Aura Guitar Shop The Aura Guitar Shop, in Tokyo, is more than just a high-end classical guitar store. Its owner, Kiyohisa Motoyama, has transformed this boutique into an incubator for young luthiers and a hotspot where guitarists and collectors meet.
Some of the great names in Spanish and international
In one of the rooms, rare gems sit regally behind glass: guitars crafted by the great names of Spanish and international lutherie, including Domingo Esteso, Robert Bouchet, Hermann Hauser‌ In another room, a customer is playing the instrument of his dreams while in the workshop, a luthier is repairing a guitar. So unusual, and so inviting. As a young man, Kiyohisa Motoyama, the director and founder of Aura, completed his training as a guitarist at the Royal Conservatory of Music, in Madrid (hence his fluency in Spanish); he made enduring friendships with Spanish and European luthiers and ended up opening his shop in Tokyo.