About us

Hi, I am Wakana from Tokyo. I am the manager from the creation of Antique Tozai. First question you might ask is : what Tozai stands for? I chose the name of my shop with idea to combine Western and Eastern culture. In Japanese "Tou" 東 means Est and "Zai" 西 means West. Therefore, the concept is to combine eastern antique goods with western home design. 

One of my passion is to drive my car in all over Japan an find antique object from personal houses, village flea market or even antique stores and see how this particular could fit into a kitchen or a living room. In that way, through Art, design and history we can share our individual impression of what beauty is.

Every object that i have found have been used before for many years and sometimes for more than 100 years. Also, that's I want to share with people, the track of history and soul that furniture, a teapot, a pothook or a scroll is carrying. 

Antique objects have a soul I think that can be transcended through the use of it in its own surrounding. Therefore, we express ourself through our environnement.