Saikai – Sunami Toru Shoten – Binkago Bag – M

Japanese Binkago was originally for transporting sake and soy sauce. In a modern way, it stylishly carries wine and serves as a great vegetable storage solution in a kitchen. The green rush color gradually changes to bright brown with use.

Sunami Toru Shoten, founded in 1886, has been manufacturing mat at Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, a city known to be the birthplace of figured mat and former production area of rush. Sunami Toru Shoten continues their family business by switching their focus on producing “ikago,” a basket made of rush that was used as “yamikago” in black markets during the post-war period. Today, Mr. Ryuki Sunami, the fifth generation at Sunami Toru Shoten and the only producer of ikago, creates ikago, each individually by hand, applying the methods he has inherited from his grandmother.

Material: Rush Grass
Dimensions: W80mm x D80mm x H360mm, 40g
Care: Handwash only