What is Jepara Furniture?
Jepara is one of the name of small cities in Indonesia, exactly in the northern part of the Java island, and known as the city of carving in Central Java. Jepara has an area of about 1,004.16 km2 with a population of 1,188,289 inhabitants. Most of the people in Jepara are works in the furniture and carving industry, so that’s why Jepara is well known as a carving city. The carving products of Jepara are not only in demand in Indonesia but are also very popular in the international market, so Jepara is also known as the World Carving Center. Formerly, Jepara carvings were originally only made with the traditional Javanese motifs, but due to the keeping up many international market demand, now also produce with other motifs such as English European style, French style, Chinese, etc.
Not only had the products of Jepara furniture and carving that produced by Jepara city, but also woven and traditional fabric products. The products of woven in the city are made from various materials, for example: Rattan, Banana tree trunks, Pandan leaves, and Bamboo. Those materials are used to make many kinds of chairs, sofas, tables and other home appliances products. Fairly all that handicraft Jepara products are to fullfill the necessary of international markets in several countries in the world, because the products that produced are very good quality so they can compete in the international market.
When you visit Jepara city you will see in line of shops or galleries that display a lots of furniture, carvings and woven crafts products. In general, the products that are display in that stores and galleries are products with low quality products that targeting a local market or tourists. Usually for high quality products of furniture you can find in the warehouse factory or private gallery that usually display in the International exhibition. In addition to the sector of furniture industry, Jepara city also has a good natural beauty. Jepara has many beautiful beaches with white sand that are visited by many local and foreign tourists. The most famous beach tourism in Jepara is called Karimun Jawa Island which is located in a row of small islands in Jepara with the amazing natural beauty view
