Romanticism of JIDAIYA The rickshaw runs.Panting on the slope,going through the alley or weaving through the houses. Kicking about the snow,passing under the bloom,sweating under the sunlight,stepping on the fallen leaves or going against the cold wind. The rickshaw runs more slowly than the bicycle,the car or the aircraft. In the times when it takes only a day to go from Hokkaido to Okinawa it somtimes takes an hour or so for the rickshaw to go to the next town. In the times when thousands of people can be carried at a time the rickshaw carries only one or two persons. And we can not run faster than the speed of man's foot. But we like this vehicle which has only the power limited by the man's power. Traveling is becoming like mere movement by shortening the time and the inn is becoming like the lodging by saving troubles. The town changed into the street.The earth disappeared from the road. The alley disappreared.The plain, the vacant land and the copse disappeared. Though we got something which people call the abundance,we can not be satisfied. We think somthing is missing in our lives. JIDAIYA pull the rickshaw. Rickshaw-men run avoiding pebbles,keeping the balance on the slope or softening the shake of the rickshaws. Passengers thank for rickshaw-men's kind consideration looking at aweat on their backs without saying anything. The hearts of the passenger and the rickshaw-man get together. The rickshaw runs taking on the man.The man runs in the times. JIDAIYA run keeping the words "The only chance in our lives" in our minds. |
"The heart of Japan " is now disappearing day by day.
We think the mission for JIDAIYA is to offer the Japanese culture in visible form in Japan of today.
In order to achieve that mission we JIDAIYA are offering not only rickshaws but also the Japanese traditional entertainments and many kinds of performance.
(The final retrospective spot has appeared in Asakusa.)
The earth floor ,the Japanese style counter and the long style brazier are in this shop,and the business of the rickshaw is being carried on every day in this shop like a set for the movie. |
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(The collection of JIDAIYA is on exhibition.)
Our shop is also used as the data room for the rickshaw. |
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The rickshaw-men who have the craftsmanship and know Asakusa throughly will guide you closely. We present you the special make picture postcards made from the pictures of the rickshaws in the Meiji era as a commemoration for boarding. By the way,the sightseeing brochure of JIDAIYA is reputed by the local people that the maps are easy to understand and very useful for sightseeing on foot. The samples for the charges:30minutes for a pair /8,000 yen(the advantageous course) 1hour for a pair/15,000 yen(the special popular course) |
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(Reservations are needed.)
After all,Asakusa is the retrospective area. |
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Used by the Asakusa Shrine exclusively
All over the country only JIDAIYA can produce the traditional style wedding by the rickshaws in a string like a scene in the movie. |
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(We are ready to send our staffs anywhere in the country.)
We can send our staffs to many kinds of events using the rickshaws like parades,test ride meetings,the welcome and farewell for VIPs,producing parties and so on. |
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(We can send our staffs anywhere in the country.)
We offer many kinds of traditional entertainments as a link of the campaign for succeeding Japanese culture. |
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(For the customers with reservations only)
The area around the back of Asakusa Kannon where the shop of JIDAIYA stands is the traditional geisha girl town.
(You don't need to appear in a drinking party!You can only transform into a hangyoku!)
The charges for one person range from 30,000 yen. |
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(the single type rickshaw,the double type rickshaw/the new or the second hand rickshaw,the antique)
We also sell the rickshaws.We can advise the customers properly when they choose the rickshaws because we JIDAIYA have engaged in the business and piled up our experiences and studies for a long time. |
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(The society for the study on the rickshaw,the seminar on the rickshaw)
We are running the society for the study on the rickshaw and sometimes open the seminar on the rickshaw in cooperation with the cultured men of many sides like traffic or history in order to throw the academic light to the rickshaws which were not recorded or studied because they were too customary things in the old times and in order to hand down them to the next age. |
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We run and support the Web site for "everything in Asakusa". Many things which even the fans of Asakusa don't know are here. Many places the beginners about Asakusa will be favorite are here. This is the Web site of "All that's Asakusa!" in which only nice places in Asakusa are choosen and shown.
Let's make the Web site asakusa-e.com more "Nice place!" |
1870 | The rickshaws started business.(in Nihonbashi Tokyo) |
1987 | "JIDAIYA" was founded.(in Yokohama) |
1996 | "JIDAIYA" moved to Asakusa. |
1999 | The shop of "JIDAIYA" was opened. |
2000 | After the period of "JIDAIYA corporation" "JIDAIYA Inc." was established and "Nice place Asakusa" was opened. |
JIDAIYA Inc.
111-0032
Phone
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Mail info@jidaiya.biz |