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B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Dec 21, 2002 12:08 PM On 2002-12-20 05:41, tikifish wrote: What is the enigma of Otagiri? OMC was the company that supplied most of the quality mugs for the major Tiki temples in the U.S. The mugs were manufactured in Japan. OMC was pre- Orchids of Hawaii, and superior in quality and design. But so far no one has found any records on the company in the U.S., no catalogues, no employees, nothin. They possibly had just a small distribution office here. After that, the next step would be to find the headquarters and their kiln in Japan. That's were the designers must have been.

On 2002-12-20 05:41, tikifish wrote:
What is the enigma of Otagiri?

OMC was the company that supplied most of the quality mugs for the major Tiki temples in the U.S. The mugs were manufactured in Japan. OMC was pre- Orchids of Hawaii, and superior in quality and design.
But so far no one has found any records on the company in the U.S., no catalogues, no employees, nothin. They possibly had just a small distribution office here.

After that, the next step would be to find the headquarters and their kiln in Japan. That's were the designers must have been.

Post #16973 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Dec 21, 2002 12:08 PM