The project “Bank of Craft” inherits Japanese traditional craftsmanship. Check out this premium collaboration filled with elements of street culture!

“Bank of Craft” is a project that promotes the use of traditional crafts in theregional ecosystem by fusing creative works, art, and digital technology todevelop tourism resources, solve regional issues, and create a new primaryresource of revenue in craft production areas, rather than just maintaining thevalue of the craft as a product.

As the first edition of this project, Kyoto Nishijin Textile, FINEPLAY, 430(Four-Thirty),and CURRENT have joined this collaboration to create the premium skateboards and kendamas, which are now on sale.

This collaboration released the skateboard that features the designof Kyoto’s Nishijin-ori*, one of Japan’s most famous traditional craft products on it, andthe kendama that meets a luxurious and traditional design of Wind God andThunder God, and Noe Tanzaku.

You can not only enjoy using these products in an original way ofusing but also enhance your room’s decor with them as an interioraccessory.

These products can be purchased online from the FINEPLAY EC site soeveryone including skaters, kendama players, and tourists visiting Japan canenjoy this unique collaboration of traditional craft design “Kyoto’s Nishijin-ori” and urban sports. Please check them out.

For more details on these products, please check the informationbelow.

*What is Nishijin-ori(/Nishijin textile)?
Nishijin-ori is a traditional craft product made by the traditional Japanese techniques that has been passed down from ancient times. The origin of this technique was invented 1,200 years ago and this product is a high-grade silk fabric produced through high-mix low-volume manufacturing in Nishijin, Kyoto.

Product Information

Traditional Craft Designed Skateboard & Kendama Full Package

*Only 10 sets available

This full package includes the collaboration skateboard with“Nishijin textile (Kyoto)” and the skateboarding media “CURRENT”,and the collaboration kendama  with“Nishijin textile (Kyoto)” and “430 (Four-Thirty)” known asthe leader in Japanese kendama culture.

Price: 35,000 yen (38,500 yen – tax included)

<Traditional craft designed skateboard and Kendama FullPackage>
-Traditional craft designed kendama “Wind God andThunder God”
-Traditional craft designed kendama “Noe Tanzaku”

-Traditional craft designed skateboard “Keijuhakuohbun”

<Special Gift for those who purchase the full package>

An original NFT (Until March 31, 2024) , a Bank of Craft limited edition not-for-sale T-shirt and an original strap will be given as a special gift to those who purchase the full package!
*The Bank of Craft limited edition T-shirt is only available in size L.

【Bank of Craft×Nishijin textile×430】
Traditional craft designed kendama “Wind God and Thunder God”

This kendama is made in collaboration with Nishijin textile (Kyoto),a traditional Japanese craft design, and “430 (Four-Thirty)”, theleader of Japanese kendama culture. The Sarado is enlarged compared to theregular one so that both beginners and experts can handle it, and the size ofthe ball hole is also adjusted to larger size specifications.

The soft and splendid beech material used for the product allows theusers to enjoy how the material ages by the texture and visual appearance. Thisproduct is also packaged in a special paulownia box so you can enjoy aluxurious look as an interior accessory by keeping it in the box.

Price: 12,700 yen (13,970 yen – tax included)
※This price is set per item.

【Bank of Craft×Nishijin textile×430】
Traditional craft designed kendama “Noe Tanzaku”

This kendama is made in collaboration with Nishijin textile (Kyoto),a traditional Japanese craft design, and “430 (Four-Thirty)”, theleader of Japanese kendama culture. The Sarado is enlarged compared to theregular one so that both beginners and experts can handle it, and the size ofthe ball hole is also adjusted to larger size specifications.

The soft and splendid beech material used for the product allows theusers to enjoy how the material ages by the texture and visual appearance. Thisproduct is also packaged in a special paulownia box so you can enjoy aluxurious look as an interior accessory by keeping it in the box.

Price: 12,700 yen (13,970 yen – tax included)
※This price is set per item.

【Bank of Craft×Nishijin textile×CURRENT】
Traditional craft designed skateboard “Keijuhakuohbun”

This skateboard is created by Bank of Craft, a project that aims toreconstruct the value of traditional crafts and arts, and to inherit anddevelop traditional crafts by taking advantage of its techniques and shapingthem to suit modern life through some development and crossover under theirmission of building a new business model of traditional crafts and arts,

This product is made in collaboration with Nishijin textile (Kyoto),a traditional Japanese craft design and skateboarding media“CURRENT”.

Price：15,000 yen(16,500 yen – tax included)

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