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1980年代を地方で育った世代の人は、お家の家具を買う時ほぼ、下駄箱からベッドまでなんでも揃う地方の大きな家具専門店に駆け込んだと思います。家具を買うことなんて人生に数回しかありません。引っ越しや結婚。「人生の大きな変化の時に大きな家具専門店で家具を買う」、だから家具というのはなんだか昔から敷居が高い雰囲気があると思うんです。

以前の家具はほぼ日本製で、地方の家具産地の熟練の職人さん達が樹齢100年以上の木を加工して何日もかけて作っていました。こんなことも、家具の敷居の高さに拍車をかけていたと思います。

さて時代が変わり、熟練工の職人技は今でも必要ですが、その必要性は以前よりぐっと減り、多くの部品はコンピューター制御の機械加工になり大量に作ることが可能になりました。また、日本国内で作られる家具は減り、海外で生産された家具が日本にどんどん入ってくる時代になりました。

家具製造の敷居が低くなったこと、そして核家族や、造り付け家具の増加、そして婚礼家具の衰退で、地方の家具専門店の勢いは以前に比べぐっと弱まり、ショッピングセンター、ホームセンター、或いはそれに準じる大きな格安店の勢いが増し、画一的な家具が多くの家庭で使われる様になりました。この傾向は地方に行けば行くほど色濃く現れ、どのお家に行っても、同じ様な家具があり、また買った場所も同じで、地方にも浸透したライフスタイルの多様化とは別の方向に向かっているように感じます。

なんらかの意図を持ちながらデザイナーがデザインし、技術の高い製造会社が責任を持って作るものは日本国内、そして世界に目を向けてみると、まだまだ沢山存在しています。

こういった家具のほとんどはその買い手が集中する都市部にしか集まりません。地方で生活をする私たちはそんな素敵な家具を本やインターネットを通じて楽しむほかないのです。できるだけ多くの地方の人に、こういった家具の素晴らしさを知って頂きたいとの思いで始めたお店です。

古い北欧の家具でその製造業者がすでに存在していない家具も販売しています。壊れた時、その家具を直せる会社がもうこの世の中にはいないのです。だから、私たちが直すと決めました。生半可な気持ちで家具を直すことなんてできません。人、技術、設備、そして場所が必要です。自店で販売する家具のためだけに高めてきた技術ですが、その技術は今、お客様からお持ち込み頂く「持ち込み家具の修理」にも広がっています。

お取り扱い商品:北欧家具、北欧ヴィンテージ家具、国内有名メーカー家具、家具持ち込み修理修復。

定休日:毎週水曜日/金曜日
営業時間:11時~19時

三重県桑名市大字播磨字宮東299-1
TEL:0594-23-3780
FAX:0594-23-6404

Open for English

When you wanted to buy furniture in 1980's in a small town, the first store you thought you would go to was a big furniture store where you could buy from shoe cabinets to beds. Those were just expensive. And you wouldn’t buy furniture many times in your life. You would buy furniture when you move or get married like such a big event. The high price tag and rareness to visit a furniture store make people think furniture like not an everyday life tool.

The furniture before was made only by skilled craftsmen spending days and months out of the wood of more than 100 years old. This fact makes much more people think that the furniture is something you can’t come by easily.

But nowadays to make furniture , even though some craftsmen skills are still needed, that is required less than before. Many processes have been replaced by computerized machines. And the cost to make furniture gets less. Instead of a big furniture store which carry expensive pieces, people tend to come to a store where they can buy easy and cheap knockdowns. Then furniture get closer to everyday life. That is good.

But there is something missing in easy and cheap knockdowns. That is the people heart, we believe. No matter who makes, people or machines, we want to feel the human touch in the pieces we use everyday. Even for the machine-crafted pieces , we believe we can feel the human touch if those pieces are made by people, who design pieces, and put programs in the machines , and press the buttons, spend time to think about how much the pieces means to customers’ everyday life.

The smaller town you live in, the hard you find a store where you can find the pieces with the human touch. People used to go to small stores to buy good pieces. But those have been replaced by national chain stores. That is more so in a small town. If people in a small town want to buy the good pieces, they have to go to bigger cities. The small town is left behind from the good pieces. That means people in the small town have no choice but taking the second best.

Comfort Mart is totally again that.

We are proud of and stand on the high standard . We never give up on people who want to use the real pieces even in a small town. We provide high-end and world class pieces. Our knowledge about furniture go far much beyond what you think it would be in a small town. We opened up the store for people in this small town but now many customers from outside of the small town also come and shop at our store.

We are fully responsible for the pieces we sell, even vintage pieces. Our skilled expertise can support our customers all way thru the product life. The vintage furniture refurbishment skills we have developed over the years now can be used to repair the furniture at customers’ home.

Vintage and new Scandinavian modern furniture and furniture refurbishment.

Closed : Wednesdays and Fridays
Opening hours : 11:00PM to 7:00PM

Tel : 0594-23-3780
Fax : 0594-23-6404

雑貨屋イリケ

「ilikes」と書いて「イリケ」と読みます。「I like」(私が好き)がたくさん集まったお店、そんなお店にしたくて、英文法を完全に無視してI likeを複数形にしました。最初は「私が好き」ですが、その私の好きが皆さんに広がり、皆さんの好きに変われば素敵だと思います。

イリケで紹介しているものは北欧ヴィンテージから日本のクラフト作品、そして地方の名の知れない作家さんが作ったものまでと多岐に渡ります。そのもの達を選ぶ私達の基準は「そのものがずっと皆さんと寄り添ってくれるか」です。子供からプレゼントされた食玩のおもちゃのプラスチックの指輪はおかあさんにとってかけがえのない宝物です。
プラスチックの指輪は「あなたのために」と必死の思いであなたに届けられたものだからです。世界にはまだまだ「あなたのために」と思い、必死でものを作り続けている人達がいます。子供達がおかあさんへとプレゼントする時の気持ちのように。イリケはこの作り手の思いを大切にしたいと思っています。この思いが皆さんに伝わった時、そのものはずっと皆さんに寄り添うものになると思うからです。

丁寧に丁寧に商品選びを致します。できる限り作り手と会うように致します。そして、できるだけ丁寧に商品の紹介をしていきます。

丁寧に商品選びをしますので、商品点数もそれほど増えません。ですが全国そして北欧をまわり、その点数を増やし、皆様に寄り添い続ける素敵なものを紹介し続けます。

お取り扱い商品:北欧ヴィンテージ雑貨、日本各地から集めたクラフト作品や民藝品。

定休日:毎週水曜日/金曜日/土曜日
営業時間:12時~18時

三重県桑名市大字播磨字宮東299-1 コンフォートマート敷地内
TEL/FAX: 0594-87-5966

Open for English

The store called "ilikes" is actually pronounced "ili-kke" where we only sell what we love personally. The store name "ilikes" is composed of the two parts which are "I" and "likes". Obviously you never say "I likes" that is totally wrong in the English grammar. After putting the two words, I and like, together , the word “like” becomes a countable noun. Then since we want a lot of "ilike" at the store, we have the word changed to a plural form by putting "s" at the end. Yes, "ilikes" is original and unique word.

What we want to show to you is the ones which can stay with you for coming long years. These things don't have to be expensive but more like "precious to the heart". For example, the gift you are given by your own child is just precious no matter how much it is. This is bright as much as a million dollar diamond. The gift will be with you at your heart for long years. That is because, we believe, your child love you and a lot of love is put in the gift. You see the love thru the gift.

Like a gift from a child to a parent, there are still a lot of things in Japan as well as in the world in which you can feel the love to you from these artists and producers. Those artists and producers think everyday about you. The profound careness passes down to you thru a product. It will be with you for coming long years, we believe.

Since we are small, the resources are limited. Then we don't think we can introduce a lot of things at all once. But we go step by step to select things we introduce at the store in a small scale. We travel in Japan as well as in Scandinavian countries and see artists and producers face to face to check how much the things from them are worth for you.

Vintage and new Craft goods from all over Japan and Scandinavian countries.

Closed : Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Opening hours : 12:00PM to 6:00PM

Tel/Fax : 0594-87-5966