For some reason Japan's "Sento Towel" is popular for crowd funding

"Why are not you thinking about towels you purchase firmly despite using people every day?", "The world's most wonderful bath towel" was born out of "Sento Towel (Sento Towel)"is. It is an item that focuses on Japan, such as "Sento Towel (tokyo towel)" or "100% cotton used in Japan", but it looks like a normal towel. Still somehow because of the cloud-funding platformKickstarterIt is a popular product collecting more than 42 million yen.

Sento Towel: An Incredible Upgrade for an Everyday Essential by Sento - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700119410/sento-towel-an-incredible-upgrade-for-an-everyday

What is Sento Towel ...? That is revealed in the following movie.


The movie starts with Japanese explanation that "Tenugui occupies a very important position in Japanese culture." Because it says totally "towel", you can see that Sento Towel is a towel.


"Samurai, Daimyo, Shogun, etc. had taken in around the 16th century"


"Even today even more than 100 years ago, the tradition of making wonderful towels is transmitted."



So, this is "the world's most wonderful bath towel", Sento Towel.




100% Using cotton made in Japan.


"The softest towel"


"Never before" ......, the movie is like an Apple's commercial.


A woman gently towels hair with a towel.


"Dry at triple speed"



"Use organic fiber"



"It will be used at 5 star luxury spa and hotel"



Because it is deodorized it can be used in the gym or on the trip ...


Size is 3 kinds of bath towel, hand towel, face towel. The color is three different colors of dark navy, gray, white.


"The technique of Japanese craftsmen tells beauty and joy"


When I see the movie, somewhatDHMOThere is atmosphere like the example of the talk but in the page of Kickstarter, there is further explanation about Sento Towel.

A cheap towel loses its softness just by washing it several times and it gets frayed. On the other hand, a solid towel as found in Western hotels is heavy, bulky and takes time to dry. Until now, when choosing a towel at a shop, it was necessary to compare and balance the merit of cheap towels and the merit of a firm towel, but the ultimate choice that entered there was "Sento Towel" is.

"Sento" based in Sento Towel and based in Australia says that he examined dozens of fabrics and finished the towel "to make it fit your bathroom." For that reason, Sento Towel said it was "took a good point of making Western towels". As points, "absorb water three times the weight of the towel" "be soft and durable" "deodorant" "elegance" "to use 100% cotton in Japan" "minimal design "And others are cited.

In addition, it is characterized also that one side is flat and smooth, the other side is pile ground. Using high-quality weaving yarn, because it is finely woven cloth, it seems that it is surprisingly soft and fluffy texture.


Towel size is as follows. The face towel is 12 × 13 inches (about 30 × 33 cm), the hand towel is 15.8 × 25.5 inches (about 40 × 65 cm), and the bath towel is 28 × 60 inches (about 71 × 152 cm).


In addition, Sento Towel has already succeeded in gathering 42 million yen or more already at the target amount of 12,000 Australian dollars (about 1,300,000 yen) while seeking commercialization and aiming to commercialize it doing. 39 Australian dollar (about 3360 yen) If you invest, you can get one favorite color bath towel, set a set of bath towel, hand towel, face towel at 49 Australian dollars (approx. 4220 yen), 55 AUD ) You can get a bus seat with such items, items that you can get according to the contribution amount will change. Even if shipping to Japan is done, the shipping fee is free.


The deadline is 21:39 on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 in Japan time.

Sento Towel: An Incredible Upgrade for an Everyday Essential by Sento - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1700119410/sento-towel-an-incredible-upgrade-for-an-everyday