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This unique furniture gallery/store
combines the best of both east and west. You are able to view and
purchase various English style pieces of furniture such as bureaus
and chests. However the major difference between this furniture
and similar pieces which you would find in Europe or the United
States is the wood.
Much of this furniture is made from wood native to Japan such as
"kiri," which is known as paulownia
wood in English.
The building which Aizu Matsumoto
Tozaikan occupies is a rest orated farm house which was involved
in silk production many years ago. There is also a coffee shop located
in our store which offers a small variety of either coffee or herbal
tea.
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会津桐たんす・英国家具豪快な養蚕農家を洋館風に移築復元した「東西館」に伝統工芸の会津桐たんすと英国家具、小物を展示即売しています。
会津桐たんすの "和" と英国アンチック家具の "洋" を結びつけ、さらには伝統と現代を調和させた、今までにない生活提案のギャラリーです。又店内にはコーヒー・ハーブティをお楽しみいただける喫茶コーナーも設けております。
会津松本が移築復元した建物は、いぜん福島県葛尾村の新開家が明治20年代に建て、4代に渡って守りつづけてきたものです。木造土壁の建坪100坪という大きさで、吹き抜け2階造りながら3階屋根裏には養蚕部屋をもうけていました。
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