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Yokoyama Bamboo Products & Co (2)

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Yokoyama Bamboo company was founded in 1919, almost a century ago. The bamboo items displayed in the shop are mainly vases, dishware and other daily goods, but the company provides also construction materials for Japanese-style buildings, tea houses, inns and restaurants. 
By the way, the company hold classes to make bamboo items. They take place in the showroom just behind the shop.
Yokoyama bamboo factory is just a few hundred meters to the north from the shop, and you can always ask to have a free tour of it.
Shop information :
155 Kameya-cho, Aburanokoji-dori Shimochojamachi Agaru, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
〒602-8062 京都市上京区油小路通下長者町上る亀屋町135
Tel. : 075-441-3981
Website : http://www.yokotake.co.jp
About bamboo class : http://www.yokotake.co.jp/pages/kyoushitsu080515.htm
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