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■What is Ohya stone?

Ohya stone can be gathered only at "ohya" district.
Utsunomiya city, Tochigi pretectore in the world.
The nardness ot Ohya store is sott & warm withgentle appeare ance and it (ohya stone material) maked your heat worm & relax.
Ohya stone is strong against tireproot & it inclodes zeolite which supply tar-intrared rsdiation.
It is admitted that The tar-intraed radiation.have ettect to increase the aging ot wine & cheese or maintain the freshness ot vegetables and supply minus ion to make the naman relax.

■How the Ohya stone is used

Generally, Ohya stone was used for the wall of the warehouse and the wall around the house.
It is known that architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the United States constructed tormer Imperial Hotel with Ohya stone.
In other place, Yodogawa Steel Works Guesthouse and the Utsunomiya Catholic Church, etc. were constructed by using Ohya stone.
Although ohya stone was not popular previously, it has come to be used for the exterior in the building with the design and a part of the interior recently.

Former Teikoku Hotel dismantled and reconstructed to the Meijimura.