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Hirose Kasuri
Hirose kasuri from Yasugi. It is dyed with indigo and woven into pictorial kasuri. Large designs are its hallmark.
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Izumo Mingei Paper
Izumo mingei paper from Matsue. A washi paper started by Abe Eishiro, it was valued by the mingei folk craft movement.
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Izumo Stone Lanterns
Stone lanterns from Matsue. They are carved from Kimachi stone, a tuffaceous sandstone. It is soft and moss grows on it easily.
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Kimachi Stone
Kimachi Stone in Matsue. Located where Kimachi stone is quarried, it conveys the culture of stone.
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Unshu Abacuses
Unshu abacuses from Okuizumo. Three kinds of wood, smoked bamboo, Japanese apricot and birch, are each put to their own use.
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Unshu Abacus Traditional Industry Hall
The abacus traditional industry hall in Okuizumo. It exhibits the abacus-producing district.
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Izumo Itto-bori Carving
Itto-bori single-knife carving from Izumo. Subjects from mythology are carved.
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Wooden Dolls and Izumo Dolls
Wooden dolls from Izumo. Wood is turned on a lathe to make the dolls.
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Iwami Kagura Masks
Iwami Kagura masks from Hamada. Because they are made by pasting layers of Sekishu washi paper, they are light and withstand vigorous dancing.
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Iwami Kagura Costumes
Costumes for Iwami Kagura. Heavy costumes embroidered with gold thread are tailored.
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Tsutsugaki Indigo Dyeing
Tsutsugaki indigo dyeing from Izumo. Paste is applied with a tube, then the piece is dyed with indigo.
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Izumo Forged Blades
Forged blades from Izumo. Blacksmithing in the lineage of tatara ironmaking.
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Oki Woodwork and Obsidian Crafts
Woodwork and obsidian crafts from Oki. Obsidian was carried to the mainland in the Stone Age.
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Proterial Yasugi Works
Proterial in Yasugi. It makes specialty steels such as Yasuki Hagane. It descends from the tatara tradition.
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Proterial Metallurgical Research Laboratory
A metallurgical research laboratory in Yasugi. It researches specialty steel materials.
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Proterial Yasugi Works and Wako Museum Partnership
A factory and the Wako Museum in Yasugi. They convey how tatara technology led to modern specialty steel.
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Shimane Fujitsu Head Office Factory
Shimane Fujitsu in Izumo. It makes notebook computers.
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Shimane Shimadzu Head Office Factory
Shimane Shimadzu in Izumo. It makes medical X-ray diagnostic systems and related equipment.
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Izumo Murata Manufacturing
Murata Manufacturing in Izumo. One of the main factories for multilayer ceramic capacitors.
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Iwami Murata Manufacturing
Izumo Murata Manufacturing's Iwami Plant in Oda. It makes capacitors, EMI suppression filters, and resistors.
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Hoshizaki Shimane Head Office Factory
Hoshizaki in Shimane. It makes commercial kitchen equipment.
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OM Metal Industries Head Office Factory
OM Metal in Shimane. It handles casting and machining.