Fukushima directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 13 entries

• Kannoya Main Store Bunsuke

  かんのや本店文助
  Fukushima / Miharu ／ Confectionery & yubeshi

  Yubeshi from Koriyama. It makes Kaden Yubeshi, filled with smooth red bean paste.

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• Aquamarine Fukushima

  アクアマリンふくしま
  Fukushima / Iwaki ／ Marine science & fisheries environment

  An aquarium in Iwaki. Themed on the shiome, the place where currents meet, it recreates the waters off Fukushima Prefecture where the Kuroshio and Oyashio currents meet.

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• Asahi Breweries Fukushima Brewery

  アサヒビール福島工場
  Fukushima / Motomiya ／ Beer & brewing

  A beer brewery in Motomiya. It uses underground water from Mount Adatara for brewing.

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• Yakult Honsha Fukushima Plant

  ヤクルト本社福島工場
  Fukushima / Fukushima ／ Lactic acid drinks & quality control

  A lactic acid bacteria beverage plant in Fukushima. Visitors can tour the quality control process.

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• Sanmangoku Koriyama Plant

  三万石郡山工場
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Confectionery manufacturing

  A confectionery factory in Koriyama. It makes Mamador and Ekison Pie.

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• Aizu Chuo Dairy

  会津中央乳業
  Fukushima / Aizubange ／ Dairy products & food factory

  A dairy in Aizu. It makes milk and yogurt from local raw milk.

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• Daishichi Sake Brewery

  大七酒造
  Fukushima / Nihonmatsu ／ Sake & kimoto

  A sake brewery in Nihonmatsu. It continues to use the kimoto method for its entire output.

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• Okunomatsu Sake Brewery

  奥の松酒造
  Fukushima / Nihonmatsu ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Nihonmatsu. It brews with underground water from Mount Adatara.

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• Miyaizumi Meijo and Aizu Sake Brewing History Museum

  宮泉銘醸・会津酒造歴史館
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Aizuwakamatsu. It brews under the Miyaizumi brand and exhibits the history of sake brewing in Aizu.

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• Suehiro Shuzo Kaeigura

  末廣酒造嘉永蔵
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Sake & brewery tours

  A sake brewery in Aizuwakamatsu. It opens its Meiji- and Taisho-era storehouses to the public, and visitors can tour the inside.

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• Kashiwaya Usukawa Manju Hands-On Making

  柏屋薄皮饅頭手づくり体験
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Confectionery & manufacturing experience

  A confectionery shop in Koriyama. Visitors can try the process of making usukawa manju by hand.

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• Sasanokawa Shuzo and Asaka Distillery

  笹の川酒造・安積蒸溜所
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Sake & whisky

  A sake brewery in Koriyama. It makes both sake and whisky and has the Asaka Distillery on site.

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• Rakuo Kyodo Nyugyo Motomiya Plant

  酪王協同乳業本宮工場
  Fukushima / Motomiya ／ Dairy products & local brand

  A dairy plant in Motomiya. Rakuo Cafe au Lait is a familiar favorite in the prefecture.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 8 entries

• Futaba Super Zero Mill

  フタバスーパーゼロミル
  Fukushima / Futaba ／ Twisted yarn & towel technology

  A spinning mill in Futaba. Using yarn twisted with patented technology, it makes towels that absorb a lot of water.

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• Mishima Town Living Crafts Center

  三島町生活工芸館
  Fukushima / Mishima ／ Basketry craft & hands-on experience

  A crafts center in Mishima Town. Visitors can watch woven basketry being made and try it themselves.

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• Aizu Lacquerware Denshokan Suzuzen

  会津塗伝承館鈴善
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Aizu lacquerware & lacquerware

  An Aizu lacquerware workshop. Lacquer is applied in layers and decorated with maki-e, kinmushikui-nuri and other techniques.

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• Aizu Cotton and Yamada Momen Weaving Mill

  会津木綿・山田木綿織元
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Cotton textiles

  Aizu cotton. A striped cotton cloth that, being thick and sturdy, has long been used for farm work clothes.

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• Aizu Hongo Ware

  会津本郷焼
  Fukushima / Aizumisato ／ Ceramics & climbing kiln

  Hongo ware from Aizumisato. It is regarded as the oldest white porcelain production area in Tohoku, and climbing kilns remain.

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• Aizu Paulownia Geta and Paulownia Crafts

  会津桐下駄・桐工芸
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu and other areas ／ Woodwork & footwear

  Geta made of Aizu paulownia. Aizu paulownia has a fine grain, is light and warps little.

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• Obori Soma Ware

  大堀相馬焼
  Fukushima / Namie ／ Pottery & double-walled firing

  Obori Soma ware from Namie. It is known for its blue crackle, paintings of running horses and double-walled vessels.

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• Shirakawa Daruma Sohonpo

  白河だるま総本舗
  Fukushima / Shirakawa ／ Papier-mache & painting experience

  Shirakawa daruma. The face has eyebrows likened to cranes and whiskers likened to turtles, and visitors can try painting one.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 13 entries

• JAXA Fukushima Aerospace Collaboration and Fukushima Prefecture Aerospace Industry

  JAXA福島関連航空宇宙連携・福島県航空宇宙産業
  Fukushima / Prefecture-wide ／ Aerospace & precision machining

  The aerospace industry in the prefecture. Precision machining companies supply the parts.

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• Asaka Riken

  アサカ理研
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Precious metals & rare metal recycling

  A precious metal recycler in Koriyama. It recovers gold and silver from electronic circuit boards.

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• Alpine Iwaki Plant

  アルパインいわき事業所
  Fukushima / Iwaki ／ Automotive electronics & audio

  A facility in Iwaki. It develops in-vehicle electronic equipment and audio products.

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• Tungaloy Iwaki Plant

  タンガロイいわき工場
  Fukushima / Iwaki ／ Carbide tools & materials

  A cemented carbide tool maker in Iwaki. It handles the hard materials used for cutting edges.

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• DENSO Fukushima

  デンソー福島
  Fukushima / Tamura ／ Automotive thermal equipment

  It makes automotive thermal equipment: parts for air conditioners and radiators.

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• Joban Coalfield and Iwaki City Coal and Fossil Museum Horuru

  常磐炭田・いわき市石炭化石館ほるる
  Fukushima / Iwaki ／ Coal mines & industrial heritage

  The coal and fossil museum in Iwaki. It recreates the mine tunnels of the Joban Coalfield and exhibits fossils of Futabasaurus.

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• Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science CLADS

  廃炉環境国際共同研究センターCLADS
  Fukushima / Tomioka and other areas ／ Decommissioning research & international collaboration

  A center that advances decommissioning research through international collaboration. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has located it in Tomioka.

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• Nissan Iwaki Plant

  日産自動車いわき工場
  Fukushima / Iwaki ／ Automobile engines & factory tours

  An engine plant in Iwaki. It accepts visitors for plant tours.

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• Asano Nenshi

  浅野撚糸
  Fukushima / Futaba ／ Textiles & specialty twisted yarn

  A yarn-twisting manufacturer that originated in Gifu. It has special twisting technology and has set up a factory in Futaba.

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• Commutan Fukushima, Centre for Environmental Creation Communication Building

  環境創造センター交流棟コミュタン福島
  Fukushima / Miharu ／ Radiation & environmental learning

  The communication building of the Centre for Environmental Creation in Miharu. It is set up so that visitors can learn about radiation and the environment by seeing and touching.

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• AIST Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute FREA

  産総研福島再生可能エネルギー研究所FREA
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Renewable energy research

  An AIST research institute in Koriyama. It researches renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydrogen.

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• Fukushima Robot Test Field

  福島ロボットテストフィールド
  Fukushima / Minamisoma, Namie ／ Robots & drones

  A robot testing ground in Minamisoma. Drones and disaster response robots can be tested in real environments.

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• Fukushima Steel Works

  福島製鋼
  Fukushima / Fukushima ／ Cast steel & auto parts

  A cast-steel maker in Fukushima City. It casts parts for construction machinery and automobiles.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 5 entries

• Okuaizu Basketry

  奥会津編み組細工
  Fukushima / Mishima ／ Wild grapevine & hiroro sedge craft

  Woven basketry of Okuaizu. Wild grape vine, hiroro sedge and silver vine are woven into baskets.

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• TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Tour

  東京電力福島第一原子力発電所視察
  Fukushima / Okuma, Futaba ／ Decommissioning site & safety management

  A tour of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Visitors see the decommissioning site and its safety management in person.

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• The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum

  東日本大震災・原子力災害伝承館
  Fukushima / Futaba ／ Compound disaster & recovery

  A memorial museum in Futaba. It presents the record of a compound disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident.

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• Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework

  福島イノベーション・コースト構想
  Fukushima / Hamadori ／ Industrial cluster & recovery policy

  A national framework for creating new industries in Hamadori. Its pillars are robotics, energy, and agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

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• Fukunishi Sobei Shoten

  福西惣兵衛商店
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Aizu lacquerware & workshop

  A long-established Aizu lacquerware house. It handles the processes from the wooden base to the finish.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 12 entries

• Karamushi Textile Village

  からむし織の里
  Fukushima / Showa ／ Dyeing & weaving

  A village that grows, strips, spins and weaves ramie - the fibre behind Niigata's finest hemp cloth.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Miharu Papier-mache

  三春張子とデコ屋敷
  Fukushima / Koriyama ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  Four workshops making Miharu horses in the same hamlet since the 1700s.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Aizu Painted Candles

  会津の絵ろうそく
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Crafts & pottery / Japanese-style painting

  Flowers painted onto candles for altars in winter, when no real blossom could be found.

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• Aizu Lacquerware

  会津塗
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Lacquer art

  Begun when Gamo Ujisato brought lacquerers from Omi; known for auspicious motifs and sprinkled gold.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Aizu Cotton

  会津木綿
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Thick striped cotton the domain spread as farmers' workwear, each district with its own stripe.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Aizu Hongo Ware

  会津本郷焼
  Fukushima / Aizumisato ／ Crafts & pottery

  One of Tohoku's oldest pottery districts, and rare in firing both earthenware and porcelain.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Obori Soma Ware

  大堀相馬焼
  Fukushima / Namie ／ Crafts & pottery

  Double-walled cups that stay cool to hold; every kiln was evacuated after 2011 and is rebuilding elsewhere.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Okuaizu Woven Craft

  奥会津編み組細工
  Fukushima / Mishima ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  Three weaving traditions using mountain vines and grasses, kept alive as winter handwork.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kawamata Silk

  川俣シルク
  Fukushima / Kawamata ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Weaving thread one-sixth the width of a human hair - a small district holding a world record for thinness.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Shirakawa Daruma

  白河だるま
  Fukushima / Shirakawa ／ Mingei folk craft

  The whole face is made of lucky symbols: the eyebrows are cranes, the moustache a turtle, and the sideburns and beard pine, bamboo and plum. It is based on a design the domain lord had a painter draw.

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• Soma Koma Ware

  相馬駒焼
  Fukushima / Soma ／ Crafts & pottery

  A domain kiln passed from father to single son, its bowls painted with running horses under a crackled glaze.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Akabeko and Aizu Papier-mache

  赤べこと会津の張子
  Fukushima / Aizuwakamatsu ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  A red papier-mache ox with a nodding head, made to ward off plague - the colour itself is the charm.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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