Refine skill
Craftsmen continue to polish skills and create better fabrics.
Carrying inherited craft into Tango's future.
Sustain the Craft
Living in harmony
with the community
Passing on traditional skills is the mission of all the people and businesses we work with. However, many of Japan's beautiful traditional skills are facing the problem of a lack of successors, leading to many cases of skills being in danger of disappearing altogether.
From the time our company, "create ebara," was formed, we've taken this problem very seriously. In order to pass on traditional skills, they must become a part of production with deep roots in the community.
Craftsmen polish those skills and continue to create better fabrics. When you purchase products for a price worthy of this mission, we can train more craftsmen and produce fabric with greater value. The simple structure of the manufacturing industry is our means to pass on tradition.
01 / From Craft to Industry
From traditional skills
to manufacturing
For many traditional skills, this is no easy task. For that to happen, the skills and products must become ingrained in culture and accepted by many people. Craftsmen must earn an income appropriate for their skills, so they may go about their work without needing to worry about their livelihood.
We must produce a cycle that lets us grow as manufacturers. There are many skills which have been unable to do this and have vanished from this world. We, however, are succeeding in this vision.
Deliver value
A fair price allows the craft cycle to continue.
Nurture people
Income supports the training of the next generation.
Grow the town
A living industry helps the town of Tango thrive.
02 / Material Cycle
Fully utilizing skills,
and materials
In the process of making our kimono fabric, there can be a full bolt's worth of silk left over when changing the rods on the looms. By collecting and reusing this silk, we can revive it as a fabric with a brand new appeal. We are using this formerly unusable silk to make fabric in order to eliminate waste and be mindful of the environment.
From remainder to new expression.
Carrying the memory of material into the next cloth.
A beautiful cycle made possible by regional craft.
03 / Meaning of Sustainable
The true meaning of
"Sustainable"
The most important thing to us as people involved in traditional manufacturing is using these skills to develop the community of Tango. Nurturing skills, people, and the community. As a business with deep roots in the region, we live in harmony with the community. That is the "sustainable" operation that we at create ebara strive for.
SDGs
Create Ebara's commitment to sustaining the cycle of place, craft, material, and industry.
08
Meaningful work
and economic growth
By producing silk fabric loved by both Japan and the world, we aim to create a society in which makers and craftsmen garner greater respect, as well as contribute to Japan's economic growth.
09
Building the foundation
of production and innovation
We put our utmost effort into promoting the use of traditional Japanese kimonos in both casual wear and high fashion, using Jacquard machine skills to produce world-class textiles, and producing new manufacturing in Japan and the world.
10
Building a community
that will live and thrive
create ebara's silk will bring people here from across the globe, and the lodging, dining, tourism, and silk industries will invigorate this area, producing a community in which we can live vibrantly within our natural environment.
11
Responsible production
responsible consumption
We aim to be an environmentally-minded, sustainable business which focuses on both the responsible production of silk and the responsible use of silk.
Behind the work of sustaining Tango is the design and weaving capability Ebara has built over generations.