Iwate directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 12 entries

• Asabiraki Showa Asahi-gura Brewery

  あさ開 昭和旭蔵
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Morioka. You can tour its brewing house, completed in Showa 63 (1988), where brewing tools remain.

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• Edel Wein

  エーデルワイン
  Iwate / Hanamaki ／ Wine & fruit processing

  A winery in Hanamaki. It ferments wild grapes and fruit.

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• Baeren Brewery

  ベアレン醸造所
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Craft beer & brewing

  A craft beer brewery in Morioka. It began by taking over old equipment from Germany.

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• Sekinoichi Sake Brewery and Iwate Kura Beer

  世嬉の一酒造・いわて蔵ビール
  Iwate / Ichinoseki ／ Sake & craft beer

  A sake brewery in Ichinoseki. It makes both sake and craft beer, and opens its brewery buildings to visitors.

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• Nanbu Bijin

  南部美人
  Iwate / Ninohe ／ Sake & overseas expansion

  A sake brewery in Ninohe. It went overseas early, and exports account for a high share of its sales.

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• Waga Chuo Agricultural Irrigation and Small Hydropower

  和賀中央農業水利・小水力発電
  Iwate / Kitakami ／ Agricultural civil engineering & renewable energy

  A facility that incorporates small hydropower generation into the agricultural irrigation canals of Waga.

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• Ofunato City Fish Market

  大船渡市魚市場
  Iwate / Ofunato ／ Fisheries & market logistics

  The fish market of Ofunato. It handles landings of Pacific saury and mackerel.

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• Koiwai Farm

  小岩井農場
  Iwate / Shizukuishi ／ Dairy farming, agricultural civil engineering & Important Cultural Property

  A farm opened in 1891. Twenty-one buildings, including cattle barns, are Important Cultural Properties, and dairy farming continues today.

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• Iwate Kuzumaki Wine

  岩手くずまきワイン
  Iwate / Kuzumaki ／ Wild mountain grapes & wine

  Wild grape wine from Kuzumaki. The town started it as a third-sector, public-private enterprise.

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• Mount Iwate Foothills Agricultural Irrigation Facilities

  岩手山麓農業水利施設
  Iwate / Takizawa, Shizukuishi ／ Agricultural civil engineering & irrigation water

  Agricultural irrigation water drawn to the foot of Mount Iwate. A civil engineering work that turned volcanic ash land into farmland.

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• Morioka City Central Wholesale Market

  盛岡市中央卸売市場
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Food distribution & markets

  The central wholesale market of Morioka. As an inland market, it handles fish from the Sanriku coast and fruit and vegetables from the prefecture.

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• Kojiya Motomiya

  麹屋もとみや
  Iwate / Hachimantai ／ Miso & fermentation experience

  A koji maker in Hachimantai. It makes rice koji, and visitors can try making miso.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 17 entries

• OIGEN Factory Shop

  OIGENファクトリーショップ
  Iwate / Oshu ／ Nambu ironware & casting

  A Nanbu ironware maker in Mizusawa, Oshu. A direct-sales shop is attached to the factory.

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• Michinoku Akane-kai Homespun

  ホームスパン・みちのくあかね会
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Woolen textiles & handwork

  Homespun from Morioka. Wool is spun by hand and woven by hand. It began after the war as work for women.

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• Nihon Homespun

  ホームスパン・日本ホームスパン
  Iwate / Hanamaki ／ Woolen textiles & dyeing and weaving

  A homespun maker in Iwate. It handles everything from dyeing to weaving.

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• Oigen Foundry Casting Technology

  及源鋳造鋳物技術
  Iwate / Oshu ／ Casting & heat treatment

  A foundry in Oshu. It makes ironware using its pouring and heat-treatment techniques.

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• Dai Ware

  台焼
  Iwate / Hanamaki ／ Pottery

  A pottery studio in Hanamaki that fires Dai ware. It specializes in white porcelain with a translucent quality.

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• Appi-nuri Lacquerware Workshop

  安比塗漆器工房
  Iwate / Hachimantai ／ Lacquerware & training of craftspeople

  A lacquerware workshop in Hachimantai. It also serves as a place for training makers.

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• Kokuji Ware Pottery Garden

  小久慈焼陶芸苑
  Iwate / Kuji ／ Pottery & making experience

  Pottery in Kuji. It fires Kokuji ware, which is coated with an amber-colored glaze, and visitors can try making pottery.

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• Iwayado Tansu Fujisato Woodworks

  岩谷堂箪笥・藤里木工所
  Iwate / Oshu ／ Furniture & woodwork

  A woodworking shop making Iwayado tansu chests. It combines joinery, lacquering and metal fittings.

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• Iwayado Tansu Production Cooperative

  岩谷堂箪笥生産協同組合
  Iwate / Oshu ／ Furniture & joinery fittings

  The cooperative for Iwayado tansu chests. Nanbu iron fittings are hammered onto a zelkova wood body.

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• Iwachu Ironware Museum

  岩鋳鉄器館
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Nambu ironware & casting

  A museum attached to a Nanbu ironware factory. Visitors can see the process from casting mold to finished iron kettle.

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• Joboji Lacquer Industry

  浄法寺漆産業
  Iwate / Ninohe ／ Japanese lacquer & lacquer tapping

  Lacquer sap is tapped at Joboji in Ninohe. Most of the domestic lacquer used to restore National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties comes from here.

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• Hidehira-nuri Lacquerware Ochiya

  秀衡塗・翁知屋
  Iwate / Hiraizumi ／ Lacquerware & decoration

  Hidehira-nuri lacquerware from Hiraizumi. It is characterized by the Genji-gumo cloud pattern, in which diamond shapes of gold leaf are set on the lacquer.

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• Hanamaki Dolls and Hanamaki Kokeshi

  花巻人形・花巻こけし
  Iwate / Hanamaki ／ Folk toys

  Folk toys of Hanamaki. Clay dolls and kokeshi are made. Hanamaki dolls began in the Edo period under the influence of Kyoto's Fushimi dolls.

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• Nishiwaga Town Akebi Vine Craft

  西和賀町アケビ蔓細工
  Iwate / Nishiwaga ／ Vine craft

  Akebi vine craft from Nishiwaga. Vines gathered in the mountains are woven into baskets.

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• Tono Furusato Village Straw Craft

  遠野ふるさと村わら細工
  Iwate / Tono ／ Rural crafts & hands-on experience

  Straw craft in Tono. Visitors can try weaving items such as the horse-shaped Chagu Chagu Umakko.

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• Kamasada

  釜定
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Nambu ironware & design

  A Nanbu ironware workshop in Morioka. It pursues forms suited to everyday use and incorporates contemporary design.

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• Suzuki Morihisa Workshop

  鈴木盛久工房
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Nambu ironware & metal casting

  A Nanbu ironware workshop in Morioka. Founded in 1625, it has passed down metal-casting techniques from generation to generation.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 5 entries

• ILC-Related Technology and Iwate Accelerator-Related Industry Study Group

  ILC関連技術・いわて加速器関連産業研究会
  Iwate / Prefecture-wide ／ Accelerators & precision machining

  A study group working toward bringing a linear accelerator to the area. Precision-machining companies from within the prefecture gather in it.

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• Kuji National Petroleum Stockpiling Base

  久慈国家石油備蓄基地
  Iwate / Kuji ／ Energy stockpiling

  A national petroleum stockpiling base built underground in Kuji. Crude oil is stored inside the bedrock.

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• Nippon Steel East Nippon Works Kamaishi Area

  日本製鉄東日本製鉄所釜石地区
  Iwate / Kamaishi ／ Steel & wire rod

  A steelworks in Kamaishi. It makes wire rod. Japan's modern steelmaking began here.

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• Hashino Iron Mine Information Center

  橋野鉄鉱山インフォメーションセンター
  Iwate / Kamaishi ／ World Heritage & modern ironmaking

  The Hashino iron mine, where a Western-style blast furnace went into operation in 1858. It is inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Kamaishi City Iron and Steel History Museum

  釜石市立鉄の歴史館
  Iwate / Kamaishi ／ Ironmaking & industrial heritage

  A museum of the history of ironmaking in Kamaishi, the place where a Western-style blast furnace first operated in Japan.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 1 entries

• Tekiseisha

  滴生舎
  Iwate / Ninohe ／ Joboji lacquerware & display and sales

  A facility that exhibits and sells Joboji-nuri lacquerware. The tools used for tapping lacquer can also be seen.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 6 entries

• Nambu Chest

  カシオペア連邦の南部箪笥
  Iwate / Ninohe ／ Metalwork / Crafts & pottery

  Chests of zelkova wood fitted with hand-forged iron mounts, made by two trades working in tandem.

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• Nambu Ironware

  南部鉄器
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Metalwork / Mingei folk craft

  Four centuries of cast ironware; the hailstone pattern on each kettle is punched by hand.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Appi Lacquerware Workshop

  安比塗漆器工房
  Iwate / Hachimantai ／ Lacquer art

  A workshop that revived the lost Appi lacquer tradition, working from raw wood to final coat.

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• Tekiseisha

  滴生舎
  Iwate / Ninohe ／ Lacquer art

  In the town that taps over 70 percent of Japan's lacquer, including the sap used to repair national treasures.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Morioka Handi-Works Square

  盛岡手づくり村
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Crafts & pottery / Dyeing & weaving / Metalwork

  Fourteen workshops under one roof, where visitors watch and try the crafts themselves.

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• Kamasada

  釜定
  Iwate / Morioka ／ Metalwork

  A Nambu ironware workshop known for updating traditional forms for modern use.

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