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It holds the world record for the number of Japanese drums played at once.
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Chagu Chagu Umakko
Horses in full harness walk to the sound of bells. A festival of Nanbu horse country.
IwateArt & CraftsMorioka
Iwate Museum of Art
Built around three artists from Iwate: the avant-gardist Yorozu Tetsugoro, the urban painter Shunsuke Matsumoto, and the marble sculptor Yasutake Funakoshi.
Hanamaki
Yorozu Tetsugoro Memorial Museum of Art
It stands in the hometown of a painter who helped pioneer Japan's reception of Fauvism and Cubism. From the hill in Tsuchizawa, you can see the same mountains he painted.
Morioka
Fukazawa Koko Museum
Watercolours of wild flowers, shown in a former bank on the Nakatsu river.
IwateArt & CraftsMorioka
Nambu Ironware
Four centuries of cast ironware; the hailstone pattern on each kettle is punched by hand.
IwateArt & CraftsMorioka
Morioka Handi-Works Square
Fourteen workshops under one roof, where visitors watch and try the crafts themselves.
IwateArt & CraftsHiraizumi
Chusonji Konjikido
A hall entirely covered in gold leaf, inlaid with mother-of-pearl - the sum of Heian craft in one building.
Iwate
Ishigami-no-oka Museum of Art
Stone sculptures scattered over a hillside, framed against the Kitakami mountains.
Ninohe
Tekiseisha
In the town that taps over 70 percent of Japan's lacquer, including the sap used to repair national treasures.
IwateArt & CraftsHachimantai
Appi Lacquerware Workshop
A workshop that revived the lost Appi lacquer tradition, working from raw wood to final coat.
IwateArt & CraftsMorioka
Morioka Hachimangu Treasures
Armour dedicated by the Nambu lords, and the carved heads of the autumn festival floats.
Ninohe
Nambu Chest
Chests of zelkova wood fitted with hand-forged iron mounts, made by two trades working in tandem.
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.