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Kiso Lacquerware
Lacquerware from Kiso-Hirasawa in Shiojiri. A local clay called sabitsuchi is used for the undercoat, giving a sturdy finish.
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Shinshu Tsumugi
Tsumugi from Shinshu. A collective name for the silk textiles woven in Ueda, Matsumoto, Iida, Ina and elsewhere.
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Iiyama Buddhist Altars
Buddhist altars from Iiyama. The craft grew as winter work in a land of deep snow, and gold leaf is applied thickly.
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Matsumoto Furniture
Furniture from Matsumoto. Influenced by the Mingei movement, Western-style furniture is made with the techniques of Japanese furniture.
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Uchiyama Paper
Uchiyama paper from Iiyama. Kozo is bleached by exposing it on snow. As shoji paper it is strong and softens the light.
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Nagiso Woodturning
Woodturning from Nagiso. Kiso wood is turned on a lathe into trays and bowls.
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Shinshu Forged Blades
Forged blades from Shinshu. Sickles are forged. The sickles of Shinano were said to be light and to cut well.
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Bentwood Ware
Thin boards of Kiso hinoki cypress are bent into vessels. Wild cherry bark is used to join the hoop.
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Paulownia Geta
Geta made by hollowing out paulownia. They are light and resistant to moisture.
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Shinshu Bamboo Crafts
Bamboo craft from Shinshu. Bamboo is split and made into baskets and strainers.
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Akebi Vine Crafts
Akebi vines are woven into baskets. Vines gathered in the mountains are used.
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Shinshu Hand-Painted Yuzen
Hand-painted yuzen from Shinshu. Outlines are drawn in paste and colors are applied with a brush.
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Iida Mizuhiki
Mizuhiki from Iida. Twisted paper cord is stiffened with paste and tied into ornaments. Iida produces most of Japan's mizuhiki.
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Matsumoto Oshie Hina Dolls
Oshie hina from Matsumoto. Flat hina dolls made by plumping cloth with cotton and attaching it to a board.
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Nagano Farmers' Art
Farmers' art from Ueda. Wood carving started by Yamamoto Kanae as handwork for the farming off-season.
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Nagano Handmade Aerial Fireworks
Aerial fireworks from Nagano. Known for the fireworks at Lake Suwa and the Nagano Ebisu fireworks.
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Shinshu Kumiko Work
Kumiko from Shinshu. Thin pieces of hinoki cypress are assembled into hemp-leaf and sesame patterns.
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Togakushi Bamboo Crafts
Bamboo craft from Togakushi. Nemagari bamboo is woven into strainers and baskets. The zaru trays on which soba is served are well known.
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Sakae Village Tsugura
Tsugura from Sakae Village. Containers woven from straw; the neko-tsugura used as a cat's bed is well known.