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Tokyo Plain Dyeing
Cloth is brush-dyed in a single color. The dye is drawn across with a brush.
Edo Karakami
Decorative paper with patterns printed from woodblocks. It is applied to sliding doors and folding screens.
Industrial Technology Center of Tochigi Prefecture Textile Technology Support Center
The prefecture's textile technology support center. It supports dyeing and weaving technology.
Industrial Technology Center of Tochigi Prefecture Ceramic Technology Support Center
The prefecture's ceramic technology support center. It researches the glazes and clay of Mashiko ware.
Mashiko Ware Cooperative
The cooperative for Mashiko ware. Pottery in which glaze is applied to thick clay, it was valued by the mingei folk craft movement.
Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art and Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko
The ceramic art museum in Mashiko. It covers the history of the production area, including the work of Hamada Shoji.
Koisago Ware Fujita Pottery
Koisago ware from Nakagawa. A glaze that looks golden is its hallmark.
Tochigi Prefecture Honba Yuki Tsumugi Textile Cooperative
The cooperative on the Tochigi side of Yuki tsumugi. Thread is spun by hand from silk floss and woven on a jibata backstrap loom. A UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Moka Cotton Hall
The cotton hall in Moka. Visitors can experience, through loom weaving, the cotton textile that won fame as Moka cotton in the Edo period.
Ashikaga Meisen
Meisen from Ashikaga. A boldly patterned silk textile that was popular from the Taisho period to the early Showa period.
Miyazome Dyeing
Miyazome from Utsunomiya. Chusen dyeing, in which a stencil is laid down and dye is poured.
Kurobane Aizome Konya
A dyer's shop in Kurobane, Otawara. Visitors can try dyeing with indigo.
Shimotsuke Shibori
Tie-dyeing from Shimotsuke. Hemp and cotton are bound and dyed with Utsunomiya indigo.
Karasuyama Handmade Washi Hall
The washi hall in Nasukarasuyama. Visitors can watch the process of making Karasuyama washi and try it.
Hodomura Paper
Hodomura-gami from Nasukarasuyama. It is thick, strong kozo washi and is a national Selected Intangible Cultural Property.
Nikko Geta
Nikko geta. A surface woven from bamboo sheath is sewn onto the geta base.
Imaichi Woodturning and Suzuki Mingei
Woodturning from Imaichi. In the lineage of Nikko's woodturners, trays and bowls are turned.