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Shiga
Hachiman Round Bamboo Crafts
Round bamboo craft from Omihachiman. Round bamboo is used as it is and assembled.
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Unpei Brushes
Unpei brushes. In Koto, animal hair is aligned and set in the handle. Brushes for calligraphy and painting are made.
Shiga
Wooden Beads and Fine Wooden Prayer Beads
Wooden prayer beads are turned. The area has continued as a producer of beads for rosaries.
Shiga
Omi Mawata Silk Floss
Silk floss from Omi. Cocoons are boiled and spread by hand into floss.
Shiga
Hikone Embroidery
Embroidery from Hikone. Patterns are stitched into cloth with silk thread.
Shiga
Plant-Dyed Hand-Braided Kumihimo
Kumihimo cords braided by hand from thread dyed with plants.
Shiga
Echigawa Bin-zaiku Temari
Bin-zaiku temari from Aisho. A temari ball is placed inside a narrow-mouthed glass bottle. A piece of work that leaves one wondering how it was put in.
Shiga
Omi Ganpi Paper and Omi Naruko Washi
Ganpi paper from Omi. A thin, glossy washi made from ganpi.
Shiga
Shoai-zome Indigo Dyeing
Shoai-zome, in which indigo is fermented to prepare the dye vat.
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Mikoshi Portable Shrines
Mikoshi. A festival craft that brings together woodworking, lacquer and metalwork. Omi has continued as a mikoshi-producing area.
Shiga
Oshie Craft and Hachiman Oshie
Oshie from Omihachiman. Cloth padded with cotton is pasted onto a board.
Shiga
Nagahama Chirimen
Chirimen crepe from Nagahama. It is woven with tightly twisted thread to produce the crinkled texture called shibo. It is known by the name Hama chirimen.
Shiga
Daihatsu Motor Shiga Ryuo Plant
Daihatsu in Ryuo. It builds complete vehicles and engines.
Shiga
Toyota Boshoku Shiga Plant
Toyota Boshoku in Shiga. It makes automobile interiors and filters.
Shiga
Yanmar Central Research Institute
Yanmar's central research institute. It researches agricultural machinery and energy.
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