The Japanese created a semi-precious chair (5 photos)

Japanese semi-precious stone processing company sells a 450,000 yen office chair made from giant L-shaped piece of amethyst.







Factory-M, a factory shop in Saitama specializing in semi-precious natural stones, attracted much attention after posting photos of your latest proposal on social media. The owners even had to release an official statement, statement, saying that this is not a joke, but a real product Looking at the photos, it is easy understand why so many people thought it was some kind of meme and not real office chair. But Factory-M insists that you really can sit on it if you can afford it buy.





Koichi Hasegawa, founder and owner of Factory-M, said reporters that the idea of an unusual office chair came to his mind in while traveling to the United States in search of natural stones that could be brought home to Japan. Seeing this big L-shaped a piece of amethyst, he immediately imagined how a chair was made from it, and decided implement this idea.



The sharp edges of the amethyst had to be polished to sit on the stone safely. But the chair still doesn't look comfortable, although Hasegawa claims the opposite. The stone is mounted on a reinforced metal frame, and Factory-M claims that if necessary, he can easily withstand a sumo wrestler.



It is not hard to guess that this unique office chair is not the most the lightest ever made. Just one piece of semi-precious stone weighs 88 kilograms, and with a metal frame, the weight of the chair reaches 99 kilograms. But it is not necessary to wear it: you can roll it if you need to move it.

The creators are asking 450,000 yen for their unique but uncomfortable on kind of office chair. Koichi Hasegawa claims that dozens of individuals and companies have already expressed interest in acquiring it.