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Name of the school	Asakura Kinomaru Nursery School
Delivery Date	September 2016
Target/Item	Lockers for 1-5 year olds

A nursery school using local Kochi wood

Kochi Prefecture is the most forested prefecture in Japan, with a forest rate of over 80%. The trees that grow in the mountains are cedar and cypress. Wood is also highly valued as a material for daily life, such as flooring, furniture, and fittings. Asakura Kinomaru Nursery School in Asakura, Kochi City. The floors are made of wood from Kochi Prefecture, the fittings are also made of wood, and Nakayoshi Library has been helping out with the storage lockers and storage furniture for the nursery for many years.

Carefully selected knot-free wood

Nakayoshi Library only uses parts of the nursery furniture that are free of knots. Generally, wood from short trees (approximately 20 to 30 years old), known as thinning wood, has many knots. Nakayoshi Library does not use thinning wood, but natural cypress wood (mainly trees over 50 years old), and from the good wood with few knots, we further remove the knots to create nursery lockers and toy storage shelves. The finished product is elegant and luxurious, and the storage furniture does not have the so-called craft feel that comes with wood.

Custom made to fit nursery school boxes

We designed it so that two people can be stored in one row. In addition, the opening has been adjusted to fit the boxes commonly used by the nursery school, making it easy to put things in and take them out. For nurseries that do not have a designated bag size, we often suggest a size that allows for backpacks to be stored with plenty of room, so this time we made it a little wider. We also added hooks for hanging bags not only at the front and back, but also on the back of the lockers.

Subsidies are available.

Asakura Kinomaru Nursery School continued to use the previous lockers as they were. They have been in use for about 20 years. It seems that they had been in use for a long time. Therefore, we used the "Subsidy for Creating a Wood-Scented Town" budgeted as a subsidy project of Kochi Prefecture to replace the nursery lockers. As the condition was that wood from Kochi Prefecture must be used, it was a job that was perfect for our company.

Benefits of using wood

Lockers for nursery schools made of wood last a very long time. We believe that wooden products are suited to the humid climate of Kochi Prefecture and the western Japan area. Wood also has the natural ability to regulate humidity and has a warmth that synthetic wood and melamine materials do not have. In addition, wood does not easily become static, so we recommend incorporating even a little wood into nursery environments to prevent the spread of viruses. They can be used for many years, so we hope they will continue to make history for another generation.

After delivery and after

We will deliver directly to you if you are in Kochi Prefecture or within the Shikoku region. In the case of Asakura Kinomaru Nursery School, we removed the existing lockers, installed them, and secured them in place as earthquake countermeasures. The photo shows the floor being wiped down after delivery. Of course, we are also happy to answer any questions you may have about small maintenance after delivery, so please feel free to contact us.