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Toyama Glass Studio
Built when the city decided to become a glass town; three decades of training has kept the artists living here.
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ToyamaArt & CraftsToyama
Etchu Washi
Three papermaking districts designated together; at Yatsuo the paper itself is stencil-dyed.
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.
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.
Tonami
Shogawa Turned Woodwork
Turning begun with timber floated down the river; the blanks it makes go to lacquer towns across Japan.
Takaoka
Takaoka Butsudan
Woodworker, carver, metalsmith, lacquerer and gilder each take a part - the town's whole craft in one object.
Nanto
Paper and Hemp of Fukumitsu
Paper from Gokayama kozo and hemp cloth woven in the hills - work for the months the snow shut everyone in.