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Sagano Romantic Train
A disused stretch of the old Sanin main line, turned into a sightseeing railway. It runs through the Hozu gorge.
Kyo Tassels and Twisted Cords
Tassel cords from Kyoto. Threads are twisted into tassels. They become ornaments for Shinto and Buddhist ritual implements.
Kyo Zogan Inlay
Kyo zogan inlay. Fine grooves are cut into an iron ground, and gold and silver are hammered in.
Kyo Meichiku Bamboo
Kyo-meichiku. Bamboo is processed into materials for architecture and tea utensils. Shirotake and zumen-kakuchiku are among its types.
Kitayama Logs
Kitayama logs from Keihoku. Cedar is polished to make alcove posts. From the growing stage, branches are pruned to shape the trunk.
Kyo Woodblock Prints
Woodblock prints from Kyoto. Blocks are carved and the colors are printed one over another.
Kyo Tatami
Tatami from Kyoto. Rush is woven and made up into mats. Kyoto has made the tatami of temples and shrines.
Kyo Shippo Cloisonne
Cloisonne from Kyoto. Partitions are raised with silver wire and filled with translucent glazes.
Shimadzu Foundation Memorial Hall
Shimadzu Corporation's foundation memorial hall. It tells the corporate history of an analytical and measuring instrument maker that produced a Nobel Prize.
Shimadzu Sanjo Works
The Sanjo Works in Kyoto. It makes analytical instruments and medical equipment.
Omron Communication Plaza
Omron's Communication Plaza. It tells the corporate history of a control equipment maker.
Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics
Kyocera's Museum of Fine Ceramics. It exhibits the uses of ceramics.
Kyocera Kyoto Ayabe Plant
Kyocera in Ayabe. It fires electronic components at its plant in Tamba.
Murata Manufacturing Nagaoka Plant
A plant in Nagaokakyo. It makes multilayer ceramic capacitors and materials.
Nidec Head Office
Nidec in Kyoto. It holds a high share of the world market in small precision motors.
SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Rakusai Site
SCREEN in Kyoto. It makes equipment that cleans semiconductor wafers. The company moved into this field from printing plate-making.
Horiba Head Office
Horiba in Kyoto. Its exhaust gas analyzers account for most of the world market.
Horiba STEC Fukuchiyama Factory
Horiba STEC in Fukuchiyama. It makes fluid measurement equipment and semiconductor equipment.
Nintendo Head Office Development Building
Nintendo in Kyoto. It began with hanafuda cards and makes game consoles and software.