Glan Fabrique, Ibaraki • グランファブリック、茨木市



If you're ever in Ibaraki city in Osaka, you should drop by Glan Fabrique. It's a short walk from JR Ibaraki station, but you can also get there from Hankyu without any problems.

茨木市に行くつもりあれば、グランファブリックへ立ち寄りしたほうがいい。JR茨木からすぐ、阪急茨木でもそうなに遠くは無い。

It's a lovely renovated old house, and a lot of the framework in the original building hasn't been touched. It still has creaky floors and stuff! There's a studio upstairs called Design Works who run and probably own the place, with Cafe Moka and La Galerie (a gallery space), on the 1st floor. The reason I went to Glan Fabrique was actually to check out the gallery. One of the featuring artists had exhibited at Itohen previously, so I picked up a flier from there. Keep your eyes peeled for gallery fliers, they're one of the only ways to find out what's going on where.

すてきな改装されたお家、元の下部構造は変わってない。キーキーいう床もあるで!上の「Design Works」と呼ぶスタジオは経営をして、1階には「Cafe Moka」 と 「La Galerie」のギャラリースペースあります。ギャラリーを調べるために行きました。そこの特徴画家さんはいとへんで先展示をして、フライヤーをもらいました。ギャラリーフライヤーは目を皿のようにして探してね、「何」と「何処」を調べるためにフライヤーしかないんだ。

Gardens surround the premises, giving the place and inviting feel. To one side of the building there is a stone garden, and there is also a very Japanese garden out the back. The gallery has a window facing the garden out the back, so there's lots of natural light. I wasn't allowed to take pictures, but you get that sometimes; it's normal.

建物の周りに誘惑するような庭があります。横は石庭、後ろにはすごい日本庭園。ギャラリースペースはその庭へ向く窓ありますから、自然光はたくさん。写真をとったらだめって言われたら、やめたけど、あれは普通な。慣れている。

Nice place to visit for those who live between Osaka and Kyoto!
大阪と京都の間に住んでいる人々におすすめです!



2 comments:

yoshiko said...

Hi! I'm Yoshiko, I met you&your wife last weekend in the little restaurant in Taisho. Thank you for the lovely night.I'm looking forward to reading your blog!

Duncan said...

Thank you for visiting the blog Yoshiko! I have a pile of things to blog about, but I'll get around to Toshi's restaurant eventually!