Edo Brooms are built with extraordinary craftsmanship using only natural materials. They are built to last.
This is my Edo broom, which I've had for years.
This is my Edo broom, which I've had for years.
When my daughter was a baby, I couldn't find the time to do a lot of cleaning, so I wanted to do a quick and easy sweep while she was napping. If I took out the big vacuum cleaner, the loud noise would wake her up. I decided to look for a high-quality, light weight, long lasting broom. That's when I bought this Shirokiya Denbei Edo broom.
Since then, whenever we moved to a new house, I've brought this broom with me. When I bought it, I had always intended to keep it for a long time, but we never thought that we would be able to use it for such a long time. My baby girl (in picture) is almost 20. And My Edo broom (also in picture) is still going strong!
Edo Broom
You can imagine Edo brooms are great in the tatami rooms, but also works great on any surface. They are super effective on hard wood floors, rugs, and also carpets!
What I like about them is their light weight. The lightness makes it extremely easy to maneuver with.
Mr. Satoru Nakamura, the seventh generation head of Shirokiya Nakamura Denbei Shoten, has continued to manufacture brooms while adhering to the concepts of "respecting nature and utilizing natural materials" and "without producing any unnecessary waste."
It looks like my favorite broom of the past 20 years will continue to work for a while longer.
18年来の愛用江戸箒
娘が赤ちゃんだった頃、なかなかまとまった掃除をする時間を見つけられなかった私は、彼女がお昼寝をしている隙にささっと軽く掃除を済ませてしまいたかった。
大きな掃除機を取り出せば大きな音で彼女は目を覚ましてしまうだろう。私は上質で軽く長持ちする箒を探すことにした。
その時買ったのがこのShirokiya Denbeiの江戸箒である。
それ以来私たちが新しい家に引越すたびにこの箒も一緒に連れてきた。買った当時からもちろん長く大切に使うつもりだったが、まさかこんなに長いこと愛用できるとは思っていなかった。
赤ちゃんだった娘はもうすぐ22歳になる。私の江戸箒はいまだに毎日現役で活躍している。
江戸箒
江戸箒はお座敷だけでなく、フローリング・絨毯・カーペットでも効力を発揮する。騒音も殆んど立てることなく、時間を選ばずに使え、なおかつ、電気も使わず、環境負荷の低い道具だ。
白木屋中村伝兵衛商店・7代目当主 中村悟さんは「自然を大切にし、自然の素材をそのまま使用する」 「不必要なゴミは一切出さない」という姿勢を守って箒を作り続けていらっしゃる。
私の20年来の愛用品もまだしばらくは活躍してくれそうだ。