Akita directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 12 entries

• Yamamo Miso and Soy Sauce Brewing Company

  ヤマモ味噌醤油醸造元
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Fermentation & brewery tours

  A miso and soy sauce brewer in Yuzawa. It accepts visitors on tours of the brewery.

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• Sato Yosuke Main Store

  佐藤養助総本店
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Inaniwa udon & manufacturing experience

  A long-established maker of Inaniwa udon. Visitors can watch and try the process of twisting the dough by hand and stretching it thin.

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• Hokushika

  北鹿
  Akita / Odate ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Odate. Known for the Hokushika brand, it uses water from the Shirakami mountains for brewing.

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• Tenju Shuzo

  天寿酒造
  Akita / Yurihonjo ／ Sake & local rice

  A sake brewery in Yurihonjo. It brews with local rice grown under contract.

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• Kanbun Gonendo

  寛文五年堂
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Inaniwa udon & hand stretching

  A maker of Inaniwa udon. It keeps to the hand-stretching process.

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• Kodama Brewing

  小玉醸造
  Akita / Katagami ／ Miso and soy sauce & sake

  A brewery in Katagami. It brews three things: miso, soy sauce and sake.

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• Yamamoto Sake Brewery

  山本酒造店
  Akita / Happo ／ Sake & local revitalization

  A sake brewery in Happo Town. It grows its own rice and ties its work to the revitalization of the area.

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• Aramasa Shuzo

  新政酒造
  Akita / Akita ／ Sake & wooden-vat fermentation

  A sake brewery in Akita City. It is committed to wooden vats and the kimoto method, and is also the birthplace of No. 6 yeast.

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• Ishimago Honten

  石孫本店
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Miso and soy sauce & fermentation

  A brewery in Yuzawa. Its Meiji-era buildings remain, and it brews miso and soy sauce.

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• Akita Meijo Ranman

  秋田銘醸・爛漫
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Sake & brewing archives

  A sake brewery in Yuzawa. Under the Ranman brand, it exhibits materials on brewing.

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• Hiraizumi Honpo

  飛良泉本舗
  Akita / Nikaho ／ Sake & yamahai

  A sake brewery in Nikaho. Said to have been founded in 1487, it continues the yamahai method.

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• Takashimizu Akita Shurui Seizoh

  高清水・秋田酒類製造
  Akita / Akita ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Akita City. Known for the Takashimizu brand, it was jointly established by breweries in the prefecture.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 11 entries

• Itaya Maple Craft

  イタヤ細工
  Akita / Semboku ／ Woodwork & baskets

  Baskets woven from split young itaya maple. The craft began as off-season handwork for farmers in Senboku.

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• Odate Kogeisha

  大館工芸社
  Akita / Odate ／ Odate magewappa bentwood ware

  Magewappa from Odate. Thin boards of Akita cedar are bent and stitched with cherry bark.

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• Kawatsura Lacquerware Traditional Crafts Museum

  川連漆器伝統工芸館
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Lacquerware & exhibition and demonstrations

  Lacquerware from Kawatsura in Yuzawa. Lacquer is applied to the wooden base again and again, and the pieces are decorated with chinkin and maki-e.

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• Honjo Gotenmari

  本荘ごてんまり
  Akita / Yurihonjo ／ Thread craft & local culture

  Gotenmari from Yurihonjo. Handballs wound with silk thread and embroidered with patterns.

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• Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten

  柴田慶信商店
  Akita / Odate ／ Odate magewappa bentwood ware

  A magewappa workshop in Odate. It makes vessels finished as plain, uncoated wood.

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• Kabazaiku Yatsuyanagi

  樺細工八柳
  Akita / Semboku ／ Cherry bark craft & workshop

  A kabazaiku workshop in Kakunodate. Visitors can see the process of applying the bark.

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• Oga Shinzan Folklore Museum and Namahage Museum

  男鹿真山伝承館・なまはげ館
  Akita / Oga ／ Folk techniques & straw craft

  The Namahage of Oga. It presents the techniques for making the straw garments and masks, and the New Year's Eve ritual.

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• Akita City Folk Performing Arts Heritage Center

  秋田市民俗芸能伝承館
  Akita / Akita ／ Kanto & bamboo lantern techniques

  A center that passes on Akita's folk performing arts. It exhibits the lanterns and techniques of Kanto and gives demonstrations.

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• Akita Prefecture Lacquerware Industry Cooperative

  秋田県漆器工業協同組合
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Kawatsura lacquerware & production area

  The production-area cooperative for Kawatsura lacquerware. It covers the processes of wooden bases, such as Japanese bigleaf magnolia and horse chestnut, and of lacquering.

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• Akita Silver Filigree

  秋田銀線細工
  Akita / Akita ／ Metalwork & silver filigree

  Silver filigree from Akita. Fine silver wire is twisted and coiled to make openwork patterns.

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• Kakunodate Kabazaiku Museum

  角館樺細工伝承館
  Akita / Semboku ／ Cherry bark craft & live demonstrations

  Kabazaiku from Kakunodate. Wild cherry bark is applied to make vessels and tea caddies. A nationally designated Traditional Craft.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 8 entries

• TDK Museum

  TDK歴史みらい館
  Akita / Nikaho ／ Electronic components & magnetic materials

  A museum that presents TDK's corporate history. It covers a history that began with the commercialization of the magnetic material called ferrite.

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• Mitsubishi Materials Akita Smelting

  三菱マテリアル秋田製錬
  Akita / Akita ／ Nonferrous metals & zinc

  A smelter in Akita. It extracts zinc from ore and recycled raw materials.

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• Historic Site Osarizawa Mine

  史跡尾去沢鉱山
  Akita / Kazuno ／ Mines & mine tunnel experience

  The site of a mine with a 1,300-year history. Visitors can walk the tunnels and see how mining was done.

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• Kosaka Smelting & Refining

  小坂製錬
  Akita / Kosaka ／ Nonferrous metals & urban mining

  A smelter in Kosaka. It has urban mining technology for recovering metals from used electronic equipment.

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• Kosaka Mine Office

  小坂鉱山事務所
  Akita / Kosaka ／ Mines & modern industrial heritage

  A mine office built in 1905. A three-story wooden building and an Important Cultural Property.

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• Korakukan

  康楽館
  Akita / Kosaka ／ Mining town & wooden playhouse

  A wooden playhouse built in 1910. A place of entertainment for the mining town, where performances continue to this day.

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• Akita Offshore Wind Power

  秋田洋上風力発電
  Akita / Akita, Noshiro ／ Renewable energy

  An offshore wind farm standing off Akita Port and Noshiro Port. The first in Japan on a commercial scale.

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• Akita Prefectural Government Manufacturing Exhibition Hall

  秋田県庁ものづくり展示ホール
  Akita / Akita ／ Manufacturers of the prefecture & exhibition

  An exhibition hall in the prefectural government building. It displays products of Akita's manufacturing industry.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 9 entries

• Itaya Basketry

  イタヤ細工
  Akita / Semboku ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  Baskets woven from thinly split Itaya maple. Kept alive as farmers' off-season handwork, they became a traditional craft of Akita Prefecture.

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• Nakayama Doll

  中山人形
  Akita / Yokote ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  A kiln of clay dolls and bells, best known for its annual zodiac bell.

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• Yabase Doll

  八橋人形
  Akita / Akita ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  Unglazed clay dolls painted in mud pigments, a folk tradition brought back from near extinction.

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• Odate Bentwood Ware

  大館曲げわっぱ
  Akita / Odate ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  Akita cedar bent with boiling water and stitched with cherry bark; once the side work of poor samurai.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kawatsura Lacquerware

  川連漆器
  Akita / Yuzawa ／ Lacquer art

  Finished by brush without polishing, this lacquer was always made for daily bowls, not display.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Naraoka Ware

  楢岡焼
  Akita / Daisen ／ Crafts & pottery

  Straw-ash glaze running blue over the body; the same clay and glaze for over 150 years.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Shiraiwa Ware

  白岩焼
  Akita / Semboku ／ Crafts & pottery

  A kiln extinct for a century, revived in 1975; known for its blue namako glaze.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Akita Cedar Cooperage

  秋田杉桶樽
  Akita / Odate ／ Crafts & pottery

  Straight-grained Akita cedar bound with bamboo hoops alone, up to brewing-vat size.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Akita Silver Filigree

  秋田銀線細工
  Akita / Akita ／ Metalwork

  Silver wire finer than hair, coiled into spirals - a mine technology turned into jewellery.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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