Ishikawa directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 21 entries

• Yamato Soy Sauce and Miso Koji Park

  ヤマト醤油味噌糀パーク
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Soy sauce, miso & koji

  Yamato Soy Sauce and Miso in Kanazawa. A facility themed on koji that shows the fermentation process.

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• Nakajima Shuzoten

  中島酒造店
  Ishikawa / Wajima ／ Sake: Noto Suehiro

  Nakajima Shuzoten in Wajima. It brews under the Noto Suehiro brand.

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• Nakataya Higashi Chaya District Store and Head Office Plant

  中田屋東山茶屋街店・本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Kintsuba & Japanese sweets

  Nakataya in Kanazawa. It makes kintsuba.

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• Tsukuda Shokuhin Headquarters

  佃食品本社
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Tsukudani & food processing

  Tsukuda Shokuhin in Kanazawa. It makes tsukudani.

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• Kaetsu Shuzo

  加越酒造
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Sake & local brewing

  Kaetsu Shuzo in Komatsu. It brews with local rice.

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• Yoshida Shuzoten Tedorigawa

  吉田酒造店手取川
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Sake & fermentation

  Yoshida Shuzo in Hakusan. Under the Tedorigawa brand, it uses underground water from Mount Hakusan.

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• Shijimaya Honpo Main Store

  四十萬谷本舗本店
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Fermented pickles & kabura-zushi

  Shijimaya Honpo in Kanazawa. It makes kabura-zushi: yellowtail is sandwiched in turnip, pickled in koji and fermented.

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• Enpachi Main Store Factory

  圓八本店工場
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Ankoro mochi & confectionery manufacturing

  Enpachi in Hakusan. It makes ankoro mochi.

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• Ohi Ware

  大樋焼
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Tea ceramics & amber glaze

  Ohi ware from Kanazawa. It is shaped by hand without a potter's wheel and coated with an amber glaze. It descends from Raku ware.

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• Sogen Shuzo

  宗玄酒造
  Ishikawa / Suzu ／ Sake & Noto master brewers

  Sogen Shuzo in Suzu. It brews with the techniques of the Noto toji.

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• Kobori Shuzoten Manzairaku

  小堀酒造店萬歳楽
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Sake & breweries

  Kobori Shuzo in Hakusan. It brews under the Manzairaku brand.

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• Kazuma Shuzo

  数馬酒造
  Ishikawa / Noto ／ Sake & local circulation

  Kazuma Shuzo in Noto Town. It upholds brewing that keeps local rice and water in circulation.

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• Sakurada Shuzo

  櫻田酒造
  Ishikawa / Suzu ／ Sake & Noto brewing

  Sakurada Shuzo in Suzu. It brews in Noto.

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• Fukumitsuya Main Store

  福光屋本店
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Sake & fermentation

  Fukumitsuya in Kanazawa. Founded in 1625, it makes all of its sake as junmai.

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• Fukumitsuya Kanazawa Head Office Brewery

  福光屋金沢本社蔵
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Sake & junmai-only brewery

  Fukumitsuya's brewery in Kanazawa. It brews as a junmai-only brewery.

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• Shibazushi Head Office Plant

  芝寿し本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Bamboo-leaf sushi & food manufacturing

  Shibazushi in Kanazawa. It makes pressed sushi wrapped in bamboo leaves.

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• Kikuhime

  菊姫合資会社
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Sake & yamahai brewing

  Kikuhime in Hakusan. It continues to brew by the yamahai method and ages its sake before release.

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• Shata Shuzo Tengumai

  車多酒造天狗舞
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Sake & yamahai

  Shata Shuzo in Hakusan. With its Tengumai brand, it is a leading brewery of the yamahai method.

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• Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute

  農口尚彦研究所
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Sake & master brewer skills

  The Noguchi Naohiko Sake Institute in Komatsu. A brewery built to record and hand on the techniques of the Noto toji.

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• Toriya Shuzo

  鳥屋酒造
  Ishikawa / Nakanoto ／ Sake & local breweries

  Toriya Shuzo in Nakanoto. A local sake brewery.

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• Kano Shuzo Jokigen

  鹿野酒造常きげん
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Sake & traditional brewing

  Kano Shuzo in Kaga. It brews under the Jokigen brand.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 28 entries

• Nanao Buddhist Altars

  七尾仏壇
  Ishikawa / Nanao ／ Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft

  Buddhist altars from Nanao. Known for their sturdy construction.

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• Kutani Ware

  九谷焼
  Ishikawa / Nomi, Kaga and other areas ／ Overglaze enamel porcelain & nationally designated craft

  Kutani ware. Overglaze enamel porcelain painted in five colors: red, yellow, green, purple and dark blue.

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• Kutani Pottery Village

  九谷陶芸村
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Pottery & cluster of kilns

  Kutani Pottery Village in Nomi. Kilns are gathered here and sell their works.

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• Kyowa Kogyosho Komatsu Plant

  共和工業所小松工場
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ High-strength bolts & forging

  Kyowa Kogyosho in Komatsu. It makes high-strength bolts by forging.

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• Kaga Yuzen

  加賀友禅
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Hand-painted dyeing & nationally designated craft

  Kaga Yuzen. Its hallmarks are outlining in fine lines of paste resist, 'soto-bokashi' shading that is darker on the outside and paler toward the center, and the depiction of insect-eaten spots.

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• Kaga Yuzen Kimono Center

  加賀友禅会館
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Dyeing & making experience

  The Kaga Yuzen center in Kanazawa. Visitors can watch the production and try dyeing.

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• Kaga Fishing Flies

  加賀毛針
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Fishhooks & handicraft

  Fishing flies from Kaga. Bird feathers are wound onto hooks used for ayu fishing. The craft began as side work for samurai of the Kaga Domain.

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• Kaga Lacquerware

  加賀漆器
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa, Kaga ／ Maki-e & lacquerwork

  Lacquerware from Kaga. It is decorated with maki-e.

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• Kaga Embroidery

  加賀繍
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Embroidery & nationally designated craft

  Embroidery from Kaga. Patterns with depth are stitched in gold thread and silk thread.

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• National Crafts Museum

  国立工芸館
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Crafts & conservation and display

  The National Crafts Museum in Kanazawa. Relocated from Tokyo, it houses modern crafts.

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• Komatsu Matere Head Office Plant

  小松マテーレ本社工場
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ High-performance fibers & dyeing

  Komatsu Matere in Nomi. It expanded from dyeing synthetic fibers into high-performance materials.

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• Yamanaka Lacquerware

  山中漆器
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Wood turning & nationally designated craft

  Lacquerware from Yamanaka in Kaga. The wood is cut along the vertical grain, a method called tategidori, to make wooden bases that warp little.

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• Ushikubi Tsumugi

  牛首紬
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Dupion cocoons & nationally designated craft

  Ushikubi tsumugi from Hakusan. It is woven from thread drawn from double cocoons made by two silkworms. It is said to be strong enough to pull out a nail.

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• Suzu Ware

  珠洲焼
  Ishikawa / Suzu ／ Dark gray pottery & traditional craft

  Suzu ware. Black-gray pottery fired hard in a reducing flame without glaze. It died out in the medieval period and was revived in the Showa era.

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• Koto and Shamisen Strings

  琴・三味線弦
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Silk thread & instrument materials

  Strings for koto and shamisen. They are made by twisting silk thread.

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• Hakusan Dinosaur Park Shiramine

  白山恐竜パーク白峰
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Paleontology & fossil research

  The dinosaur park in Hakusan. It covers fossils found in the Tetori Group.

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• Ishikawa Prefectural Woodturning Training Institute

  石川県挽物轆轤技術研修所
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Wooden bases & passing on techniques

  A prefectural training institute in Yamanaka. It passes the techniques of lathe woodturning on to the next generation.

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• Mikawa Buddhist Altars

  美川仏壇
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Buddhist altars & lacquerwork

  Buddhist altars from Mikawa in Hakusan. In a town at the mouth of the Tedori River, they are finished with lacquer and gold leaf.

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• Noto Jofu

  能登上布
  Ishikawa / Nakanoto ／ Ramie textiles & nationally designated craft

  Jofu from Noto. A summer bast-fiber textile woven from ramie spliced into thread by hand.

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• Noto Fireworks

  能登花火
  Ishikawa / Noto area ／ Fireworks & gunpowder technology

  Fireworks from Noto. They are launched toward the sea, and the bursting shells are reflected on the water.

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• Nomi Kutani Ceramics Museum Gosaikan

  能美市九谷焼美術館五彩館
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Kutani ware & production-area exhibition

  The Kutani ware museum in Nomi. As the Gosaikan, it displays works from the production area.

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• Wajima Lacquerware

  輪島塗
  Ishikawa / Wajima ／ Lacquerware & nationally designated craft

  Lacquerware from Wajima. A diatomaceous earth called jinoko is mixed into the undercoat, and more than a hundred steps are layered one on another. Known for its durability.

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• Wajima Kobo Nagaya

  輪島工房長屋
  Ishikawa / Wajima ／ Lacquerware & making experience

  The workshop row houses in Wajima. Visitors can watch artisans at work and try chinkin and maki-e.

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• Kanazawa Buddhist Altars

  金沢仏壇
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Buddhist altars & nationally designated craft

  Buddhist altars from Kanazawa. They are decorated with Kaga maki-e and are distinguished by their carved transoms.

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• Kanazawa Japanese Umbrellas

  金沢和傘
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Bamboo, washi paper & waterproofing

  Japanese umbrellas from Kanazawa. Washi paper is pasted onto bamboo ribs and oiled to repel water.

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• Kanazawa Yasue Gold Leaf Museum

  金沢市立安江金箔工芸館
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Gold leaf & craft archives

  The Yasue Gold Leaf Museum in Kanazawa. It holds gold leaf tools and craft materials.

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• Kanazawa Lacquerware

  金沢漆器
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Lacquerware & maki-e

  Lacquerware from Kanazawa. It carries on the maki-e techniques fostered by the Kaga Domain.

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• Kanazawa Gold Leaf

  金沢箔
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Gold leaf & nationally designated craft

  Gold leaf from Kanazawa. Gold is beaten out to one ten-thousandth of a millimeter. Kanazawa produces nearly all of Japan's gold leaf.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 21 entries

• DIC Hokuriku Plant

  DIC北陸工場
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Chemicals & pigments and resins

  DIC's Hokuriku Plant. It mainly makes synthetic resins.

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• EIZO Headquarters and Global R&D Center

  EIZO本社・グローバル研究開発拠点
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Video equipment & display technology

  EIZO in Hakusan. It makes professional monitors and researches display technology.

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• I-O DATA DEVICE Headquarters

  I-O DATA DEVICE本社
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Digital devices & storage

  I-O DATA DEVICE in Kanazawa. It makes digital devices and storage devices.

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• Ishikawa Zoo

  いしかわ動物園
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Animal conservation & environmental education

  The prefecture's Ishikawa Zoo. It is responsible for animal conservation and environmental education.

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• Komatsu no Mori

  こまつの杜
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Construction machinery & environmental learning

  Komatsu no Mori in Komatsu. A real large dump truck is on display, and the site serves as a place for environmental learning.

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• R.B. Controls Head Office Plant

  アール・ビー・コントロールズ本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Electronic control & water heaters

  RB Controls in Kanazawa. It makes electronic controls for water heaters.

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• Komatsu Industries Head Office Plant

  コマツ産機本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Presses & sheet metal machinery

  Komatsu Industries in Kanazawa. It makes presses and sheet-metal machinery.

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• Komatsu Awazu Plant

  コマツ粟津工場
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Construction machinery & production technology

  The Awazu Plant in Komatsu. It makes construction machinery. The place where Komatsu was founded.

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• Kitamura Seisakusho Ishikawa Plant

  北村製作所石川工場
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Machine tools & precision machining

  Kitamura Seisakusho in Ishikawa. It deals in fabric inspection machines and automatic packaging machines.

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• Daido Kogyo Head Office Plant

  大同工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Chains & conveying technology

  Daido Kogyo in Kaga. It makes chains and conveyor equipment.

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• Komatsu Wall Industry Head Office Plant

  小松ウオール工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Movable partitions & building materials

  Komatsu Wall Industry. It makes movable partitions and building materials.

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• Tsukiboshi Manufacturing Head Office Plant

  月星製作所本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Auto parts & cold heading

  Tsukiboshi Manufacturing in Kaga. It makes automotive parts by cold heading.

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• Toshin Seiki Head Office Plant

  東振精機本社工場
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Rollers & precision grinding

  Toshin Seiki in Nomi. It does precision grinding of rollers.

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• Negami Chemical Industrial Head Office Plant

  根上工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Functional resins & polymerization technology

  Negami Chemical Industrial in Nomi. It makes functional resins by polymerization.

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• Tsudakoma Head Office Plant

  津田駒工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Textile machinery & machine tool accessories

  Tsudakoma in Kanazawa. It makes textile machinery such as looms, and machine tool accessories.

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• Ishikawa Machine Tool Industry Cluster

  石川の工作機械産業集積
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa, Hakusan and other areas ／ Machine tools & local industry

  The machine tool industry clustered in Ishikawa. The technology of textile machinery carried over into the machinery industry.

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• Ishikawa Sanken Horimatsu Plant

  石川サンケン堀松工場
  Ishikawa / Shika ／ Semiconductors & electronic components

  Ishikawa Sanken in Shika. It makes semiconductors and electronic components.

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• Ishikawa Aviation Plaza

  石川県立航空プラザ
  Ishikawa / Komatsu ／ Aircraft & flight technology

  The aviation plaza in Komatsu. Real aircraft are on display, and it presents the technology of flight.

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• Hakuichi Hakukokan

  箔一箔巧館
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Gold leaf & production exhibition

  The Hakukokan in Kanazawa. It shows the process by which gold leaf is made, and visitors can try applying leaf.

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• Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

  金沢蓄音器館
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Audio & recording technology

  The phonograph museum in Kanazawa. It collects hand-cranked phonographs and actually plays them for visitors to hear.

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• Takamatsu Machinery Head Office Plant

  高松機械工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ NC lathes & production technology

  Takamatsu Machinery in Hakusan. It makes NC lathes.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 9 entries

• PFU Headquarters

  PFU本社
  Ishikawa / Kahoku ／ Scanners & computing

  PFU in Kahoku. It handles document scanners and computing.

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• Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Head Office Plant

  中村留精密工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Hakusan ／ Multitasking machines & automation

  Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry in Hakusan. It makes multitasking machines.

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• Hokuryo Denko Headquarters

  北菱電興本社
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Factory automation & public infrastructure

  Hokuryo Denko in Kanazawa. It handles factory automation and social infrastructure.

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• Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  北陸先端科学技術大学院大学
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Information, materials & knowledge science

  Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Nomi. It covers information science, materials science and knowledge science.

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• Shibuya Corporation Head Office Plant

  澁谷工業本社工場
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Bottling & laser processing

  Shibuya Corporation in Kanazawa. It makes bottling systems and laser processing machines.

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• Kanazawa Institute of Technology Yumekobo

  金沢工業大学夢考房
  Ishikawa / Nonoichi ／ Engineering education & prototyping

  The Yumekobo at Kanazawa Institute of Technology. A place where students design and build prototypes themselves.

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• Kanazawa Paulownia Woodcraft

  金沢桐工芸
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Paulownia wood & hibachi braziers

  Paulownia woodcraft from Kanazawa. The paulownia is scorched to bring out the grain and made into braziers and boxes.

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• Kanazawa Scroll Mounting

  金沢表具
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Scroll mounting & cultural property restoration

  Mounting craft from Kanazawa. It mounts calligraphy and paintings and also undertakes the restoration of cultural properties.

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• Sakuda Gold and Silver Leaf

  金銀箔工芸さくだ
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Gold leaf & application experience

  A gold and silver leaf craft maker in Kanazawa. It accepts visitors for hands-on leaf application.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 12 entries

• Kutani Ware

  九谷焼
  Ishikawa / Nomi ／ Crafts & pottery

  Five overglaze colours covering the surface entirely; the kiln died out once, and each revival changed its style.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kaga Hachiman Tumbler Doll

  加賀八幡起上り
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  A tumbler doll shaped as a swaddled infant, painted red to ward off smallpox.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kaga Yuzen

  加賀友禅
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Dyeing & weaving

  More realist than Kyoto yuzen - it even paints the holes insects left in leaves - and built on five set colours.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kaga Mizuhiki

  加賀水引細工
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Crafts & pottery

  Kanazawa turned flat paper cords into three-dimensional cranes and pines - the wrapping itself becoming the object.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kaga Inlay

  加賀象嵌
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Metalwork

  Gold and silver hammered into cut iron, a technique born on armour and now turned to jewellery.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Yamanaka Lacquerware

  山中漆器
  Ishikawa / Kaga ／ Lacquer art / Crafts & pottery

  Held to have Japan's finest woodturning: blanks cut with the grain, then scored on the lathe in hairline rings.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Agehama Salt Making

  揚げ浜式製塩
  Ishikawa / Suzu ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  Japan's last agehama salt fields, where seawater is carried by bucket and scattered over sand by hand.

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• Suzu Ware

  珠洲焼
  Ishikawa / Suzu ／ Crafts & pottery

  Medieval grey-black stoneware shipped as far as Hokkaido, extinct for 500 years and revived in 1976.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Wajima Lacquerware

  輪島塗
  Ishikawa / Wajima ／ Lacquer art

  Powdered diatomaceous earth in the ground coat and 124 divided steps make it the toughest lacquer in Japan.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop

  金沢卯辰山工芸工房
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Crafts & pottery / Lacquer art / Dyeing & weaving / Metalwork

  The city takes in young craftspeople for three years; their workshops are open, so the daily work is visible.

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• Kanazawa Lacquerware

  金沢漆器
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Lacquer art

  Begun when the domain imported Edo lacquerers; its raised maki-e uses gold without restraint.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kanazawa Gold Leaf

  金沢箔
  Ishikawa / Kanazawa ／ Metalwork / Crafts & pottery

  Ninety-nine percent of Japan's gold leaf, beaten to one ten-thousandth of a millimetre - the gilding of Kinkakuji and Nikko alike.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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