HyogoArt & CraftsMinamiawaji
Awaji Roof Tiles
Smoked at the end of firing so carbon turns them silver; the demon tiles on the ridge are the tiler's sculpture.
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Banshu Abacus
Most of Japan's abacuses; the wood, the turning and the rods together decide how the beads feel and sound.
Himeji
Leather of Himeji
Hides tanned with nothing but salt and rapeseed oil - an ancient method that grew up supplying armour.
HyogoArt & CraftsKobe
Arima Onsen
Among Japan's oldest spas; its woven bamboo baskets are said to have been used by Hideyoshi at tea.
Sanda
Sanda Celadon
A kiln that copied Chinese celadon, extinct for a century and now being revived.
Nara
Nara Inksticks
Over ninety percent of Japan's ink; soot and glue kneaded by foot and hand, then dried for half a year.
Nara
Nara Ittobori Carving
Chisel facets are left raw and then painted in strong colour and gold - a technique born from shrine festival dolls.
NaraArt & CraftsNara
Akahada Ware
Reddish clay under a milky glaze, painted with the naive figures known as Nara-e.
Yoshino
Yoshino Cedar and Barrel Staves
Five centuries of planted forest, grown dense and slow so the rings stay fine - the timber that lines sake barrels.
Wakayama
Kishu Chests
Built in paulownia with almost no metal; the fit is so tight that pushing one drawer pushes another out.
Hashimoto
Kishu Fishing Rods
Bamboo from the Koyasan slopes joined through dozens of stages - treated less as tackle than as lacquerwork.
Aridagawa
Hoda Paper
A domain-sponsored paper that died out and was reconstructed by local people from surviving records.
WakayamaArt & CraftsMinabe
Kishu Binchotan Charcoal
Fired above a thousand degrees until it rings like metal when struck; every maker draws the kiln differently.
Wakayama
Kilns of Kishu
Several kilns nurtured by the Kishu domain survive, among them a celadon imitation made for the lord's own use.
TottoriMuseumsTottori
Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
Founded by a doctor who did not merely collect folk craft but commissioned new designs from living potters.
Tottori
Takumi Craft Shop
Across the street from the museum, selling not the collection but what is being made now - the same doctor's experiment.
Tottori
Inshu Washi
Most of Japan's calligraphy paper; the fibre blend is changed for each use to control how ink spreads.
Tottori
Ushinoto Ware
Glazed in two colours split on the diagonal; Yanagi found it and made it a standard-bearer of the mingei movement.
Tottori
Nakai Kiln
Descended from Ushinoto, and shaped by the doctor's design instruction into forms that suit a modern table.
TottoriArt & CraftsYazu
Inkyuzan Ware
A former domain kiln still firing in a climbing kiln, using the same local clay and ash glaze.
TottoriMuseums
TottoriArt & CraftsTottori
Umbrellas of the Shan-Shan Festival
Paper umbrellas hung with bells and foil, four thousand of them turned at once - a tool become a mass instrument of form.
Tottori
Inshu Papermaking Workshops
Winter paper is made in freezing water; the speed and angle of the shaking mould decide how even the sheet will be.
TottoriArchitectureKurayoshi
Red-Tiled Streets
Glazed Sekishu tiles resist snow and salt, and their red is what gives this coast's towns their colour.