Sobako Cares

Sobako is passionate about Japanese Craftsmanship and ensuring it’s continuity into the future by creating a market for these products. Our mission is to help support local artisans in Japan and do our bit to preserve the slowly disappearing Japanese handicraft traditions.

Apart from our collaboration with craftsmen creating stone, clay and wood tableware, we actively look for organisations focussed on passing on Japanese handicraft traditions. 

Through our partnership with Japan 21, we use the profits from Sobako to sponsor the vocational education and apprenticeship of gifted craftsmen so that they can master the skills of Japanese handicrafts. 

Our first sponsored apprentice is working on learning metalworks at the Mujun workshop in Yunotsu, Shimane.