Gosen
Gosen Silk
A silk district working both weave and knit, its foundation the technique of twisting the yarn.
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NiigataArt & CraftsTokamachi
Tokamachi Kimono
From ramie to silk kasuri and yuzen; the snow's humidity is what makes the dyeing work.
NiigataContemporary ArtTsunan
River Terraces of Tsunan
Nine river terraces stacked above one another - among Japan's largest, a staircase cut by water.
NiigataContemporary ArtTokamachi
Terraces of Matsunoyama
Contoured rice terraces covering a heavy-snow hillside - the ground on which the art festival places its works.
NiigataArt & CraftsKashiwazaki
Mokujiki Buddhas
Rough-hewn smiling Buddhas by the wandering monk Mokujiki, rediscovered by Soetsu Yanagi.
Nagaoka
Teradomari
A port of call for the Kitamae trading ships, keeping its highway townhouses and its beachfront market.
ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design
Art and design treated as equals, with a vast poster collection and a rooftop playground facing the Tateyama range.
ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Toyama Prefectural Museum of Suiboku Ga
A rare public museum devoted to ink painting alone, its low sukiya-like building shaping how the works are seen.
ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Toyama Glass Art Museum
Shares a building with the library; Kengo Kuma's six-storey void is lined with local timber set on the slant.
ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Toyama Glass Studio
Built when the city decided to become a glass town; three decades of training has kept the artists living here.
ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Sato Memorial Museum of Art
Inside the castle park, built around a businessman's gift of tea utensils and Asian antiquities.
ToyamaMuseumsToyama
Toyama Folkcraft Village
Nine small museums on a hillside, treating even the tools and printing blocks of the medicine peddlers as craft.
Toyama
Iwase District and Mori House
A Kitamae shipping port whose main street still holds its merchant houses, the Mori residence among them.
ToyamaArchitectureToyama
Owara Kaze no Bon
Dancers hide their faces under deep sedge hats and move through a hillside town all night - dance and streets inseparable.
Toyama
Etchu Washi
Three papermaking districts designated together; at Yatsuo the paper itself is stencil-dyed.
ToyamaArt & CraftsTakaoka
Takaoka Art Museum
Collecting around metalwork, as befits a casting town - and working the border between craft and sculpture.
ToyamaArt & CraftsTakaoka
Takaoka Bronze Casting
Ninety percent of Japan's bronzeware; begun when the Kaga domain summoned seven casters, now casting contemporary design.
ToyamaArt & CraftsTakaoka
Takaoka Lacquerware
Known for aogai - shell shaved paper-thin and inlaid, shifting through the spectrum as the light moves.
ToyamaArchitecture
ToyamaArchitectureTakaoka
Kanayamachi District
The casters' quarter, its lattice fronts unbroken and its pavements inlaid with the town's own bronze.
ToyamaArchitectureTakaoka
Yamachosuji District
Rebuilt in fireproof earthen construction after a great fire, its black plaster fronts hung with cast bronze signs.
ToyamaArt & CraftsTakaoka
Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival
Floats that gather the town's metalwork, lacquer and textiles into single objects; UNESCO Intangible Heritage.
Takaoka
Etchu Fukuoka Sedge Hats
Most of Japan's sedge hats are made here, from growing the sedge to the final stitch.
ToyamaArt & CraftsNanto
Inami Woodcarving
Taught by Kyoto carvers who came to rebuild the temple; the street is still lined with workshops using 200 kinds of chisel.
Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
Koryuji · Temple