CGJ Establishes In-House Ceramics Facility in Nakama City, Fukuoka. Launches New Local Industry 'Nakama Yaki' and Opens Public Call for Product Designs
Culture Generation Japan (CGJ) will open a self-owned ceramics facility in Nakama City, Fukuoka in April 2026. Targeting the growing global handicraft market, they launched 'Nakama Yaki' and started a design competition.
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Culture Generation Japan Co., Ltd. (Location: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Takuya Hotta, hereafter CGJ) will establish a new self-owned ceramics production facility in Nakama City, Fukuoka Prefecture in April 2026, managing everything from manufacturing to inspection and shipping, in anticipation of expanding businesses such as its "CRAFTAL" and "Tabizara" services. Additionally, with the establishment of this new facility, public submissions for product designs for the new local industry "Nakama Yaki", created in collaboration with the citizens of Nakama, will begin today.
URL: http://nakamayaki.com/
Traditional Crafts Declining in Japan, Yet Expected to Grow Rapidly on a Global Scale
There are 240 types of nationally designated traditional crafts in Japan, and thousands when including those designated by local governments. This is a rare "treasure trove of cultural diversity" even on a global scale, and is the reason why Japanese technique and aesthetics have been highly evaluated worldwide. However, currently, production volume has decreased to just 20% of its peak (1983), and production value has dropped from 541 billion yen to 100 billion yen (*1). With this disappearance, creators vanish, local pride and culture disappear, and the unique value possessed by regions is heading towards extinction.
On the other hand, looking globally, the handcraft market is projected to expand rapidly from 100 trillion yen to 172 trillion yen (+9.1% growth) between 2022 and 2028 (*2). Although traditional crafts are declining in Japan, it is a field that can still grow if perspectives and commercial flows are changed, and we believe that Japanese culture will be increasingly sought after on a global scale.
*1) Source: Materials from the Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
*2) Source: TechNavio "Global Handicrafts Market 2021-2025"
Creating a Self-Owned Ceramics Facility in Northern Kyushu Accompanying Business Expansion
Aiming to inherit and create Japanese culture that can be boasted to the world, CGJ produces businesses utilizing Japanese traditional industries and artisan techniques, including the tableware subscription service "CRAFTAL" featuring traditional crafts, and "Tabizara", a circular service forming a secondary distribution market for traditional crafts in collaboration with Komehyo Holdings Co., Ltd. Against the backdrop of future developments in the traditional crafts market, and anticipating further business expansion, we will establish a self-owned ceramics facility responsible for the manufacturing, management, inspection, and shipping of tableware, thereby entering the manufacturing industry.
URL: http://nakamayaki.com/
Traditional Crafts Declining in Japan, Yet Expected to Grow Rapidly on a Global Scale
There are 240 types of nationally designated traditional crafts in Japan, and thousands when including those designated by local governments. This is a rare "treasure trove of cultural diversity" even on a global scale, and is the reason why Japanese technique and aesthetics have been highly evaluated worldwide. However, currently, production volume has decreased to just 20% of its peak (1983), and production value has dropped from 541 billion yen to 100 billion yen (*1). With this disappearance, creators vanish, local pride and culture disappear, and the unique value possessed by regions is heading towards extinction.
On the other hand, looking globally, the handcraft market is projected to expand rapidly from 100 trillion yen to 172 trillion yen (+9.1% growth) between 2022 and 2028 (*2). Although traditional crafts are declining in Japan, it is a field that can still grow if perspectives and commercial flows are changed, and we believe that Japanese culture will be increasingly sought after on a global scale.
*1) Source: Materials from the Association for the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
*2) Source: TechNavio "Global Handicrafts Market 2021-2025"
Creating a Self-Owned Ceramics Facility in Northern Kyushu Accompanying Business Expansion
Aiming to inherit and create Japanese culture that can be boasted to the world, CGJ produces businesses utilizing Japanese traditional industries and artisan techniques, including the tableware subscription service "CRAFTAL" featuring traditional crafts, and "Tabizara", a circular service forming a secondary distribution market for traditional crafts in collaboration with Komehyo Holdings Co., Ltd. Against the backdrop of future developments in the traditional crafts market, and anticipating further business expansion, we will establish a self-owned ceramics facility responsible for the manufacturing, management, inspection, and shipping of tableware, thereby entering the manufacturing industry.