Kurashiki
Kojima Denim
A tabi and school-uniform town that made Japan's first jeans; its old shuttle looms now supply the world.
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OkayamaArt & CraftsKurashiki
Kurashiki Canvas
Woven slowly on old looms so the yarn keeps its air; the cloth moved from ships' sails to bags.
OkayamaArt & CraftsBizen
Bizen Ware
The oldest of the six ancient kilns: no glaze, no painting - only what ash, flame and straw leave on the clay.
OkayamaArt & CraftsTsuyama
Sakushu Kasuri
Kasuri farmers once wove for themselves; the craft died out and has been brought back.
OkayamaArt & CraftsTakahashi
Fukiya Bengara Museum
The making of red iron-oxide pigment, which went into Kutani porcelain and Wajima lacquer alike.
Maniwa
Katsuyama Bamboo Craft
Farm baskets with no ornament at all - the form held entirely by the strength of the weave.
Okayama
Ujobori Carving
Named for the castle's nickname: flowers and birds carved in relief on trays and boxes, finished in lacquer.
Kurashiki
Bitchu Washi
Recorded in 8th-century documents; a handful of workshops still make it.
Setouchi
Bizen Swords
The largest of Japan's five sword traditions; roughly half of all National Treasure blades were forged here.