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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Lacquerware & nationally designated craft
Lacquerware from Wajima. A diatomaceous earth called jinoko is mixed into the undercoat, and more than a hundred steps are layered one on another. Known for its durability.
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Lacquerware & making experience
The workshop row houses in Wajima. Visitors can watch artisans at work and try chinkin and maki-e.
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Wood turning & nationally designated craft
Lacquerware from Yamanaka in Kaga. The wood is cut along the vertical grain, a method called tategidori, to make wooden bases that warp little.
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Wooden bases & passing on techniques
A prefectural training institute in Yamanaka. It passes the techniques of lathe woodturning on to the next generation.
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Maki-e & lacquerwork
Lacquerware from Kaga. It is decorated with maki-e.
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Lacquerware & maki-e
Lacquerware from Kanazawa. It carries on the maki-e techniques fostered by the Kaga Domain.
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Overglaze enamel porcelain & nationally designated craft
Kutani ware. Overglaze enamel porcelain painted in five colors: red, yellow, green, purple and dark blue.
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Pottery & cluster of kilns
Kutani Pottery Village in Nomi. Kilns are gathered here and sell their works.
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Dark gray pottery & traditional craft
Suzu ware. Black-gray pottery fired hard in a reducing flame without glaze. It died out in the medieval period and was revived in the Showa era.
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Tea ceramics & amber glaze
Ohi ware from Kanazawa. It is shaped by hand without a potter's wheel and coated with an amber glaze. It descends from Raku ware.
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Gold leaf & nationally designated craft
Gold leaf from Kanazawa. Gold is beaten out to one ten-thousandth of a millimeter. Kanazawa produces nearly all of Japan's gold leaf.
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Gold leaf & application experience
A gold and silver leaf craft maker in Kanazawa. It accepts visitors for hands-on leaf application.
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Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft
Buddhist altars from Kanazawa. They are decorated with Kaga maki-e and are distinguished by their carved transoms.
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Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft
Buddhist altars from Nanao. Known for their sturdy construction.
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Hand-painted dyeing & nationally designated craft
Kaga Yuzen. Its hallmarks are outlining in fine lines of paste resist, 'soto-bokashi' shading that is darker on the outside and paler toward the center, and the depiction of insect…
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Dyeing & making experience
The Kaga Yuzen center in Kanazawa. Visitors can watch the production and try dyeing.
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Dupion cocoons & nationally designated craft
Ushikubi tsumugi from Hakusan. It is woven from thread drawn from double cocoons made by two silkworms. It is said to be strong enough to pull out a nail.
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Ramie textiles & nationally designated craft
Jofu from Noto. A summer bast-fiber textile woven from ramie spliced into thread by hand.
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Paulownia wood & hibachi braziers
Paulownia woodcraft from Kanazawa. The paulownia is scorched to bring out the grain and made into braziers and boxes.
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Embroidery & nationally designated craft
Embroidery from Kaga. Patterns with depth are stitched in gold thread and silk thread.
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Scroll mounting & cultural property restoration
Mounting craft from Kanazawa. It mounts calligraphy and paintings and also undertakes the restoration of cultural properties.
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Buddhist altars & lacquerwork
Buddhist altars from Mikawa in Hakusan. In a town at the mouth of the Tedori River, they are finished with lacquer and gold leaf.
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Fireworks & gunpowder technology
Fireworks from Noto. They are launched toward the sea, and the bursting shells are reflected on the water.
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Silk thread & instrument materials
Strings for koto and shamisen. They are made by twisting silk thread.
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