This area is deivided into two sections: one for the desks and chairs used in the assembly halls of prefectures and municipalities, and the other for a look back at the history of Kotobuki Seating. In the History Museum, you can see nostalgic seats that everyone has sat on and historical products that are rarely seen nowadays. In the Archive Corner, visitors can view valuable materials from the Taisho to the early Showa periods, as well as catalogs and photographs of our products from the past.
Fixed assembly member seats and desks were common for customary Assembly halls in Japan, but movable types are gaining popularity these days. Assembly halls that can have their layout moved and changed are expected to be utilized effectively, such as by turning into emergency response rooms during natural disasters and being used by citizens as a hall room when assemblies are not taking place.
The new feature of mobility has been added, while maintaining the functionality and dignity of a standard Assembly hall. Assembly member seats can certainly be moved together with the podium. Gallery seats are also displayed.
Kotobuki Seating produced the first connected seats in Japan. The seats of Yasuda Auditorium in The University of Tokyo and Suntory Hall, which are epoch-making facilities that play an essential role in the history of public halls in Japan, are displayed.
Benches at stations in Japan that everybody has sat in at least once, a replica of the face of the Tower of the Sun from Osaka Expo, which is a symbol of Japan’s period of high-level economic growth, and various rare items that cannot be seen in other museums are all displayed.
Kotobuki Seating celebrated our 100th anniversary in 2014. At the Archive Corner, you can find materials that were gathered during the publication of the special magazine to commemorate our 100th anniversary, Hundred years story of KOTOBUKI. In addition, it systematically stores valuable documents, catalogs, and photographs of case studies from the Taisho and early Showa eras, allowing you to search and view the history of our company.
This exhibit shows the flow of products in major markets, from the chairs used in The University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium, which marked the start of our transition to focusing on public furniture up to the present.
The photographs and drawings of products that we had supplied to famous buildings in each era can be viewed on a large monitor. You can also pick up catalogs and pamphlets that chronicle the economic boom in the Japanese society before and after the war from the display shelves and browse them.
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Theater, Hall (P.S Studio) / Co-LABO / Quinette Room
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Main Entrance / Cinema
2F
Educational Facilities (School, University)
3F
Stadium and Arena / Capsule Bed “Sleep Capsule”
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Assembly Hall / History Museum / Archive Corner