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20/10/2022
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IKEA VILBORG Curtain

By | Interior Coordinate

We think that the IKEA curtain VILBORG is really well-designed product.

Dios is an agent for Kawashima, a leading Japanese curtain manufacturer.　Kawashima’s fabrics are famous for traditional Japanese women’s kimono techniques, and the quality of curtains is number one in Japan.

The price is about 10 times more expensive than IKEA curtains. Kawashima is one of the most expensive curtains in Japan.

However, there are many curtains other than Kawashima whose fabric is similar to Kawashima’s. IKEA curtains, on the other hand, are unique. Very individual. We don’t think IKEA is better because it’s cheaper, we think IKEA is better value even if the price is the same.

  1. IKEA curtains have a beautiful sheen
  2. IKEA curtains have good fabric
  3. IKEA curtains are moderately thick
  4. IKEA curtains have good colors
  5. IKEA curtains are natural-oriented
  6. IKEA curtains are natural materials

For younger customers, IKEA curtains are highly recommended.

If you buy all the curtains other than IKEA, it will cost about 2 million yen. On the other hand, if you buy all the good curtains from IKEA, it will cost about 200,000 yen. However, the overall design of the curtains is better with IKEA curtains.

IKEA curtains are well balanced.

IKEA curtains are “Only One”.

18/10/2022
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Shigarakiyaki 信楽焼

By | Japan Culture

“Shigaraki ware（Shigarakiyaki 信楽焼）” is a large pottery production area in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.

The history of pottery production dates back to the Kamakura period, 1,200 years ago.

A long time ago, this area was the bottom of Lake Biwa, so very rare and good soil is deposited here, so wonderfully colored pottery is produced.

The Japanese loved the beautiful colors of this region.

Shigaraki ware developed along with Japanese tea ceremony culture.

“Wabi-sabi” is the Japanese aesthetic sense.

　

05/09/2022
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Shoji screen

By | Interior Coordinate, Life in Japan

We did the work to put up the shoji by ourselves.

One day I stayed at a cheap old inn with my American friend. However, that cheap inn had a small window with a small lattice.

He said, “In Japan there is an aesthetic sense even in such a cheap hotel.”

In other words, in America, if you spend a lot of money, there are buildings with aesthetic sense, but if you don’t spend money, you can’t find aesthetic sense.

Japanese shoji screens give the room a perfect balance of light and shadow.

In Japan, you don’t have to live in a luxury home to find a sense of beautiful interiors.



26/07/2022
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Luxury apartment in Osaka City Center

By | 未分類

Please click HERE for Photos

Name : Asahi Plaza Shinsaibashi Higashi 7F & 8 F

Address: https://goo.gl/maps/G12cDEN7kfAs5QSQ8

Area : 338.52㎡

Floor Plan : 7F 7LDK +8F 1LDK

Rent : 870000JPY

There is a kitchen on each of the 7th and 8th floors. There is also a key for each. So two households can live together.

In 2022, we invested 50,000,000 yen just for interior work. Therefore, the room is completely new.

You can invite many customers to a party.

It has many features such as barbecue, fitness, theater room, outdoor bathroom, bar counter, meeting room and sauna and luxurious shower room.

There are many bedrooms, so it’s a good idea to make it a luxury share house.

The place is a prime location in Osaka where you can see the signboard of Shinsaibashi Daimaru Department Store.

We are looking forward to seeing you at this property.  Thank you.





 

26/07/2022
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Volunteer activities in Sri Lanka

By | 未分類

A few years ago, I went with JAFS (NGO group in Osaka) to Sri Lanka for volunteering.

Japanese company provides wells for drinking water in poor villages in Sri Lanka.

There are many energetic, cheerful and cute children in poor villages.

I felt that they were richer and happier in their daily lives then.



 

24/07/2022
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The true value of real estate

By | 未分類

Real estate agents only sell apartment buildings.

However The real value of a house is whether it is comfortable to live in.

For a good home, (1) interior design and (2) cleaning and support management services should be more important.

With The “heart” of service

22/07/2022
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Firework

By | 未分類

Osaka Tenjin Summer Festival is coming soon on July 24, 25 2022.

Unfortunately This year’s fireworks have been canceled due to corona.

However, please come and see this festival, which has been held in Osaka every year for 1000 years.

Fireworks in the world were born in the Edo period in Japan.

During the Edo period, there was no war for 250 years. A very peaceful era lasted a long time in Japan.

In peaceful times, women are more active than men. In other words, in the Edo period, Japanese women were stronger than men.

Women hate war.

Women like beautiful things.

That’s why Japanese women came up with the idea of ​​fireworks during the Edo period in Japan.

12/12/2021
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Electric blanket for Japanese winter bedding

By | Life in Japan

The fun Christmas season of December is approaching. Japan is about to enter the winter season in earnest.
“Warm even in winter” is the most important factor in assessing the value of a home.

However, for foreigners, Japanese housing has the problem that it is very cold in winter. It feels cold not only for foreigners from hot Southeast Asian countries but also for foreigners from cold regions such as North America and Europe.
I spent my high school days in Hokkaido, and although it was cold outdoors, the inside of the building didn’t feel as cold as Osaka or Tokyo.

Most Japanese rental apartments do not contain the heat insulating material that should be put in the interior floor, wall, and ceiling in order to reduce the construction cost. The rental apartments where heat insulating materials are firmly installed on the floor, walls, and ceiling are very different from rental apartments where heat insulating materials are not installed. The comfort of living differs entirely.

Most of the general owners and lessees do not have any knowledge about this. In fact, there are many cases where construction companies skip the work process of adding heat insulating material to make construction easier.

In the case of detached houses, there are many properties where the underfloor on the first floor is left as soil. The old houses were still soil, and wooden houses were built on the soil. Therefore, turning the floorboard is the same as the soil like the field.

You can prevent the cold to some extent by pouring concrete over this soil to make it a “solid foundation”. At the cost of construction, the underfloor of a wooden detached house can be made of concrete.

But concrete is still cold in winter (and hot in summer).

Since the building is also made of concrete, when the concrete gets cold in winter, the room inevitably gets cold. Depending on the property, it might be warmer outside the apartment building in winter than inside the apartment building. This is because the concrete of the building’s frame gets cold.

Therefore, what is important is a heater that heats the air such as an air conditioner and “bedding”.

Please check the followings in order to make your bedding warmer for Japanese winter.

(1) Double the comforters.
The comforters we provide are ① one summer comforter and ➁ one spring / autumn comforter. Please snap ①summer comforter on ➁spring/ autumn comforter.  Then a winter comforter could be made. After doubling it, put the comforter cover on it in one piece.

How to set up → 冬のふとん – 外国人駐在員・外交官向け 高級住宅 (dios.co.jp)

(2) Add a blanket to the comforter (VITGROE)
VITGRÖE ヴィートグローエ 毛布, ホワイト, 150×200 cm – IKEA

(3) Change the comforter cover from sheets to a blanket cover
KRANSSALVIA クランサルヴィア 掛け布団カバー＆枕カバー（枕カバー2枚）, ホワイト, 200×200/50×60 cm – IKEA

(4) Add another blanket to the mattress

(5) Change the blanket of the mattress to an “electric blanket”
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My recommendation is No.(5) electric blanket.
I love this electric blanket.
I have never felt that an electric blanket is bad for my body.
It is warm and makes people to sleep longer. The reason why people can’t sleep in winter is often due to the cold temperature. You can sleep well if the bedding is warm.
If you use an electric blanket, you will not want to get out of bed because it is warm and too comfortable inside the bed.

With an electric blanket, the winter bedding problem is completely solved.

09/12/2021
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Japanese Precious Wood of Mt. Yoshino, Nara Prefecture

By | Interior Coordinate, Japan Culture

This month we visited several timber-related businesses near the Yoshino River in Nara Prefecture.

The Yoshino River flows through the center of Nara Prefecture and the northern part of Wakayama Prefecture to the sea, but there are many lumber and furniture processing industries along this river. Geographically, I think the Yoshino River was used to transport trees cut down from Mt. Yoshino and the mountains of Wakayama Prefecture. It is believed that the lumber-related business has a long history.

We drove on the narrow and rough road of Mt. Yoshino and visited Tokuda Meiboku Co., Ltd in Kurotaki Village. When I called Tokuda office in advance, the lady staff kindly accepted our visit, saying, “Yes, please, please come on !.”

When I entered the building of Tokuda Meiboku, I was surprised to see a huge number of natural trees lined up. There are many companies in this area who are engaged in forestry and lumber industry, but they did not do the same thing, and they seemed to be different. Above all, the president of Tokuda Meiboku Co. Ltd has a management strategy that treats natural wood in a dignified manner, and I think it deserves special mention.

I think most of the people who visited Tokuda Meiboku will be surprised by the size and quality of the wood, but I was different from other people. Rather than the splendor of the wood, the natural wood, which is said to have 30,000 different shapes, was properly labeled with numbers in the warehouse and kept in order. I was impressed by the fact that Mr. Tokuda has a very high management ability. I think that the internal control of accounting is also excellent.

I completely liked it. Since I came all the long way to the mountains, I bought as much of this company’s trees as I could put in my car. I would like to make a dining table or shelf using these wood. Tokuda Meiboku Co.Ltd is a forestry, so they will cut good quality cedar and cypress from the mountains. What you do with the tree depends on the creativity of the buyer. It seems that there are also artists. Depending on the creativity of the purchaser, I think that the range of use of natural wood, “how to utilize it,” has great potential.

Wao!? Is this a product?!!