YamagataArt & CraftsTendo
Dewazakura Art Museum
Joseon ceramics collected by a sake brewer, chosen with the eye of the mingei movement.
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YamagataArt & CraftsYonezawa
Narushima Ware
A former Uesugi domain kiln, revived after extinction; known for deep iron-black glazes.
YamagataArt & CraftsShinjo
Shinjo Festival Floats
Twenty floats rebuilt from scratch each year, each staging a scene from kabuki in three dimensions.
Shirataka
Miyama Washi
Hand-made paper of pure kozo bark, once reserved for the Uesugi domain.
YamagataArt & CraftsYamagata
Hanagasa Festival Hats
Sedge hats hung with imitation safflowers, each district decorating its own.
FukushimaArt & CraftsAizuwakamatsu
Akabeko and Aizu Papier-mache
A red papier-mache ox with a nodding head, made to ward off plague - the colour itself is the charm.
FukushimaArt & CraftsAizumisato
Aizu Hongo Ware
One of Tohoku's oldest pottery districts, and rare in firing both earthenware and porcelain.
Nihonmatsu
Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Dolls
Life-size figures clothed in living chrysanthemums, which keep blooming and changing through the show.
FukushimaArt & CraftsKoriyama
Miharu Papier-mache
Four workshops making Miharu horses in the same hamlet since the 1700s.
FukushimaArt & CraftsSoma
Soma Koma Ware
A domain kiln passed from father to single son, its bowls painted with running horses under a crackled glaze.
FukushimaArt & CraftsNamie
Obori Soma Ware
Double-walled cups that stay cool to hold; every kiln was evacuated after 2011 and is rebuilding elsewhere.
Aizuwakamatsu
Aizu Painted Candles
Flowers painted onto candles for altars in winter, when no real blossom could be found.
Mishima
Okuaizu Woven Craft
Three weaving traditions using mountain vines and grasses, kept alive as winter handwork.
IbarakiArt & CraftsKasama
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
One of the few museums tracing modern Japanese ceramics as a whole, centred on Itaya Hazan and Kosei Matsui.
IbarakiArt & CraftsKasama
Kasama Ware
A pottery town with no house style: over 300 potters live here, each working their own way.
IbarakiArchitectureKasama
Shumpu Banriso
Rosanjin's own house, moved from Kamakura - the garden and tea room shaped by a potter's eye.
IbarakiArt & CraftsKasama
Kasama Inari Museum
A shrine-run museum holding medieval jars from Japan's six ancient kilns.
IbarakiMuseumsChikusei
Itaya Hazan Memorial Museum
The birthplace of the first potter to receive Japan's Order of Culture, known for his veiled hoko glaze.
IbarakiArt & CraftsSakuragawa
Makabe Stone Lanterns
Lanterns cut from Tsukuba granite by a town of stonemasons working since the Edo period.
IbarakiArt & CraftsHitachiōmiya
Nishinouchi Washi
Paper so strong it was used for ledgers and firemen's coats, once reserved for the Mito domain.
Hitachiōmiya
Nishinouchi Papermaking
Paper is still made in midwinter, when cold water makes the fibres bind best.
IbarakiArt & CraftsKasama
Kasama Chrysanthemum Festival
One of Japan's oldest chrysanthemum festivals, dressing figures in living trained flowers.
TochigiArt & CraftsNikko
Nikko Woodcarving
Begun by the craftsmen who built Toshogu, using a hooked blade that draws curves by dragging.
TochigiMuseumsMashiko
Mashiko Sankokan Museum
Shoji Hamada built it to show the objects he learned from - other people's work, not his own, takes the lead.