Okayama
Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Institute for Fisheries
The prefecture's fisheries research institute. It surveys the resources of the Seto Inland Sea.
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OkayamaCraft Experiences
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Shin-Nariwagawa Dam
Shin-Nariwagawa Dam in Takahashi. An arch dam that serves pumped-storage power generation.
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Kojima Bay Closing Dike
The Kojima Bay closing dike in Okayama. It closed off the bay to make a freshwater lake and manages the water of the reclaimed land.
Iwate
Iwate Industrial Research Institute
A public testing and research institution of the prefecture. It supports the casting of Nanbu ironware and metalworking in the Kitakami River basin.
Iwate
Morioka City Central Wholesale Market
The central wholesale market of Morioka. As an inland market, it handles fish from the Sanriku coast and fruit and vegetables from the prefecture.
Iwate
Ofunato City Fish Market
The fish market of Ofunato. It handles landings of Pacific saury and mackerel.
Iwate
Kojiya Motomiya
A koji shop in Hachimantai. Visitors can prepare rice koji and experience making miso.
Iwate
Iwachu Ironware Museum
A museum attached to a Nanbu ironware factory. Visitors can see the process from casting mold to finished iron kettle.
Iwate
Suzuki Morihisa Workshop
A Nanbu ironware workshop in Morioka. Founded in 1625, it has passed down metal-casting techniques from generation to generation.
Iwate
OIGEN Factory Shop
A Nanbu ironware maker in Mizusawa, Oshu. A direct-sales shop is attached to the factory.
Iwate
Oigen Foundry Casting Technology
A foundry in Oshu. It makes ironware using its pouring and heat-treatment techniques.
Iwate
Iwayado Tansu Production Cooperative
The cooperative for Iwayado tansu chests. Nanbu iron fittings are hammered onto a zelkova wood body.
Iwate
Iwayado Tansu Fujisato Woodworks
A woodworking shop making Iwayado tansu chests. It combines joinery, lacquering and metal fittings.
Iwate
Hidehira-nuri Lacquerware Ochiya
Hidehira-nuri lacquerware from Hiraizumi. It is characterized by the Genji-gumo cloud pattern, in which diamond shapes of gold leaf are set on the lacquer.
Iwate
Joboji Lacquer Industry
Lacquer sap is tapped at Joboji in Ninohe. Most of the domestic lacquer used to restore National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties comes from here.
Iwate
Michinoku Akane-kai Homespun
Homespun from Morioka. Wool is spun by hand and woven by hand. It began after the war as work for women.
Iwate
Nihon Homespun
A homespun maker in Iwate. It handles everything from dyeing to weaving.
Iwate
Kokuji Ware Pottery Garden
Pottery in Kuji. It fires Kokuji ware, which is coated with an amber-colored glaze, and visitors can try making pottery.
Iwate
Hanamaki Dolls and Hanamaki Kokeshi
Folk toys of Hanamaki. Clay dolls and kokeshi are made. Hanamaki dolls began in the Edo period under the influence of Kyoto's Fushimi dolls.
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Tono Furusato Village Straw Craft
Straw craft in Tono. Visitors can try weaving items such as the horse-shaped Chagu Chagu Umakko.
Iwate
Nishiwaga Town Akebi Vine Craft
Akebi vine craft from Nishiwaga. Vines gathered in the mountains are woven into baskets.
Iwate
Iwate Kuzumaki Wine
Wild grape wine from Kuzumaki. The town started it as a third-sector, public-private enterprise.
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