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FukuokaArt & Crafts
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Hakata Bentwood Ware
Thin boards bent with heat and stitched with cherry bark, made originally for shrine ritual.
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Tsuyazaki Dolls
Unglazed clay dolls, best known for a bird-shaped whistle; one workshop still keeps the moulds.
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Miyajidake Shrine
Twice a year the setting sun lines up exactly with the approach, laying a band of light to the sea.
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Canal City Hakata
A canal cut through the middle of the site with curved buildings on both banks - a design that changed Japanese retail architecture.
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Hakata Machiya Folk Museum
A relocated Meiji weaver's house, with hand-weaving and top-spinning demonstrated inside it.
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Ohori Park
A castle moat turned park, modelled on West Lake in China, crossed by islands and bridges.
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Fukuoka Castle Ruins
Whether it ever had a keep is still argued; the scale of the walls shows it was among Kyushu's largest fortresses.
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Former Mitsui Club, Moji
A trading company's club in half-timbered style, keeping the room where Einstein stayed exactly as it was.
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Hakata Spinning Tops
Tops made for street performance, weighted so precisely they will spin on the tip of a sword.
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Okawa Furniture
Timber came here by river and shipwrights' joinery turned into cabinetmaking - now Japan's largest furniture district.
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Ukiha White Walls
Rebuilt in fireproof earthen construction after a great fire, with water channels running through it.
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Rural Stages of Chikugo
Stages villages built for themselves, with the sloping shrine ground serving as the audience.
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Nogata Coal Museum
At the heart of the Chikuho coalfield, keeping a mock tunnel built for rescue training.
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Studios of Itoshima
Not a craft district but a scattering of individual studios, formed by people who moved here for the coast.
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Hakata Weaving Workshops
Six thousand warp threads to a single sash; the density decides both the sound and the grip, so one hand oversees it all.
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Hakata-ori Craft Museum
It exhibits the history and tools of Hakata-ori and gives demonstrations of hand weaving. It is run by the cooperative and also carries products.
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Hakata-ori Culture at the Hakata Traditional Performing Arts Center
A facility that stages the traditional performing arts of Hakata. Geigi dances and Hakata-ori obi can be seen in the same place.
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Hakata Doll Hall Shogetsudo
A display and sales space run by a Hakata doll studio. Visitors can watch the painting up close.
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Hakata Papier-Mache
Folk toys formed by pasting layers of washi over a mold. They have long been made as good-luck charms for Hakata's festivals.
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Hakata Scissors
Scissors in which blade and handle are forged as one piece. Skill is needed for the 'hineri', the twist that makes the blades meet.
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Hakata Spinning Tops
Tops turned on a lathe from wood fitted with a spindle. There are also large ones used for acrobatic performance.
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Hakata Okiage
Padded cloth pictures in which fabric is plumped with cotton and attached to a board. They have been used as decorations for festivals such as Gion Yamakasa.
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Yame Handmade Washi
Kozo bark is boiled with wood ash, and the paper is made one sheet at a time without chemicals. It has been handed down in Chikugo since the Muromachi period.