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Micron Machinery
A machine tool maker that builds precision grinding machines. It deals in the accuracy of fine machining.
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Yamamoto Seisakusho
It makes agricultural machinery and environmental equipment. It works on dryers and equipment for wood pellets.
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Tendo Mokko
Tendo Mokko. It makes chairs and furniture with the technology of molded plywood, in which thin sheets are layered and bent.
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Yamagata Dantsu and Oriental Carpet
The handwoven carpets of Yamagata. Dantsu carpets, knotted by hand one strand at a time, are woven here.
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Yamagata Cast Iron and Kikuchi Hojudo
Yamagata cast iron. With the technique of casting thin, it makes kettles for the tea ceremony and iron teakettles.
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Yamagata Buddhist Altars
Yamagata Buddhist altars. The wooden base, the lacquer and the metal fittings are divided among separate artisans.
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Tendo Shogi Pieces and Eishundo
The shogi pieces of Tendo. Tendo has the largest production of pieces in Japan, and there are several techniques for writing the characters on them.
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Tendo City Shogi Museum
The shogi museum in Tendo. It exhibits the tools for making pieces and the history of shogi.
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Yonezawa Textiles and the Yonezawa Textile History Museum
Yonezawa textiles. A silk fabric that Uesugi Yozan established as an industry of the domain. The museum conveys its history.
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Oitama Tsumugi
Oitama tsumugi. The collective name for the tsumugi silk woven in Yonezawa, Nagai and Shirataka, it is a nationally designated Traditional Craft.
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Uetsu Shinafu and the Sekikawa Shina Weaving Center
The shina weaving of Sekikawa. Fiber is taken from the bark of the Japanese linden and woven, and it is considered one of the oldest textiles in Japan.
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Yamagata Wagasa Umbrellas and Furuuchi Wagasa Shop
The Japanese umbrellas of Yamagata. Washi paper is pasted onto bamboo ribs and coated with oil.
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Kaminoyama Kokeshi
The kokeshi dolls of Kaminoyama. They belong to the Zao-Takayu lineage and have gentle faces.
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Hijiori Kokeshi
The kokeshi dolls of Hijiori, Okura Village. They descend from the Naruko lineage and have thick bodies.
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Shonai Rods and Fishing Rod Craft
Shonai rods. Fishing rods made by shaping a single stalk of nigatake bamboo left whole. They began as a martial accomplishment of the samurai of the Shonai Domain.
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Sakata Port
Sakata Port. A port that has continued since the era of the Kitamaebune trading ships, it now handles international logistics.
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Yamagata Airport
Yamagata Airport. It has a snow removal system suited to operations in snow country.
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Shonai Airport
Shonai Airport. Surrounded by windbreak forest, it is prepared for the wind from the sea.
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Nagai Dam and Nagai Hyakushu Lake
Nagai Dam in Okitama and its reservoir. It was completed in 2011.
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Gassan Dam
Gassan Dam in Shonai. It controls the waters of the Aka River and sends tap water throughout the Shonai area.
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Mogami River Boat Transport and Sankyo Warehouses
Sakata, which prospered through boat transport on the Mogami River, and its rice warehouses built in 1893. A row of zelkova trees blocks the afternoon sun.
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Yamagata Railway Flower Nagai Line
A local railway linking Akayu and Arato. Flowers are planted along the line, and it has a rolling stock depot.
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Mount Haguro
One of the Three Mountains of Dewa. A stone stair of 2,446 steps climbs through cedars to the shrine at the top, a mountain of ascetic practice.