, tatami edges, a type of narrow cloth, began to be actively manufactured.

Amidst the ever-changing Kojima textile industry, the Karakoto district in Kojima, Kurashiki city continues to preserve the long-standing tradition of narrow cloth. Tatami edges made in this area account for approximately 80% of the domestic market share.

A new use for tatami edges proposed by a long-established store that overturns the common sense of tatami edges.

Takada Orimono, which was founded in 1892 as a manufacturer of Bizen Kokura obi cloth, began making tatami mats in the early Showa period.

``While valuing tradition as tradition, I would like many people to propose new tatami edges and learn about the beauty of Japanese culture, tatami.'' Inheriting the thoughts of our founder, we are now distributing tatami edges throughout the country in a variety of colors and designs that have never been seen on traditional tatami edges. Tatami edges come in a wide variety of over 1000 types and now account for 35% of the national market share.

At Takada Textile, we have been working on developing new uses for the past 10 years, saying, ``We want people to know that this area is the production area for tatami mats, and to get them interested in the material.''

Highly designed and durable. Many miscellaneous goods made from tatami edges

The light and durable tatami edges are also suitable for three-dimensional processing, so we are able to create a wide variety of miscellaneous goods by taking advantage of the wide variety of patterns that can be created on textiles that are just a few centimeters wide.

For example, bags, pencil cases, coin purses, card cases, pouches, etc. There are also gift bags accented with tatami edges.

Why not try incorporating tatami goods into your daily life, which are created from the combination of traditional materials and new sensibilities.