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Hallo, My name is Iacopo Torrini: I am an italian architect living in Japan since 1998. I have a great passion for traditional japanese architecture and I worked for 3 years for a well known architectural office involved in restoration of heritage buildings in the Kansai area. I tried to get involved as much as possible in site management and I got the opportunity to learn directly from skilled craftsmen: carpenters, furniture makers, plasterers, thatched roof builders and so on. Needless to say this experience changed my life: be surrounded by natural materials is such a beautiful experience that I wanted to transmit it to my fellow foreigners who have the taste to appreciate it. As many acquaintances asked me about natural japanese products, I begun exporting hinoki tubs from year 2002. |
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Our tubs are produced with hinoki wood from the
Kiso Valley (Nagano pref. - central Japan). We purchase the
material and order the manufacture directly to craftsmen I have
known for years. By doing so we can offer low cost and high
quality for the following reasons:
The manufacture takes place three small ateliers in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo. Our warehouse in Maihama (Tokyo) is conveniently located 20min. from Tokyo port and 40min. from Narita airport. |
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My main business is a first class
registered architect design office called "dodici-dodici". We started to export bathtubs in year 2000.
Since february 2009, Japanese wooden bathtub manufacture and export is handled thru BARTOK DESIGN JAPAN Co. This company is incorporated in Japan as a "kabushiki gaisya" (stock company): Company president: Iacopo Torrini Number of employees: 3 Social capital: 1,000,000 yen (about 10,000 US$) Export value of hinoki products in 2008: 230,000 US$ Address: 3-6-2 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan 650-0002 tel (+81)-78-262-6811 • fax (+81)-78-262-7151 |
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Why the name "Bartok design" ? |
japanese ofuro bathtubs are produced by Bartok design Japan |
japan@bartokdesign.com