Kasukabe Oshie Hagoita
Oshie hagoita battledores from Kasukabe. Cloth is padded out with cotton and pasted onto the board.
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Oshie hagoita battledores from Kasukabe. Cloth is padded out with cotton and pasted onto the board.
Armor from Koshigaya. Suits of armor and helmets for the May festival dolls are made.
Papier-mache daruma from Koshigaya. Washi paper is pasted in layers onto a mold.
Paste is laid down with a stencil, and dye is poured from above to dye the cloth in one go. A technique for dyeing yukata fabric.
Chugata dyeing in which cloth is stretched on a long board and paste is laid down with a stencil before dyeing. A technique for yukata fabric.
Hina dolls from Tokorozawa. Decorations for the seasonal festivals are made.
Hina dolls from Konosu. One of the three great hina doll production areas of Kanto.
Oshima tsumugi from Hanno. It carries on the technique of mud dyeing.
Oshie hagoita battledores from Tokorozawa. Cloth is layered to make a three-dimensional picture.
Hand-painted koinobori carp streamers. They are painted directly on the cloth with a brush.
True indigo dyeing of Bushu. Tozan, woven in fine stripes.
True indigo dyeing of Bushu. Patterns are dyed with stencils.
Tabi socks from Gyoda. The sewing skills of a town that once made eighty percent of Japan's tabi.
True indigo dyeing of Bushu. It is woven with indigo-dyed yarn.
Yuzen from Kumagaya. Colors are applied with a brush to dye the cloth.
Onigawara from Bushu. Clay is carved and smoked to give a silver finish.
Kasuri from Honjo. In an area where sericulture flourished, silk kasuri is woven.
Polished hongawara tiles from Bushu. The surface is polished to a silver finish.
Hogushi-printed kimono cloth from Chichibu. The warp threads are temporarily woven and printed, then unraveled and rewoven.
Zabuton cushion fabric from Chichibu. Thick textiles are made.
An underground discharge channel in Kasukabe. Its pressure-adjusting water tank is called the underground temple, and it protects the capital region from floods.
BEFORE EXPLORING JAPAN · Getting to know Japanese culture
Two places you will come across on your trip. A shrine enshrines the kami of Shinto; a temple is a place to face the teachings of Buddhism and the Buddhas. Their entrances and the etiquette for visiting also differ.
A shrine honors Shinto kami; a temple follows Buddhist teachings. Learn how to recognize each place and visit respectfully.
Follow the guidance of each shrine or temple for the actual etiquette.