About
はじまりの物語
I originally worked in a job that matched "people who make things" with "jobs." During this time, I began to wonder why so many people believe they can't do creative things or don't understand them. I thought this might be because they were suppressing their individuality. I started thinking, "Wouldn't it be great if there was an environment that could support individuality and creativity?" and "What kind of place would that be?"
Around this time, I heard from a friend that she was moving to Portland with her daughter, who had been struggling with truancy in Japan. I felt a deep love for children and sensed that this adventure held something important, so a month later, I got on a plane and was profoundly inspired by the trip.
This visit inspired an idea in October 2018 in Portland, Oregon, US, based on the creative and mutually supportive ideas of "If it doesn't exist, let's make it!" and "Everyone is different, and that's okay!"
In 2019, we held a pop-up event in Tokyo, where we demonstrated our craft bar, renovated the store using scrap wood in a DIY project, and successfully raised 165% of our crowdfunding goal to support our business launch.
Since starting our business, we have witnessed the smiles of those involved and felt an incredible response.
The mindset of being swept along by mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal without realizing it may be harming the environment and distancing us from true happiness.
Let's begin by making things while drinking at a bar. The materials we use are items that would otherwise be thrown away, so adding value to them and creating something new is very meaningful. I want as many people as possible to experience this.
In the future, I aim to create a creative reuse center where people can bring items no longer needed by companies or households. I want to create a recycling environment that stimulates people's imagination, where things that seem like trash can become someone else's treasure. I want to establish such a wonderland in Japan, a country that values the concept of "mottainai."
Representative: Sachiyo Kojima
Project
事業内容
体験の提供
Experience
Rinne.bar, where anyone can make upcycled items.
We also provide on-site services for events, schools and training sessions.
付加価値の提供
Upcycle
We research waste materials and match them with various creators and manufacturers to support the development of upcycled products.
学習機会の提供
Education
This will provide a learning opportunity to reflect on the way people have been thinking about mass consumption and waste, and to gain new ideas.
Member
メンバー
小島 幸代
Kojima Sachiyo：さちよ
Founder and Representative
After studying design at university, Sachiyo worked in human resources consulting specializing in creativity for 16 years. She is a nationally qualified career consultant. Based on the idea that "thinking about how to use ideas and imagination to creatively repurpose things that are no longer needed" will improve the environment and society, she currently works as a lecturer, facilitator, project advisor, and creative director for "throw away/no throw away design" for companies, government agencies, and educational institutions.
西田 治子
Nishida Haruko：ハルさん
Co-founder and Director
After working for 19 years as a consultant and research manager for North Asia at a foreign consulting firm, she has been involved in various social projects promoting social innovation. At RINNE, she is involved in business planning. She is working to create a system that utilizes and recycles all kinds of resources, including waste materials, in the local area, such as creative reuse centers, to create a small economy and enrich the area.
成田 友彦
Narita Tomohiko : マドル
Store Management
He has experience in food and beverage management at major coffee chains and craft gin-themed restaurants. At RINNE, he creates a comfortable environment through food and beverage.
山浦 あかり
Yamaura Akari：あかり
Assistant Producer
Akari first visited Rinne.bar as a customer when she was a third-year university student. Since then, she has been involved in the operation of the bar as an intern. After studying abroad in Malaysia, she joined the company in April 2023. Akari hopes to globally expand RINNE's experience, which can unleash the creative switch, and its happy environment where diverse things and people can connect. The internship record was made into a book with the support of a crowdfunding campaign!
飯嶋 千尋
Iijima Chihiro :ちっぴー
Service Designer
Chihiro first came to Rinne.bar as a customer when she was a third-year university student. Since then, she has been involved in the store's service as an intern. She joined the company in April 2023. Influenced by her mother, who worked at a nursery school, Chihiro has been good at communicating with young children since she was a child. Her dream is to eventually create the RINNE Nursery School, where both adults and children can enjoy themselves.The internship record was made into a book with the support of a crowdfunding campaign!
Partner
協力企業・団体（順不同・敬称略）
A collective impact community whose mission is to foster startups that contribute to solving the major problems the world faces in the future.
A creative group that sees things that are already thrown away as "something that already exists" and uses what is already there to overcome adversity with their motto of "making things with what is already there" and to make the world a little more fun by using what is already there. They have partnered with welfare facilities and developed the brand poRiff/paperfu.
DIY BAR is a place in Portland, Oregon, where anyone can enjoy craft beer and enjoy craft. It is like the older brother of Rinne.bar.
A general incorporated association established with the basic concept of "women from all over the world connecting, helping each other, and living together."
An NPO organization that supports activities to maintain and manage a good residential environment and create beautiful townscapes in residential areas in Taito Ward, Tokyo and the surrounding areas, and promotes the creation of good local communities and the revitalization of the local economy.
The design unit, consisting of Yuichi Maekawa and Akiko, is creating fun and new relationships between society and welfare from a unique designer perspective, with the theme of "Playing with Welfare."
Based in Sumida Ward, this company is involved in creating various spaces, such as the "Suminoichi" market, which utilizes public spaces under the theme of "creating relationships and the exchange of expression," the outdoor film festival "Sumida Park Cinema Festival," and urban development projects based in the Oshiage area of Sumida Ward.
A B Corp™ certified media company that operates nine websites, including IDEAS FOR GOOD , an online media outlet that collects ideas to make society "better."
YUKUIDO
Located in Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, this construction company specializes in renovations. The office is located in a renovated abandoned factory called ROUTE89 BLDG. , which is a book cafe, a nursery, and occasionally hosts live music. "Yukuido" means "resting place."
"TOMOS" is a Type A and Type B business that provides support for continuing employment in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, named to light up the future of welfare.
SCRAP is a donation-based creative reuse store and donation center in Portland, Oregon, USA. It promotes creative reuse and environmentally sustainable practices by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the local community.
Company Info
企業情報
Company name: RINNE Co., Ltd.
Established: August 1, 2019
Capital: 5,000,000 yen
Address: 2-2-21 Kojima, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Representative Director Yukiyo Kojima Business: Upcycling promotion business (experiences, education, product/service development)
Licenses and permits: Restaurant business license, secondhand goods dealer license obtained
Email: hello@rinne.earth
Phone: 050-6875-0500 (Reception hours: 13:00-21:00 except Mondays and Tuesdays)