HokkaidoCraft ExperiencesYoichi
Yoichi Distillery
Still distilled over a direct coal fire. Taketsuru Masataka chose the site for a climate close to Scotland's.
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YamagataCraft ExperiencesTendo
Tendo Shogi Piece
Most of the shogi pieces made in Japan come from here. The stage of human shogi.
FukushimaCraft ExperiencesFukushima
Tsuchiyu Kokeshi
One of the three birthplaces of the kokeshi doll. The patterns are drawn on the lathe.
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GunmaCraft ExperiencesKiryu
Kiryu Textile
Nishijin in the west, Kiryu in the east. Saw-tooth roofed mills still stand.
GunmaCraft ExperiencesAnnaka
Usui Meganebashi
A brick arch bridge of four spans. You can walk the disused railway across it.
SaitamaCraft ExperiencesKawaguchi
Kawaguchi Casting
The setting of the film The Street with the Cupola. Everything from kettles to bridge girders was cast here.
ChibaCraft ExperiencesAround Otaki
Isumi Railway
Single tracks running through fields of rape flowers. Wooden station buildings survive.
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KanagawaCraft ExperiencesKawasaki
Keihin Industrial Zone
The lights of the petrochemical plants. Cruises run to see the factory night view.
NiigataCraft ExperiencesTsubame
Tsuiki Copperware
A single sheet of copper is hammered into a vessel. The town also makes metal cutlery.
ToyamaCraft ExperiencesKurobe
Kurobe Gorge Railway
A line built to carry materials for the dam, later opened to passengers.
FukuiCraft ExperiencesSabae
Sabae Glasses
More than 90 percent of frames made in Japan. It began as off-season work for farmers.
ShizuokaCraft ExperiencesShimada
Oigawa Railway
The first place in Japan to bring steam locomotives back into working preservation.
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AichiCraft ExperiencesHanda
Handa Canal
Vinegar and sake breweries line the water. Mizkan has its head office here.
MieCraft Experiences
MieCraft ExperiencesSuzuka
Suzuka Circuit
The first full-scale racing circuit in Japan, with a figure-of-eight course that crosses over itself.
MieCraft ExperiencesYokkaichi
Banko Ware
Purple-clay teapots. Most of the clay pots made in Japan come from here.
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KyotoCraft ExperiencesKyoto
Sagano Romantic Train
A disused stretch of the old Sanin main line, turned into a sightseeing railway. It runs through the Hozu gorge.