The Apron Exhibition will be held for two months at Tsugane School in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture!
We will be holding an apron exhibition together with Masao Oota, Japan's number one apron collector, at Tsugane School (formerly the Suwa Historical Museum) in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture.
We have carefully selected aprons from the large collection of Oota Masao that are over 100 years old.
Aprons used by sake breweries in Yamanashi, such as Shichiken-san,
And also, aprons used in overseas restaurants managed by Anything, etc.
There will be an exhibition of several dozen aprons.
The setting is Tsugane School, a wooden school building from the Meiji period.
There will also be a talk event on Saturday, October 25th, so please come along.
Location: Tsugane School (former Sudama Historical Museum)
2963 Shimotsugane, Suwamachi, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 407-0322
TEL: 0551-20-7100
*The former elementary school built in the Meiji era has been turned into an art museum.
*Reference: What is Tsugane School?
●Exhibition period: October 9th to November 30th (*There will be a talk event on October 25th!)
Admission fee: Adults: 200 yen / Elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen
Exhibition Contents
●The exhibit will feature "old aprons" from around the Meiji period. Most of the aprons are from food manufacturers such as sake manufacturers, soy sauce, miso, sauces, bonito flakes, kamaboko, corned beef, and beer, as well as daily necessities and miscellaneous goods such as charcoal briquettes, briquettes, and scrubbing brushes. A carefully selected collection of approximately 350 aprons from the Oota Masao collection will be on display.
●Exhibition of "Modern Aprons" from the Heisei Era In Tokyo, "Anything," a company in Koganei that designs, manufactures and sells sail aprons, will be exhibiting the original aprons they have created up to now.
● All types of Yamanashi sake brewery aprons on display (planned)
We will be exhibiting aprons from (almost) all sake breweries in Yamanashi Prefecture. We will also be introducing sake breweries, miso breweries, and liquor stores in Yamanashi and Nagano that still use aprons, and displaying those aprons. The aprons that remain from the past will be displayed side by side, allowing you to enjoy the difference between design work today and the past.
●Photo display of the process of making a sail apron
Located in Toyohashi, this is the only place in Japan where aprons are still being made using traditional techniques. We will take photographs of the production process and exhibit and introduce the story of how the aprons are made, which is not normally available to the public.
● "People wearing aprons" People at the photo exhibition cafe and bookstore were all wearing aprons.
Of course, there are people who have been using them for a long time, such as sake breweries, sake shops, and miso breweries. We will take photos of these "scenes where they are still used as work gear today" together with the people who use them, and exhibit them.
●Talk event held! Masao Oota × Kazuhiro Nishimura
October 25th (Sat) 14:00~
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (includes food and drinks, alcoholic beverages available)
Maximum capacity: 20 people. To apply, please contact web@anything.ne.jp with your name, phone number, and the number of people wishing to participate.
*Reservation deadline: Saturday, October 18th
Masao Ota (Photographer)
Born in Shizuoka in 1949. After graduating from Waseda University, he spent a long time wandering around and became a photographer at the age of 36. Currently, he works as a photographer while also collecting things as a collector.
His works include "Advertising Character Doll Museum" (Chikuma Bunko/1995), "Enamel Signs - Visiting the Nostalgic 1950s" (Shogakukan/1999), and the photo collection "Accumulus" (Super Edition).
Kazuhiro Nishimura was born in Hiroshima in 1973. He studied abroad in the United States while attending Chuo University. After that, he joined a food manufacturer (Ezaki Glico) and became independent in 2000. He established Anything, a limited company, and started a store specializing in aprons.
Together with artisans from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, the only place in Japan where aprons are made, we are currently expanding the traditional Japanese "No. 1 Apron" to countries around the world.
Access
●Inquiries Tsugane School (former Sudama Historical Museum) Person in charge: Ikegami
TEL: 0551-20-7100 FAX: 0551-20-7105
We will be holding an apron exhibition together with Masao Oota, Japan's number one apron collector, at Tsugane School (formerly the Suwa Historical Museum) in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture.We have carefully selected aprons from the large collection of Oota Masao that are over 100 years old.
Aprons used by sake breweries in Yamanashi, such as Shichiken-san,
And also, aprons used in overseas restaurants managed by Anything, etc.
There will be an exhibition of several dozen aprons.
The setting is Tsugane School, a wooden school building from the Meiji period.
There will also be a talk event on Saturday, October 25th, so please come along.
Location: Tsugane School (former Sudama Historical Museum)
2963 Shimotsugane, Suwamachi, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, 407-0322
TEL: 0551-20-7100
*The former elementary school built in the Meiji era has been turned into an art museum.
*Reference: What is Tsugane School?
●Exhibition period: October 9th to November 30th (*There will be a talk event on October 25th!)
Admission fee: Adults: 200 yen / Elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen
Exhibition Contents
●The exhibit will feature "old aprons" from around the Meiji period. Most of the aprons are from food manufacturers such as sake manufacturers, soy sauce, miso, sauces, bonito flakes, kamaboko, corned beef, and beer, as well as daily necessities and miscellaneous goods such as charcoal briquettes, briquettes, and scrubbing brushes. A carefully selected collection of approximately 350 aprons from the Oota Masao collection will be on display.
●Exhibition of "Modern Aprons" from the Heisei Era In Tokyo, "Anything," a company in Koganei that designs, manufactures and sells sail aprons, will be exhibiting the original aprons they have created up to now.
● All types of Yamanashi sake brewery aprons on display (planned)
We will be exhibiting aprons from (almost) all sake breweries in Yamanashi Prefecture. We will also be introducing sake breweries, miso breweries, and liquor stores in Yamanashi and Nagano that still use aprons, and displaying those aprons. The aprons that remain from the past will be displayed side by side, allowing you to enjoy the difference between design work today and the past.
●Photo display of the process of making a sail apron
Located in Toyohashi, this is the only place in Japan where aprons are still being made using traditional techniques. We will take photographs of the production process and exhibit and introduce the story of how the aprons are made, which is not normally available to the public.
● "People wearing aprons" People at the photo exhibition cafe and bookstore were all wearing aprons.
Of course, there are people who have been using them for a long time, such as sake breweries, sake shops, and miso breweries. We will take photos of these "scenes where they are still used as work gear today" together with the people who use them, and exhibit them.
●Talk event held! Masao Oota × Kazuhiro Nishimura
October 25th (Sat) 14:00~
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (includes food and drinks, alcoholic beverages available)
Maximum capacity: 20 people. To apply, please contact web@anything.ne.jp with your name, phone number, and the number of people wishing to participate.
*Reservation deadline: Saturday, October 18th
Masao Ota (Photographer)Born in Shizuoka in 1949. After graduating from Waseda University, he spent a long time wandering around and became a photographer at the age of 36. Currently, he works as a photographer while also collecting things as a collector.
His works include "Advertising Character Doll Museum" (Chikuma Bunko/1995), "Enamel Signs - Visiting the Nostalgic 1950s" (Shogakukan/1999), and the photo collection "Accumulus" (Super Edition).
Kazuhiro Nishimura was born in Hiroshima in 1973. He studied abroad in the United States while attending Chuo University. After that, he joined a food manufacturer (Ezaki Glico) and became independent in 2000. He established Anything, a limited company, and started a store specializing in aprons.Together with artisans from Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, the only place in Japan where aprons are made, we are currently expanding the traditional Japanese "No. 1 Apron" to countries around the world.
Access
●Inquiries Tsugane School (former Sudama Historical Museum) Person in charge: Ikegami
TEL: 0551-20-7100 FAX: 0551-20-7105