Miyakonojo Bows
Bamboo and sumac laminated with hide glue through over two hundred steps; most Japanese bamboo bows are made here.
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Bamboo and sumac laminated with hide glue through over two hundred steps; most Japanese bamboo bows are made here.
One man began carving in his sixties and spent thirty years cutting 700 stone figures over a burial ground - untrained, and overwhelming in number.
Clay dolls counted among the sources of the Kyushu tradition, still made from Edo-period moulds.
A primeval forest saved when the mayor refused a felling plan; a suspension bridge now crosses its canopy.
A town that paired forest protection with taking in craftspeople; woodworkers and weavers have gathered here.
Where slash-and-burn farming survived longest in Japan; its long houses string every room in a single line along the slope.
Rooms strung in one line, a plan some read as descended from Heian palace layout, preserved deep in the mountains.
Wave-cut ridges running along the coast, the tilt of the strata showing directly as pattern.
Large keyhole tombs on a plateau above the river, laid out so the mounds can be climbed and their shape felt.
The Nobeoka lords' garden, its pond fed from the town's water and framed by the hills behind.
Each hamlet has its own carver, so the same character wears a different face; broken masks are recut and the line renews.
Stone-walled paddies cut into the Kyushu range, their contour lines running in tiers across the slope.
Houses and fields alike stand on stacked stone; the masonry is the condition of the village's existence.
Logs stacked for growing shiitake fill the woods; mixing conifer and broadleaf shows on the mountain as pattern.
Terraces filling a valley named in the founding myths - story and farmland lying on the same ground.
Nearby stands a 37-metre tower built in 1940 from stones gathered across Japan and overseas - a monument with a contested history.
Studios in Aya dye with plants from the protected forest - conservation and dye supply tied together.
Soft tuff quarried for lanterns and walls; its workability is why stone culture is dense in this province.
A company town grown on chemicals, its chimneys and tanks built into the view of the river and the streets.
Walls of finely cut stone laid without gaps - unusually high masonry for southern Kyushu.
Planks from broken-up ships were reused as fencing - material recycling showing directly on the street.
A house-shaped haniwa with smaller structures attached - a three-dimensional record of ancient building.
Crater lakes coloured blue and green by volcanic chemistry, shifting with season and weather.