Okayama
Imbe Kiln Cluster
The kilns of Imbe, Bizen. Climbing kilns are clustered in a town lined with chimneys.
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Okayama
Sakazu Ware
Sakazu ware of Kurashiki. It follows in the line of the mingei folk craft movement.
Okayama
Kojima Denim
The denim of Kojima, Kurashiki. The birthplace of Japanese-made jeans, it has everything from dyeing to sewing.
Okayama
Tsuyama Hakuaishi Paper
The hakuaishi of Tsuyama. A thin paper for interleaving gold and silver leaf is made here.
Okayama
Natsukawa Uchiwa Fans
The Natsukawa fans of Okayama. A poem is worked into the paper as a watermark.
Okayama
Gobara Lacquerware and Mimasaka Lacquer
The Gobara lacquerware of Mimasaka. Lacquer is applied to a base of horse chestnut wood.
Okayama
Japan Blue Kojima Headquarters
Japan Blue in Kojima, Kurashiki. It dyes denim with indigo.
Iwate
Iwayado Tansu Fujisato Woodworks
A woodworking shop making Iwayado tansu chests. It combines joinery, lacquering and metal fittings.
Iwate
Hidehira-nuri Lacquerware Ochiya
Hidehira-nuri lacquerware from Hiraizumi. It is characterized by the Genji-gumo cloud pattern, in which diamond shapes of gold leaf are set on the lacquer.
Iwate
Joboji Lacquer Industry
Lacquer sap is tapped at Joboji in Ninohe. Most of the domestic lacquer used to restore National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties comes from here.
Iwate
Michinoku Akane-kai Homespun
Homespun from Morioka. Wool is spun by hand and woven by hand. It began after the war as work for women.
Iwate
Nihon Homespun
A homespun maker in Iwate. It handles everything from dyeing to weaving.
Iwate
Kokuji Ware Pottery Garden
Pottery in Kuji. It fires Kokuji ware, which is coated with an amber-colored glaze, and visitors can try making pottery.
Shimane
Sodeshi Ware
Sodeshi ware from Matsue. It follows in the tradition of the mingei folk craft movement.
Shimane
Sekishu Washi
Sekishu washi paper from Hamada. It is made from kozo paper mulberry. Thin and strong, it is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.