Aichi directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 20 entries

• Ebi Senbei no Sato Mihama Main Store

  えびせんべいの里美浜本店
  Aichi / Mihama ／ Seafood snacks & factory tours

  A shrimp cracker factory in Mihama. Visitors can watch the baking process and also sample the crackers.

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• Otofu Kobo Ishikawa Takahama Factory

  おとうふ工房いしかわ高浜工場
  Aichi / Takahama ／ Soy foods & local company

  A tofu factory in Takahama. It uses local soybeans and has grown as a local company.

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• Maruya Hatcho Miso

  まるや八丁味噌
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Soybean miso & fermentation

  Hatcho miso from Okazaki. One of the two makers, alongside Kakukyu, it keeps to the same method.

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• Mentai Park Tokoname

  めんたいパークとこなめ
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Seafood processing & factory exhibition

  A mentaiko factory in Tokoname. It makes mentaiko near Chubu Airport.

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• Asahi Breweries Nagoya Brewery

  アサヒビール名古屋工場
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Beer & brewing

  A beer brewery in Nagoya. It handles the brewing process.

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• Kakukyu Hatcho Miso no Sato

  カクキュー八丁味噌の郷
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Soybean miso & wooden-vat fermentation

  Hatcho miso from Okazaki. Soybeans and salt are packed into wooden vats, stones are piled on top in a cone, and the miso is aged for two summers and two winters.

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• Kirin Brewery Nagoya Plant

  キリンビール名古屋工場
  Aichi / Kiyosu ／ Beer & brewery tours

  A beer brewery in Nagoya. It offers tours on which freshly made beer can be tasted.

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• Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Tokai Plant

  コカ・コーラボトラーズジャパン東海工場
  Aichi / Tokai ／ Beverages & automated logistics

  A beverage plant in Tokai. It has an automated warehouse and a logistics system.

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• Mizkan Museum MIM

  ミツカンミュージアムMIM
  Aichi / Handa ／ Vinegar & fermentation culture

  A vinegar museum in Handa. It tells the history of making vinegar from sake lees and shipping it to Edo, where it supported nigiri sushi.

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• Aichi Yakult Plant

  愛知ヤクルト工場
  Aichi / Nisshin ／ Lactic acid drinks & factory

  A Yakult plant in Aichi. It makes lactic acid bacteria drinks for the Chubu region.

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• Pasco Shikishima Kariya Plant

  敷島製パン刈谷工場
  Aichi / Kariya ／ Bread making & mass production

  A bread factory in Kariya. It carries out mass production under the Pasco name.

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• Meiji Naruhodo Factory Aichi

  明治なるほどファクトリー愛知
  Aichi / Inazawa ／ Dairy products & factory tours

  A dairy products factory in Aichi. Visitors can tour the production of milk and yogurt.

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• Morinaga Milk Industry Chukyo Plant

  森永乳業中京工場
  Aichi / Konan ／ Dairy products & quality control

  A dairy products plant in Chukyo. It handles the quality control process.

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• Sawada Sake Brewery

  澤田酒造
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Sake: Hakuro

  A sake brewery in Tokoname. With the Hakuro brand, it has continued since the Edo period.

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• Morita Aji no Yakata

  盛田味の館
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Soy sauce, miso & sake

  A brewer in Tokoname. It handles soy sauce, miso and sake, and opens its storehouses to visitors.

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• Morita Kinshachi Beer

  盛田金しゃちビール
  Aichi / Inuyama ／ Craft beer & brewing

  Craft beer from Inuyama, brewed under the Kinshachi name.

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• Takeshin Seika Okakiya Tatsushin

  竹新製菓おかき屋辰心
  Aichi / Chita ／ Rice crackers & local manufacturing

  A rice cracker factory that bakes okaki.

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• Toyokawa Canal General Operations Department and Water Exhibit

  豊川用水総合事業部・水の展示
  Aichi / Toyohashi area ／ Agricultural water & water resources

  The Toyokawa Canal. Agricultural irrigation water that solved the water shortage of the Atsumi Peninsula, with exhibits on how it works.

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• Kinshachi Sake Brewery

  金しゃち酒造
  Aichi / Handa ／ Sake & Chita brewing

  A sake brewery in Chita. It brews under the Kinshachi brand.

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• Aoyagi Sohonke Moriyama Shop and Factory

  青柳総本家守山直営店・工場
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Uiro & confectionery

  Uiro from Nagoya. The company has a factory and a directly run shop in Moriyama.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 33 entries

• LIXIL Tokoname East Plant

  LIXIL常滑東工場
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Sanitary ware & housing equipment

  A plant in Tokoname. It makes sanitary ware and housing equipment. Tokoname's ceramics industry led on to modern industry.

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• Noritake Company Limited Miyoshi Plant

  ノリタケカンパニーリミテド三好事業所
  Aichi / Miyoshi ／ Grinding wheels & ceramics

  Noritake's Miyoshi Plant. It handles grinding wheels and ceramics. The company expanded from tableware ceramics into industrial materials.

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• Sanshu Okazaki Japanese Candles

  三州岡崎和蝋燭
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Japanese candles & hand-dipping

  Japanese candles from Okazaki. Haze wax is applied by hand, and the candles are finished thick.

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• Sanshu Stone Lanterns

  三州灯籠
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Stonework & lanterns

  Stone lanterns from Sanshu. Granite is carved into lanterns for gardens, shrines and temples.

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• Sanshu Onigawara Crafts

  三州鬼瓦工芸品
  Aichi / Takahama and other areas ／ Roof tiles & nationally designated craft

  Onigawara ridge-end tiles from Sanshu. Clay is carved by hand and smoked to a silver finish. Mikawa is Japan's largest tile-producing area.

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• Mikawa Itto-bori Carving

  三河の一刀彫
  Aichi / Nishio ／ Wood carving

  Itto-bori carving from Mikawa. Wood carving finished with the chisel marks left as they are.

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• Mikawa Buddhist Altars

  三河仏壇
  Aichi / Okazaki and other areas ／ Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft

  Buddhist altars from Mikawa. The roof-shaped inner shrine, called the kuden, is tall, and undulating pillars are used.

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• Mikawa Cotton and Mikawa Stripes

  三河木綿・三河縞
  Aichi / Gamagori ／ Cotton textiles & stripes

  A cotton textile from Mikawa. Striped patterns are woven in.

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• Mikawa Fireworks

  三河花火
  Aichi / Okazaki, Toyohashi and other areas ／ Fireworks & gunpowder arrangement

  Fireworks from Mikawa. They are said to have begun when Tokugawa Ieyasu permitted the manufacture of gunpowder only in Mikawa.

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• Okkawa Dolls

  乙川人形
  Aichi / Handa ／ Clay dolls

  Clay dolls from Okkawa in Handa. Folk toys of painted unglazed earthenware.

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• Nagoya Buddhist Altars

  名古屋仏壇
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft

  Buddhist altars from Nagoya. They are made with the work divided into eight trades, covering the wooden base, carving, lacquering, gold leaf application and maki-e.

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• Nagoya Yuzen

  名古屋友禅
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Dyeing & nationally designated craft

  Nagoya Yuzen. A subdued yuzen that draws designs in shades of a single color, it forms a counterpart to the brilliance of Kyo-yuzen.

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• Nagoya Japanese Candles

  名古屋和蝋燭
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Candles & hand-dipping

  Japanese candles from Nagoya. Wax taken from the fruit of the haze tree is applied in layers to the wick with bare hands.

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• Nagoya Folding Fans

  名古屋扇子
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Paper & bamboo crafts

  Folding fans from Nagoya. Paper is pasted onto bamboo ribs. A production area that ranks alongside Kyoto fans.

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• Nagoya Lanterns

  名古屋提灯
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Paper lanterns & paper and bamboo crafts

  Paper lanterns from Nagoya. Washi is pasted onto thin bamboo strips, and family crests or lettering are added.

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• Nagoya Wooden Tubs

  名古屋木桶
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Woodwork & wooden tubs

  Wooden tubs from Nagoya. Cedar boards are bound with bamboo hoops. Vats for preparing miso and soy sauce are made.

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• Nagoya Paulownia Chests

  名古屋桐箪笥
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Paulownia furniture & nationally designated craft

  Paulownia chests from Nagoya. Thick paulownia boards are assembled by joinery and fitted with metal hardware. They have been made as wedding furnishings.

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• Nagoya Sekku Festival Decorations

  名古屋節句飾
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Seasonal festival dolls & nationally designated craft

  Sekku festival decorations from Nagoya. Accessories for hina dolls and warrior dolls are made.

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• Nagoya Black Crested Kimono Dyeing

  名古屋黒紋付染
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Dyeing & nationally designated craft

  Black crested kimono dyeing from Nagoya. An underdye called beni-shita or ai-shita is applied before the black, producing a deep black.

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• Owari Cloisonne

  尾張七宝
  Aichi / Ama and other areas ／ Cloisonne & nationally designated craft

  Cloisonne from Shippo-cho in Ama City. Partitions of silver wire are set up on a metal body, glaze is filled in, and the piece is fired.

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• Owari Buddhist Altar Fittings

  尾張仏具
  Aichi / Nagoya and other areas ／ Buddhist altar fittings & nationally designated craft

  Buddhist altar fittings from Nagoya. The skills of several trades, including gold plating, metal chasing and lacquer work, come together.

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• Owari Lacquerware

  尾張漆器
  Aichi / Komaki and other areas ／ Lacquerwork

  Lacquerware from Owari. Lacquer is applied in layers to wooden bases from Kiso.

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• Okazaki Stonework

  岡崎石工品
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Stonework & nationally designated craft

  Stonework from Okazaki. Granite is carved into lanterns and guardian lion-dogs. It developed in the castle town of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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• Tokoname Ware

  常滑焼
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Ceramics & nationally designated craft

  One of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. It is known for teapots of red shudei clay, and in the Meiji period it was also a major production center for clay pipes.

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• Aichi Steel Chita Plant

  愛知製鋼知多工場
  Aichi / Tokai ／ Special steel & forging

  A plant in Chita. It makes specialty steel and forged parts for automobiles.

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• Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori

  有松・鳴海絞
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Shibori tie-dyeing & nationally designated craft

  Tie-dyeing handed down in Arimatsu and Narumi in Nagoya. Cloth is bound with thread to resist the dye, and there are more than a hundred shibori techniques.

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• Seto Sometsuke Ware

  瀬戸染付焼
  Aichi / Seto ／ Ceramics & nationally designated craft

  Sometsuke blue-and-white ware from Seto. Pictures are painted in gosu and covered with a transparent glaze. Mass production of porcelain began in the late Edo period.

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• Inuyama Ware

  犬山焼
  Aichi / Inuyama ／ Pottery

  Pottery from Inuyama. It is known for unkinde, a style of painting that depicts cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.

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• Chita Cotton

  知多木綿
  Aichi / Chita ／ Cotton textiles

  A cotton textile from Chita. It flourished as a cotton-producing area in the Edo period, and bleaching techniques developed.

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• Toyokawa Mikawa Papier-Mache

  豊川の三河張子
  Aichi / Toyokawa ／ Papier-mache & folk toys

  Papier-mache from Toyokawa. Folk toys made by pasting layers of washi onto a mold and painting them.

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• Toyohashi Brushes

  豊橋筆
  Aichi / Toyohashi ／ Brushes & nationally designated craft

  Brushes from Toyohashi. They keep to a process called nerimaze, in which weasel, horse and other hair is soaked in water and blended.

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• Akazu Ware

  赤津焼
  Aichi / Seto ／ Ceramics & nationally designated craft

  Pottery fired in Akazu, Seto. Seven kinds of glaze, including ash glaze, iron glaze and Ko-Seto, are used for different purposes.

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• Horaiji Inkstones

  鳳来寺硯
  Aichi / Shinshiro ／ Stonework & inkstones

  Horaiji inkstones from Shinshiro. Local stone such as kinposeki is split and carved out.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 21 entries

• Okuma Head Office Factory

  オークマ本社工場
  Aichi / Oguchi ／ Machine tools & CNC

  A machine tool maker in Oguchi. It makes CNC lathes and machining centers.

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• JTEKT Kariya Plant

  ジェイテクト刈谷工場
  Aichi / Kariya ／ Bearings & machine tools

  A plant in Kariya. It makes bearings and machine tools.

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• Denso Zenmyo Plant

  デンソー善明製作所
  Aichi / Nishio ／ Powertrain & electronics

  Denso's Zenmyo Plant. It makes powertrain and electronic parts.

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• Denso Takatana Plant

  デンソー高棚製作所
  Aichi / Anjo ／ Automotive electronics & production technology

  Denso's Takatana Plant. It makes in-vehicle electronic equipment and develops production technology.

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• Toyota Kaikan Museum

  トヨタ会館
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Automobiles & corporate exhibition

  Toyota's corporate exhibition hall. It shows the process by which a car is made and future technologies.

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• Toyota Motor Motomachi Plant

  トヨタ自動車元町工場
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Finished vehicles & production system

  The Motomachi Plant in Toyota. A dedicated passenger car plant that began operating in 1959, it is where the Toyota Production System grew up.

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• Toyota Motor Tsutsumi Plant

  トヨタ自動車堤工場
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Hybrid vehicles & eco-friendly plant

  The Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota. It builds hybrid vehicles and is working to make the plant lower in environmental impact.

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• Toyota Motor Honsha Plant

  トヨタ自動車本社工場
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Drivetrain parts & production technology

  The Honsha Plant in Toyota. It makes drivetrain parts and is also responsible for developing production technology.

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• Toyota Motor Tahara Plant

  トヨタ自動車田原工場
  Aichi / Tahara ／ Finished vehicles & export port links

  A plant in Tahara. Adjacent to Mikawa Port, it can load the cars it builds directly onto ships.

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• Toyota Motor Takaoka Plant

  トヨタ自動車高岡工場
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Finished vehicles & mixed-model production

  The Takaoka Plant in Toyota. It carries out mixed-model production, running several models on the same line.

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• Brother Industries Mizuho Plant

  ブラザー工業瑞穂工場
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Machine tools & printers

  Brother's Mizuho Plant. It makes machine tools and printers.

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• Yamazaki Mazak Oguchi Plant

  ヤマザキマザック大口製作所
  Aichi / Oguchi ／ Machine tools & automation

  A machine tool maker in Oguchi. Its proposals extend to the automation of factories.

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• Mitsubishi Motors Okazaki Plant

  三菱自動車岡崎製作所
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Finished vehicles & development

  A Mitsubishi Motors plant in Okazaki. It is responsible for the production and development of complete vehicles.

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• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works Komaki South Plant

  三菱重工業名古屋航空宇宙システム製作所小牧南工場
  Aichi / Toyoyama ／ Aerospace & airframe assembly

  An aerospace plant in Komaki. It assembles the fuselages and wings of passenger aircraft.

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• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagoya Guidance and Propulsion Systems Works

  三菱重工業名古屋誘導推進システム製作所
  Aichi / Komaki ／ Aircraft engines & space propulsion

  A works in Nagoya for aircraft engines and space propulsion. It handles rocket engines.

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• Daido Steel Chita Plant

  大同特殊鋼知多工場
  Aichi / Tokai ／ Special steel & electric furnaces

  A plant in Chita. It makes specialty steel in electric furnaces.

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• Kawasaki Heavy Industries Nagoya Works 1

  川崎重工業名古屋第一工場
  Aichi / Yatomi ／ Aircraft & composites

  A Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant in Nagoya. It handles aircraft and composite materials.

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• NGK Spark Plug Komaki Plant

  日本特殊陶業小牧工場
  Aichi / Komaki ／ Spark plugs & ceramics

  A plant in Komaki. It makes spark plugs and sensors. Its spark plugs hold a high share of the world market.

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• Nippon Steel Nagoya Works

  日本製鉄名古屋製鉄所
  Aichi / Tokai ／ Steelmaking & coastal industry

  A steelworks in Tokai City. On its coastal site it makes everything from blast-furnace iron to steel sheet.

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• Toyota Industries Hekinan Plant

  豊田自動織機碧南工場
  Aichi / Hekinan ／ Automobile engines

  The Hekinan Plant of Toyota Industries. It makes automobile engines.

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• Toyota Industries Takahama Plant

  豊田自動織機高浜工場
  Aichi / Takahama ／ Industrial vehicles & logistics equipment

  The Takahama Plant of Toyota Industries. It makes industrial vehicles such as forklifts.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 2 entries

• Aisin Shintoyo Plant

  アイシン新豊工場
  Aichi / Toyota ／ Transmissions & electrification

  Aisin's Shintoyo Plant. It makes transmissions and is expanding into electrification parts.

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• Antarctic Research Ship Fuji

  南極観測船ふじ
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Ships & polar observation

  The Antarctic research ship Fuji is moored and open to the public. The living quarters on board remain as they were.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 8 entries

• Mikawa Buddhist Altars

  三河仏壇
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Lacquer art / Sculpture / Metalwork

  Built inside like a miniature temple, finished by five separate trades working in sequence.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nagoya Yuzen and Black Crest Dyeing

  名古屋友禅と黒紋付染
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Dyeing & weaving

  A restrained, near-monochrome yuzen; the related craft dyes a kimono black while leaving the family crest white.

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• Bishu Wool Textiles

  尾州織物
  Aichi / Ichinomiya ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Most of Japan's woollen cloth is woven here; the district supplies luxury suiting worldwide alongside Italy.

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• Owari Cloisonne

  尾張七宝
  Aichi / Ama ／ Metalwork / Crafts & pottery

  Silver wires outline the design on copper before the enamel is laid in; Meiji exports made it famous worldwide.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Stonemasons of Okazaki

  岡崎の石工と花崗岩
  Aichi / Okazaki ／ Sculpture / Crafts & pottery

  Masons summoned to build the castle stayed; the town became Japan's source of stone lanterns and figures.

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• Tokoname Ware

  常滑焼
  Aichi / Tokoname ／ Crafts & pottery

  The oldest and largest of the six ancient kilns; its iron-rich clay fires vermilion, and its teapots are said to soften the tea.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Arimatsu Shibori Tie-Dye

  有松・鳴海絞
  Aichi / Nagoya ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Over a hundred distinct resist techniques - tied, stitched, clamped - grown as souvenirs for travellers on the Tokaido.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Seto Ware

  瀬戸焼
  Aichi / Seto ／ Crafts & pottery

  Alone among medieval Japanese kilns it used glaze, and its name became the common Japanese word for pottery itself.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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