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Town factories in Ota Ward
Department of International Design and Digital Management,Tokyo University of Science
The Craftman Story Project is a project carried out by the people of Ota Ward's factories and the voluntary students of Department of International Design and Digital Management(commonly known as IDM) ,Tokyo University of Science.
Ota Ward is home to craftsmen with skills that support Japan. The Craftman Story Project will focus on each craftman in Ota Ward, and students will interview them. We will then publish articles and videos produced by students based on these articles and videos through this website.
Ota Ward's town factories×Tokyo University of Science's Department of International Design and Digital Management will convey the charm of Ota Ward's manufacturing craftsmen.
Do you know the town factories in Ota Ward? Craftsmen with skills that support Japan are gathered in the town factories of Ota Ward.
Do you know the town factories in Ota Ward? Craftsmen with skills that support Japan are gathered in the town factories of Ota Ward.
For example, at Iwai factory, the small factory we visited, Mr.Iwai has been manufacturing cylinders in his small factory by himself for 50 years! Iwai factory's cylinders are used in the 500- and 700- series Tokyo Shinkansen trains because of their advanced technology.
As you can see, there are many craftsmen in Ota Ward who support our daily lives with their high technology, despite their small scale.
picture: Piece of metal scraped off at Iwai factory
The following organizations have corporated with us in the operation. Thank you for your corporation!
It is an organization that provides support for town factories in Ota Ward, Tokyo. In managing this website, we are backed up by the support of local factories, such as by arranging interviews with them.
Like this project, it's an IDM club.They have a reading group for papers on programming and digital. In operating this site, they provide server resources and assistance with article production.
