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Yosakoi Matsuri
Dancers carry naruko clappers. The original of a festival that spread across Japan.
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The Museum of Art, Kochi
Among Japan's major Chagall holdings, in a building faced with local plaster and tile, and fitted with a Noh stage.
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Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center
The photographer whose images of Katsura changed how Japanese architecture is seen; all 34,000 of his works came here.
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Ekin Festival, Akaoka
For two nights a year the screens are set out along the shopfronts and lit only by candles - as they were meant to be seen.
Ino
Tosa Washi
Its tengujo is the thinnest handmade paper in the world - 0.03 mm - and is used to conserve artworks globally.
Kami
Tosa Blades
Forged without templates, each blade shaped to its order - a trade built on hatchets and sickles for mountain work.
Aki
Uchiharano Ware
Begun as a domain industry, and still turning out the same everyday jars and bowls.
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Kochi Sunday Market
A street market held for over three centuries; once a week a city avenue changes character entirely.
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Tosa Coral Carving
Red coral from these waters, carved over months by hands working a material that shatters if pushed.
Ino
Tosa Papermaking Workshops
To make paper 0.03 mm thick the screen itself must be woven that fine - the precision starts with the tools.
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Butsudan of Tosa
Rich forests made this a woodworking province; its altars pass through carving, lacquer and gilding in turn.
Kami
Kagura of Monobe
A mountain valley keeping a rite descended from Onmyodo, whose paper-cut implements have a form of their own.
Ino
Paper Products of Tosa
A paper province that also made the goods; thickness and fibre are varied for each intended use.
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Stone Guardians of Tosa
Local masons' habits show in these guardian lions, most set low to survive typhoons.
Shimanto
River Boats of the Shimanto
Flat-bottomed boats for shallow water, their shape decided by the river rather than by pattern.
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Tosa Fighting Dogs and Festival Form
Fighting dogs are dressed in embroidered aprons modelled on sumo champions' - a rare case of ceremonial textile on an animal.
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Tosa Washi Craft Village QRAUD
The washi craft village in Ino Town. Visitors can try making washi.
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Hamada Brothers Washi Workshop
Hamada Brothers Washi in Ino Town. It makes an extremely thin paper called tengujo-shi.
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Tosa Tengujo-shi Paper
Tengujo-shi of Tosa. The thinnest washi in the world, which can be made as thin as 0.03 mm, it is used in the restoration of cultural properties.
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Tosa Cutlery Distribution Center
The cutlery distribution center of Tosa. It gathers and sells the blades of the production area.
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Toyokuni Blacksmith Workshop
Toyokuni Blacksmith Workshop in Tosa. It forges Japanese swords and forged blades.