Aomori
Hokuyo Glass and Tsugaru Vidro
A workshop that blows Tsugaru Vidro glass. Techniques originally used to make glass floats for fishing moved into craft.
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BUNACO Nishimeya Factory
Thin beech boards are rolled up to make vessels. It uses beech from Aomori Prefecture and has its factory in Nishimeya.
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Hachinohe City Museum and Korekawa Jomon Museum
It houses lacquered vessels unearthed from the Korekawa Site. It conveys the lacquer techniques of the Jomon period.
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Sannai-Maruyama Site Center
The remains of a large settlement of the Jomon period. The post holes of a large pillar-supported building remain, and it is a World Cultural Heritage site.
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Tsugaru Lacquerware, Hirosaki Tsugaru Lacquerware Commerce and Industry Cooperative
Many layers of lacquer are applied and then polished down to bring out the pattern. There are four techniques, including kara-nuri and nanako-nuri, and it is an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
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Tsugaru Ware, Takano Pottery Studio
A pottery studio in Hirosaki that fires Tsugaru ware. The ware began in the Edo period as the official kiln of the domain, died out once and was later revived.
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Hachinohe Ware, Watanabe Pottery Studio
A pottery studio in Hachinohe that fires Hachinohe ware. The ware was revived in the Showa era after the kilns of the domain period had died out.
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Shitakawara Ware Clay Dolls, Takaya Pottery
Clay dolls made in Shitakawara, Hirosaki. The pigeon whistle is well known.
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Tsugaru Bamboo Baskets
Bamboo baskets of Tsugaru. Nemagari bamboo and other materials are woven into baskets for daily use.
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Hiba Bentwood Ware
Thin boards of Aomori hiba are bent into containers. Hiba resists rot and has a strong fragrance.
Hirosaki
Hirosaki Kogin Institute
A Tsugaru sashiko in which hemp cloth is stitched with cotton thread to reinforce it. There are three regional styles.
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Hachinohe Nanbu Sakiori Workshop Sumi
Old cloth is torn into strips for the weft and woven again. A Nanbu sakiori workshop in Hachinohe.
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Nanbu Hishizashi
A sashiko of the Nanbu region. Continuous diamond patterns are stitched.
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Tsugaru Kites
A kite made by pasting washi onto a hiba wood frame. It is painted with warrior pictures and has a distinctive shape that is wide at the top.
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Tsugaru Forged Blades, Mikuni Hamono Seisakusho
Tsugaru forged blades. Base iron and steel are forge-welded, forged, and sharpened. It makes kitchen knives, nata hatchets, and sickles.
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Tsugaru Paulownia Geta
Geta hollowed out of paulownia. Tsugaru paulownia has a tight grain and is light and resistant to moisture.
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Tsugaru-han Neputa Village
A facility in Hirosaki. It displays actual Neputa floats and shows demonstrations of goldfish Neputa and Tsugaru lacquerware.