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Shiga
Mikoshi Portable Shrines
Mikoshi. A festival craft that brings together woodworking, lacquer and metalwork. Omi has continued as a mikoshi-producing area.
Shiga
Oshie Craft and Hachiman Oshie
Oshie from Omihachiman. Cloth padded with cotton is pasted onto a board.
Shiga
Nagahama Chirimen
Chirimen crepe from Nagahama. It is woven with tightly twisted thread to produce the crinkled texture called shibo. It is known by the name Hama chirimen.
Shiga
Omi Jofu Traditional Industry Hall
The Omi Jofu Traditional Industry Hall in Aisho. Visitors can try hemp weaving.
Kumamoto
Shodai Ware Fumoto Kiln
Shodai Ware Fumoto Kiln in Arao. It fires in a climbing kiln.
Kumamoto
Amakusa Ceramics
Ceramics from Amakusa. Using Amakusa pottery stone, both porcelain and pottery are fired.
Kumamoto
Amakusa Pottery Stone Mining and Ore Dressing Industry
Amakusa pottery stone. It yields most of Japan's raw material for porcelain. Of high quality, it can be fired into porcelain even when used alone.
Kumamoto
Takahama Ware Juho Kiln
Takahama Ware Juho Kiln in Amakusa. It fires white porcelain from Amakusa pottery stone.
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Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Center
The traditional crafts center in Kumamoto. It collects and exhibits the crafts of the prefecture.
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Yamaga Lantern Folk Craft Museum
The lantern folk craft museum in Yamaga. It shows demonstrations of the making.
Kumamoto
Kutami Uchiwa Fans
Kutami uchiwa fans from Yamaga. Washi is pasted onto bamboo and coated with persimmon tannin.
Kumamoto
Isshochi Bentwood
Isshochi bentwood from Kuma. Thin cedar boards are bent to make containers.
Kumamoto
Hitoyoshi Kijiuma and Hanatebako
Kijiuma and hanatebako from Hitoyoshi. Folk toys carved from wood and painted.
Kumamoto
Kawashiri Blades
Blades from Kawashiri, Kumamoto. Kitchen knives are made by forging.