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Sakuma Dam Electric Power Museum
Sakuma Dam in Hamamatsu. Completed in 1956, it marked a turning point in the construction of large dams in Japan.
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ShizuokaCraft ExperiencesKagawa
Kagawa Lacquerware
Lacquerware of Takamatsu. It has the carving techniques of kinma, zonsei and choshitsu. Tamakaji Zokoku founded it by copying Chinese techniques.
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Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
The prefecture's lacquer art institute. It passes on kinma and other techniques to the next generation.
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The Kagawa Museum Lacquer Art Exhibit
The lacquer art exhibit of the prefectural museum. It holds Kagawa lacquerware in its collection.
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Kinma Lacquerware
Lines are carved with a blade into a surface built up with layers of lacquer and filled with colored lacquer. A representative technique of Kagawa lacquerware.
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Zonsei Lacquerware
A technique in which patterns are drawn on a lacquer ground with colored lacquer, then finished with line carving and gold powder.
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Choshitsu Carved Lacquerware
A technique in which dozens of layers of lacquer are built up and carved into to show the colors of the cross-section.
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Goto-nuri Lacquerware
A special lacquering technique in which lacquer is applied and then wiped off to bring out a mottled pattern.
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Zokoku-nuri Lacquerware
A lacquering style that bears the name of Tamakaji Zokoku. It is finished so as to keep the texture of the wood base.
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Uchiwa no Minato Museum
The Uchiwa no Minato Museum in Marugame. It exhibits the uchiwa production area.
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Sanuki Itto-bori Carving
Itto-bori carving of Takamatsu. Lion heads and other festival implements are carved.
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Takamatsu Hariko
Hariko of Takamatsu. A folk toy made by pasting layers of paper onto a mold.
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Sanuki Chochin Lanterns
Chochin lanterns of Sanuki. Washi paper is pasted onto bamboo strips.
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Sanuki Decorative Roof Tiles
Decorative roof tiles of Sanuki. Clay is carved to adorn roofs.
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Stone Folk Museum
The Stone Folk Museum in Takamatsu. It conveys the quarrying of Aji stone and the culture of stonemasons.
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Sanuki Norizome Dyeing
Norizome of Sanuki. Paste is applied and the cloth is dyed. Festival curtains and banners are made.
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Sanuki Tubs and Barrels
Tubs and barrels of Sanuki. Boards are tightened with bamboo hoops.
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Shodoshima Bamboo Crafts
Bamboo crafts of Shodoshima. Bamboo is split and made into tools for daily use.
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Teshima Stonemasonry Culture
The stonemasons of Teshima. Traces of the industry that quarried stone remain.
Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
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