Value Village
Kilns, weavers, breweries, blacksmiths, small local workshops — we have gathered the makers of each region. Large mass-production factories, power plants and dams, public research institutes and museums are not shown here (you can find them in the full list of entries).
2,805 craft and industry entries. Industries other than traditional crafts are included. This is not a list of hands-on programs; whether visitors are accepted, fees and booking contacts have not been confirmed.
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Silk textiles & nationally designated craft
A silk textile said to derive from techniques that Hakata merchants brought back from Song China in the Kamakura period. The warp threads are set densely, and thick weft threads ra…
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Textiles & urban culture
A facility that stages the traditional performing arts of Hakata. Geigi dances and Hakata-ori obi can be seen in the same place.
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Unglazed clay dolls & nationally designated craft
Unglazed clay dolls are coated with gofun and finished with painted colors. They are said to have originated in the castle town of the Kuroda domain in the early Edo period.
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Woodwork & bentwood ware
Thin boards of cedar and cypress are bent into tubs and containers. No nails are used; they are fastened with cherry bark.
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Papier-mache & folk toys
Folk toys formed by pasting layers of washi over a mold. They have long been made as good-luck charms for Hakata's festivals.
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Forging & blades
Scissors in which blade and handle are forged as one piece. Skill is needed for the 'hineri', the twist that makes the blades meet.
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Wood lathe & folk toys
Tops turned on a lathe from wood fitted with a spindle. There are also large ones used for acrobatic performance.
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Padded cloth pictures & festival crafts
Padded cloth pictures in which fabric is plumped with cotton and attached to a board. They have been used as decorations for festivals such as Gion Yamakasa.
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Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft
Buddhist altars decorated with gold leaf and maki-e. Yame is the production area, and separate artisans handle the wooden base, the inner shrine, the carving and the lacquering.
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Bamboo ribs & nationally designated craft
Because a single thin bamboo strip is wound in a spiral around a mold, there are no joints. They keep their shape even when folded.
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Paper mulberry & handmade washi paper
Kozo bark is boiled with wood ash, and the paper is made one sheet at a time without chemicals. It has been handed down in Chikugo since the Muromachi period.
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Stonework & nationally designated craft
Stone lanterns carved from Aso welded tuff. The stone is soft and easy to work, and moss takes to it readily.
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Bamboo material & basketry
Baskets and strainers woven from split madake bamboo. Yame is a source of good-quality bamboo, and they have been made as everyday goods.
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Kasuri weaving & nationally designated craft
The threads are first bound to resist the dye, dipped dozens of times in indigo vats, and then woven with the patterns aligned. It was devised by Inoue Den around 1800.
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Pottery & nationally designated craft
It uses Koishiwara clay and is patterned with tobikanna chatter marks and hakeme brush marks. Pottery esteemed by the Mingei movement.
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Pottery & tea ceramics
Tea ceramics counted among the Seven Kilns of Enshu. Distinguished by the use of different glazes on one piece and by thin walls.
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Pottery & nationally designated craft
Pottery that began as the official kiln of the Kokura domain. Copper and iron glazes produce greens and browns.
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Woodwork & joinery fittings
A technique for interior fittings in which hundreds of small grooved pieces are interlocked to form geometric patterns, without nails or metal fittings.
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Furniture & woodworking district
A furniture production area that began with the skills of ship carpenters in the Muromachi period. Its output is the highest in Japan.
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Industrial robots & motors
A development base for industrial robots and motors. Visitors can watch robots in operation.
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Inverters & control equipment
A business site with robot factories and other facilities. Yaskawa Electric was founded in 1915.
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Precision dies & motor cores
It holds a global position in precision dies for stamping motor cores.
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Maps & spatial information
A museum of maps. It shows old maps collected by Zenrin alongside present-day mapmaking.
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Refractories & high-temperature materials
It makes refractories used in steelmaking furnaces. A technology of materials that withstand high temperatures.
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