Tottori
Stonemasons of Tottori
Lanterns and guardian lions supplied to shrines across the region, each quarry's masons cutting differently.
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ShimaneArt & CraftsMatsue
Tanabe Art Museum
Tea utensils of a family enriched by ironmaking, in the town shaped by the tea-master lord Fumai.
ShimaneArchitectureMatsue
Meimean Tea House
Built by the tea-master lord whose taste is why this town still has its tea and its sweets.
ShimaneArt & CraftsMatsue
Fujina Ware
Its slip technique resembles English country pottery; Bernard Leach came here, and the exchange went both ways.
ShimaneArchitectureGotsu
Sekishu Ware
Great water jars fired so hard they resist salt and acid, sold to kitchens and pickling sheds all over Japan.
ShimaneArt & CraftsHamada
Iwami Kagura
Gold-embroidered robes and a serpent built from rolled paper - costume, mask and beast all made by local craftsmen.
ShimaneArt & CraftsIzumo
Shussai Kiln
Started by five young men, guided by the mingei leaders, and still making unsigned everyday ware by policy.
ShimaneArchitecture
ShimaneArt & CraftsMatsue
Sweets and Tea of Matsue
A tea-master lord's taste made this one of Japan's three great confectionery towns; the moulds are carvings in themselves.
ShimaneArchitectureIzumo
Red Tiles of Izumo
Glazed with a local stone that fires red, and tough enough for snow and sea wind - the tile that coloured this whole coast.
Okinoshima
Boatbuilding of Oki
Boats built from island timber, the curve of the hull adjusted to the sea each village works.
OkayamaMuseumsKurashiki
Kurashiki Museum of Folk Craft
Japan's second folk-craft museum, in converted rice warehouses that are themselves a mingei work.
Kurashiki
Japan Rural Toy Museum
Folk toys arranged by district, so the same subject can be watched changing shape from region to region.
OkayamaArt & CraftsBizen
Bizen Ware
The oldest of the six ancient kilns: no glaze, no painting - only what ash, flame and straw leave on the clay.
Bizen
Bizen Ware Museum
A museum centered on Bizen ware, ceramics and art, from medieval storage jars to living masters - the full range of what fire alone can do.
OkayamaArchitectureTakahashi
Fukiya Village
A copper and red-ochre town where every house is painted in the pigment it made, under matching red tiles.
OkayamaArt & CraftsTakahashi
Fukiya Bengara Museum
The making of red iron-oxide pigment, which went into Kutani porcelain and Wajima lacquer alike.
OkayamaArt & CraftsIbara
Hanatori Otsuka Museum
Centred on the bird-and-flower painter Kinjima Keika, in a small private museum built as one with its garden.
Maniwa
Katsuyama Bamboo Craft
Farm baskets with no ornament at all - the form held entirely by the strength of the weave.
OkayamaMuseumsOkayama
Lucky Cat Museum
In an old farmhouse, comparing beckoning cats in clay, papier-mache and porcelain from every district.
Kurashiki
Bitchu Washi
Recorded in 8th-century documents; a handful of workshops still make it.
HiroshimaArt & CraftsHiroshima
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
Beside a designated scenic garden, and built around artists connected to Hiroshima and the crafts of Asia.
HiroshimaArt & CraftsHatsukaichi
Miyajima Woodcraft
Said to begin with rice paddles shaped after a goddess's lute; the trade covers both turning and carving.