Wednesday 22 January 2014

Kuwahara, Osaka


Whilst out in Osaka yesterday with Toshio-san from Guell, we dropped in to see our good friend Yamamoto-san who works at the legendary Kuwahara Bike Company. He was kind enough to let us look around the office and take a few photos. As you would expect there are some extremely nice bikes just laying around the office, both new products and old classics...

A Goblin and a GAAP tourer.

KZ-1
"Vintage" C-Pacer frame.
They also import international brands into Japan and just happened to have this gorgeous demo Ibis Hakalugi cross bike sitting around. Sadly it was not our size!

 ...And just leaning up against the wall was this rare FUNN single speed funny bike...


Along with the bikes the office walls are decorated with some very cool Kuwahara memorabilia including graffiti artwork...


...Old promotional posters...


 And of course a few references to "that" film...




A big thank you to Yamamoto-san for allowing us to look around his seriously cool workspace!