SHIRO Minna no Kojo
Cosmetics & local industry
The factory of a cosmetics company born in Sunagawa. It uses local materials such as sake lees and gagome kelp as raw ingredients.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Value Village
A trip to get close to how things are made.
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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Yotsuba Milk Products Tokachi Main Plant
Dairy farming & dairy products
The main plant of a dairy company that began with investment from the dairy farmers of Tokachi. It handles everything from receiving raw milk to turning it into products.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Megmilk Snow Brand Museum of Dairy Farming and Milk History and Sapporo Plant
Dairy farming history & dairy industry
A museum that tells the history of dairy farming and the dairy industry. Attached to the Sapporo Plant, it displays tools for making butter and condensed milk.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Hakodate Carl Raymon
Meat processing & history of technology
It has made ham and sausages in Hakodate since the 1920s. The method was introduced by the German Carl Raymon.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden
Confectionery manufacturing & craftsmanship
A confectionery factory in Otofuke Town. You can watch baumkuchen being baked through glass.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Royce' Cacao & Chocolate Town
Chocolate & food education
A facility that shows how chocolate is made. It follows the process from cacao beans to chocolate bars.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Shiroi Koibito Park / Ishiya Seika
Confectionery manufacturing & brand experience
The factory that makes Shiroi Koibito. Visitors can tour the production line and try making sweets.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery
Distilling & aging
A distillery opened by Taketsuru Masataka in 1934. It still continues the method of heating pot stills by direct coal fire.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Otaru Wine Gallery / Hokkaido Wine
Wine & agriculture
A winery in Otaru. It makes wine only from grapes grown in Hokkaido.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Tanaka Sake Brewery Kikkogura
Sake & year-round brewing
A sake brewery in Otaru. It practices shiki jozo, brewing throughout the four seasons.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Kunimare Sake Brewery
Sake & historic architecture
A sake brewery in Mashike founded in 1882. It is said to be Japan's northernmost sake brewery, and its Meiji-era buildings remain.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Fukutsukasa Sake Brewery
Sake & cold-region brewing
A sake brewery in Kushiro. It ferments for a long time at the low temperatures of a cold region.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Hakodate Wine Budokan
Wine & food manufacturing
A winery in Nanae Town. It handles everything from grape growing to winemaking.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Furano Wine Factory
Municipal wine & agriculture
Municipal wine begun by Furano City in 1972. It is run by the city.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Maoi Distillery
Craft distilling & wine
A craft distillery in Naganuma Town. It produces both wine and spirits.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Hokuren Pearl Rice Factory and Gohan Museum
Rice milling & food logistics
A factory that mills and ships rice. It has an attached exhibition that conveys the role of cooked rice.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
JA Shihoro Food Processing Business
Agricultural cooperative & food processing
A food processing business run by the agricultural cooperative of Shihoro Town. It processes and ships potatoes.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Secoma Group
Retail, logistics & food manufacturing
A retail group that combines a network of stores spread across Hokkaido with its own logistics and food manufacturing.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Asahikawa Design Center
Furniture & design
A showroom where Asahikawa's furniture makers gather. It shows the design of the area as a furniture-producing region.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Conde House
Furniture & woodwork
A furniture maker in Asahikawa. It uses domestic timber and has techniques for bentwood and joinery.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Takumi Kogei
Furniture & crafts
A furniture workshop in Asahikawa. It centers on handmade craft.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
The Glass Studio in Otaru
Glass craft
A glass studio in Otaru. It offers glassblowing demonstrations and hands-on sessions.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Ryuhyo Glass Museum
Glass craft & circular manufacturing
A glass studio in Abashiri. It uses glass recycled from spent fluorescent lamps to produce the color of drift ice.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
Kitaichi Glass
Glass & modern industrial history
A glass shop in Otaru that began by making oil lamps. After the demand for lamps passed, it moved into craft.
Hands-on visits and tours: not confirmed
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