Shikokuchūō
Iyo Mizuhiki
A paper district that also twists the ceremonial cords, each knot carrying its own meaning.
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Uchiko
Coopers of Ehime
Coopering kept alive by the wax and sake trades, its skill concentrated in splitting the bamboo hoops.
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.
KochiArt & CraftsKochi
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.
Kochi
Butsudan of Tosa
Rich forests made this a woodworking province; its altars pass through carving, lacquer and gilding in turn.
Ino
Paper Products of Tosa
A paper province that also made the goods; thickness and fibre are varied for each intended use.
Shimanto
River Boats of the Shimanto
Flat-bottomed boats for shallow water, their shape decided by the river rather than by pattern.
FukuokaArt & CraftsFukuoka
Hakata Textiles
Warp packed dense and beaten with heavy weft, so the sash creaks when tightened; its pattern derives from Buddhist implements.
FukuokaArt & CraftsFukuoka
Hakata Dolls
Unglazed and then painted, the surface kept deliberately matt so the skin reads as skin.
FukuokaArt & CraftsKurume
Kurume Kasuri
Said to have been invented by a twelve-year-old girl who noticed the pattern in a faded cloth; now an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Yame
Yame Fukushima Butsudan
Built inside like a miniature temple, and finished by seven separate trades in sequence.
FukuokaArt & CraftsYame
Yame Lanterns
A single bamboo strip wound as a spiral for the frame, and the picture painted from inside so it shows when lit.
FukuokaArt & CraftsTōhō
Koishiwara Ware
Its chatter-marked surfaces are cut by holding a blade to the spinning pot; Yanagi held it up as the model of useful beauty.
FukuokaArt & CraftsTōhō
Takatori Ware
Founded by Korean potters and redirected to tea ware under Kobori Enshu; known for throwing extraordinarily thin.
FukuokaArt & CraftsFukuchi
Agano Ware
A tea kiln opened by Korean potters under the Hosokawa lords, light in the hand and marked by running glaze.
FukuokaArt & CraftsFukuoka
Hakata Bentwood Ware
Thin boards bent with heat and stitched with cherry bark, made originally for shrine ritual.
Fukutsu
Tsuyazaki Dolls
Unglazed clay dolls, best known for a bird-shaped whistle; one workshop still keeps the moulds.
Fukuoka
Hakata Spinning Tops
Tops made for street performance, weighted so precisely they will spin on the tip of a sword.
FukuokaArt & CraftsŌkawa
Okawa Furniture
Timber came here by river and shipwrights' joinery turned into cabinetmaking - now Japan's largest furniture district.
Itoshima
Studios of Itoshima
Not a craft district but a scattering of individual studios, formed by people who moved here for the coast.
Fukuoka
Hakata Weaving Workshops
Six thousand warp threads to a single sash; the density decides both the sound and the grip, so one hand oversees it all.