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Iwate Prefectural Museum
The prefecture's general museum, strong on old Nambu ironware and pre-Hiraizumi Buddhist sculpture.
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Morioka History and Culture Museum
Samurai armour and swords of the Nambu clan, shown beside a full-size festival float.
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Nambu Ironware
Four centuries of cast ironware; the hailstone pattern on each kettle is punched by hand.
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Morioka Handi-Works Square
Fourteen workshops under one roof, where visitors watch and try the crafts themselves.
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Chusonji Konjikido
A hall entirely covered in gold leaf, inlaid with mother-of-pearl - the sum of Heian craft in one building.
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Ichinoseki City Museum
Centred on Mokusa swords, an early source of the curved Japanese blade.
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Iron and Steel Museum
In the town where modern Japanese steelmaking began, linked to the World Heritage Hashino blast furnace.
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Hashino Iron Mine
The oldest surviving Western-style blast furnace remains in Japan, deep in the mountains.
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Morioka Hachimangu Treasures
Armour dedicated by the Nambu lords, and the carved heads of the autumn festival floats.
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Chagu Chagu Umakko
A hundred horses walk 15 km in hand-made harnesses hung with bells.
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Nambu Chest
Chests of zelkova wood fitted with hand-forged iron mounts, made by two trades working in tandem.