Kagoshima directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 26 entries

• Ikeda Pan Shigetomi Plant

  イケダパン重富工場
  Kagoshima / Aira ／ Bread & food manufacturing

  Ikeda Pan in Aira. It makes bread.

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• Japan Farm Tarumizu Plant

  ジャパンファーム垂水工場
  Kagoshima / Tarumizu ／ Poultry processing & food manufacturing

  Japan Farm in Tarumizu. It dresses and processes chickens.

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• Starzen Meat Processor Akune Plant

  スターゼンミートプロセッサー阿久根工場
  Kagoshima / Akune ／ Meat processing & freezing

  Starzen in Akune. It processes and freezes meat.

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• Seika Foods Hioki Plant

  セイカ食品日置工場
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Confectionery & frozen dessert manufacturing

  Seika Foods in Hioki. It makes frozen desserts such as Nangoku Shirokuma.

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• Nanchiku Head Office Plant

  ナンチク本社工場
  Kagoshima / Soo ／ Livestock & meat processing

  Nanchiku in Kagoshima. It processes livestock meat such as Kurobuta pork.

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• Prima Meat Packers Kagoshima Plant

  プリマハム鹿児島工場
  Kagoshima / Ichikikushikino ／ Meat processing & quality control

  Prima Meat Packers in Kagoshima. It processes meat.

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• Kikaijima Shuzo

  喜界島酒造
  Kagoshima / Kikai ／ Brown sugar shochu & island brewing

  A distillery on Kikaijima. It makes brown sugar shochu on the island. Brown sugar shochu is permitted only in the Amami Islands.

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• Oyama Jinshichi Shoten

  大山甚七商店
  Kagoshima / Ibusuki ／ Sweet potato shochu & jar fermentation

  Oyama Jinshichi Shoten in Ibusuki. It makes sweet potato shochu prepared in earthenware jars.

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• Taikai Shuzo

  大海酒造
  Kagoshima / Kanoya ／ Sweet potato shochu & local distillery

  Taikai Shuzo in Kanoya. It makes the local sweet potato shochu.

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• Amami Oshima Shuzo Hamachidori-kan

  奄美大島酒造浜千鳥館
  Kagoshima / Tatsugo ／ Brown sugar shochu & distilling

  Oshima Shuzo in Amami. It distills brown sugar shochu.

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• Amami Shurui

  奄美酒類
  Kagoshima / Tokunoshima ／ Brown sugar shochu & joint bottling

  Amami Shurui. The distilleries of the island bottle jointly.

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• Komasa Jozo Hioki Distillery

  小正醸造日置蒸溜蔵
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Shochu & whisky

  Komasa Jozo in Hioki. It makes both shochu and whisky.

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• Yamamoto Shuzo Shochu Distillery

  山元酒造焼酎蔵
  Kagoshima / Satsumasendai ／ Sweet potato shochu & distilling

  Yamamoto Shuzo in Satsumasendai. It distills sweet potato shochu.

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• Hombo Shuzo Mars Tsunuki Distillery

  本坊酒造マルス津貫蒸溜所
  Kagoshima / Minamisatsuma ／ Whisky & distilling

  The Hombo Shuzo Mars Tsunuki Distillery in Minamisatsuma. It distills whisky.

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• Hombo Shuzo Chiran Distillery

  本坊酒造知覧蒸溜所
  Kagoshima / Minamikyushu ／ Sweet potato shochu & distilling

  Hombo Shuzo in Chiran, Minamikyushu. It distills sweet potato shochu.

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• Makurazaki Fish Center Katsuobushi Exhibit

  枕崎お魚センター鰹節展示
  Kagoshima / Makurazaki ／ Katsuobushi & seafood processing

  The Fish Center in Makurazaki. It exhibits the processing of katsuobushi. Makurazaki is a katsuobushi production area.

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• Hamada Shuzo Denzoin-gura

  濵田酒造傳藏院蔵
  Kagoshima / Ichikikushikino ／ Sweet potato shochu & factory tours

  Hamada Shuzo Denzoin-gura in Ichikikushikino. Visitors can tour the shochu factory.

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• Hamada Shuzo Satsuma Kinzan-gura

  濵田酒造薩摩金山蔵
  Kagoshima / Ichikikushikino ／ Tunnel aging & shochu

  Satsuma Kinzan-gura in Ichikikushikino. Shochu is aged in the tunnels of a gold mine.

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• Machida Shuzo Tatsugo Plant

  町田酒造龍郷工場
  Kagoshima / Tatsugo ／ Brown sugar shochu & fermentation

  Machida Shuzo in Tatsugo, Amami. It ferments brown sugar shochu.

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• Wakashio Shuzo Shochu Distillery Satsuma-mura

  若潮酒造焼酎蔵薩摩邑
  Kagoshima / Shibushi ／ Sweet potato shochu & distilling

  Wakashio Shuzo in Shibushi. It distills sweet potato shochu.

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• Satsuma Shuzo Meiji-gura

  薩摩酒造明治蔵
  Kagoshima / Makurazaki ／ Sweet potato shochu & distillery tours

  Satsuma Shuzo Meiji-gura in Makurazaki. Visitors can tour the distillation of sweet potato shochu.

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• Satsuma Shuzo Kedogawa Distillery Meiji-gura

  薩摩酒造花渡川蒸溜所明治蔵
  Kagoshima / Makurazaki ／ Shochu & industrial heritage

  The Kedogawa Distillery in Makurazaki. A storehouse from the Meiji era remains as industrial heritage.

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• Nishi Shuzo Hozan-gura

  西酒造宝山蔵
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Sweet potato shochu & fermentation

  Nishi Shuzo Hozan-gura in Hioki. It ferments sweet potato shochu.

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• Nishi Shuzo Ontake Distillery

  西酒造御岳蒸留所
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Whisky & distilling

  The Nishi Shuzo Ontake Distillery in Hioki. It distills whisky.

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• Kagoshima Kumiai Shokuhin Osumi Plant

  鹿児島くみあい食品大隅工場
  Kagoshima / Soo ／ Farm product processing & frozen foods

  Kumiai Shokuhin in Osumi. It freezes and processes farm products.

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• Dairy Industry and Dairy Farm Processing of the Kanoya Area

  鹿屋地域の乳業・酪農加工
  Kagoshima / Kanoya ／ Dairy products & dairy farming

  The dairy industry and dairy farming of Kanoya. Dairy products are made from the dairy farming of Osumi.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 24 entries

• Kaseda Sickles and Minami-Satsuma Forged Blades

  加世田鎌・南薩摩打刃物
  Kagoshima / Minamisatsuma ／ Forging & farm tools

  Kaseda sickles of Minamisatsuma. Farm tools are made by forging.

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• Amami Oshima Tsumugi Village

  奄美大島紬村
  Kagoshima / Tatsugo ／ Mud dyeing & weaving experience

  Oshima Tsumugi Village in Amami. Visitors can try mud dyeing and weaving.

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• Amami Mud-Dyeing Park

  奄美泥染公園
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Mud dyeing & natural dyes

  The mud-dyeing park in Amami. It handles natural dyes.

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• Yakusugi Crafts

  屋久杉工芸
  Kagoshima / Yakushima ／ Woodwork & fine wood working

  Yakusugi crafts of Yakushima. Only fallen trees and buried wood are used and worked.

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• Iwakiri Bikodo Satsuma Tinware Workshop

  岩切美巧堂薩摩錫器工房
  Kagoshima / Kirishima ／ Tinware & workshop exhibition

  Iwakiri Bikodo in Kagoshima. It opens its tinware workshop to the public.

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• Shimadzu Satsuma Kiriko Factory

  島津薩摩切子工場
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Glass & restoration techniques

  The Satsuma kiriko factory at Sengan-en. It makes the glass by restoring a technique that died out at the end of the Edo period.

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• Honba Oshima Tsumugi

  本場大島紬
  Kagoshima / Amami, Tatsugo, Kagoshima and other areas ／ Silk textiles & nationally designated craft

  Tsumugi of Amami Oshima. Thread dyed with techigi is soaked in mud, where it binds with iron and turns black. The kasuri is made on a shimebata loom.

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• Honba Oshima Tsumugi no Sato

  本場大島紬の里
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Textiles & production-area exhibition

  Honba Oshima Tsumugi no Sato in Kagoshima City. It showcases the production area.

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• Honba Amami Oshima Tsumugi Mud-Dyeing Park

  本場奄美大島紬泥染公園
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Mud dyeing & technique exhibits

  The mud-dyeing park in Amami. It exhibits mud-dyeing techniques.

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• Chin Jukan Kiln

  沈壽官窯
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Satsuma ware & climbing kiln

  The Chin Jukan Kiln in Miyama, Hioki. The family of potters brought over from Korea has continued for fifteen generations.

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• Tanegashima Knives

  種子包丁
  Kagoshima / Tanegashima area ／ Forging & blades

  Kitchen knives of Tanegashima. They are forged.

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• Tanegashima Scissors

  種子鋏
  Kagoshima / Nishinoomote ／ Forging & blades

  Scissors of Tanegashima. They are made by forging. They draw on the blacksmithing skills that came with the introduction of firearms.

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• Bamboo Crafts and Satsuma Bamboo Work

  竹工芸・薩摩竹細工
  Kagoshima / Across Kagoshima Prefecture ／ Bamboo material & basketry

  Bamboo work of Satsuma. Bamboo is split and woven. Kagoshima has the largest bamboo production in Japan.

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• Miyama Toyukan

  美山陶遊館
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Satsuma ware & pottery experience

  Miyama Toyukan in Hioki. Visitors can try making Satsuma ware.

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• Naeshirogawa Ware Kiln Cluster

  苗代川焼窯元集積
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Pottery & production-area culture

  Naeshirogawa in Hioki. A production area that continued as a settlement of Korean potters.

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• Satsuma Buttons

  薩摩ボタン
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Ceramics & fine painting

  Satsuma buttons. Pictures are painted on ceramic buttons with an extremely fine brush. They were made as export goods.

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• Satsuma Kiriko Cut Glass

  薩摩切子
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Cased glass & cutting

  Satsuma kiriko. Because a thick layer of colored glass is overlaid and then cut, a gradation called bokashi, in which the color fades, appears.

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• Satsuma Fukami Blades

  薩摩深水刃物
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Forging & Satsuma sword lineage

  Fukami blades of Satsuma. A smithy in the lineage of Satsuma swords.

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• Satsuma Ware

  薩摩焼
  Kagoshima / Hioki, Kagoshima and other areas ／ Ceramics & nationally designated craft

  Satsuma ware. It has two streams: white Satsuma, made for the domain, and black Satsuma, vessels for the common people.

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• Satsuma Kinzoku Head Office Plant

  薩摩金属本社工場
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Metalworking & casting

  Satsuma Kinzoku in Kagoshima. It processes and casts metal.

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• Satsuma Tinware

  薩摩錫器
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Tin & casting

  Satsuma tinware of Kagoshima. Tin is cast into sake vessels. There was a tin mine in Taniyama.

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• Tsuruda Handmade Washi

  鶴田手漉和紙
  Kagoshima / Satsuma ／ Handmade washi paper

  Tsuruda handmade washi of Satsuma. It is made from kozo.

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• Ryumonji Ware

  龍門司焼
  Kagoshima / Aira ／ Pottery & black glaze

  Ryumonji ware of Aira. Black glaze and dakatsu glaze are applied.

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• Ryumonji Ware Cooperative

  龍門司焼企業組合
  Kagoshima / Aira ／ Pottery & shared kiln

  The Ryumonji Ware Cooperative in Aira. It fires in a shared kiln.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 16 entries

• ULVAC Kyushu Head Office Plant

  アルバック九州本社工場
  Kagoshima / Kirishima ／ Vacuum equipment & semiconductor manufacturing

  ULVAC Kyushu in Kagoshima. It makes vacuum equipment and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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• Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Kagoshima Technology Center

  ソニーセミコンダクタマニュファクチャリング鹿児島テクノロジーセンター
  Kagoshima / Kirishima ／ Semiconductors & image sensors

  Sony in Satsumasendai. It makes image sensors.

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• Phenitec Semiconductor Kagoshima Plant

  フェニテックセミコンダクター鹿児島工場
  Kagoshima / Yusui ／ Semiconductors & manufacturing

  Phenitec in Kagoshima. It manufactures semiconductors.

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• Bansei Tokko Peace Museum

  万世特攻平和祈念館
  Kagoshima / Minamisatsuma ／ Aviation history & aircraft preservation

  The Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Minamisatsuma. It preserves an aircraft recovered from the sea.

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• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Tanegashima Space Center Launch Site Operations

  三菱重工業種子島宇宙センター射場業務
  Kagoshima / Minamitane ／ Rockets & launch technology

  The Tanegashima Space Center. It carries out launches of the H3 and other rockets. It is the largest launch site in Japan.

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• Kyocera Kagoshima Kokubu Plant

  京セラ鹿児島国分工場
  Kagoshima / Kirishima ／ Fine ceramics & electronic components

  Kyocera in Kokubu, Kirishima. It makes fine ceramics and electronic components.

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• Kyocera Kagoshima Sendai Plant

  京セラ鹿児島川内工場
  Kagoshima / Satsumasendai ／ Electronic components & semiconductor materials

  Kyocera in Satsumasendai. It makes electronic components and semiconductor materials.

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• Uchinoura Space Center

  内之浦宇宙空間観測所
  Kagoshima / Kimotsuki ／ Rockets & space observation

  The Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki. It launches solid-fuel rockets such as Epsilon.

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• Okuchi Electronics Head Office Plant

  大口電子本社工場
  Kagoshima / Isa ／ Precious metals & electronic materials

  Okuchi Electronics in Isa. It handles precious metals and electronic materials.

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• Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Village Center

  屋久島環境文化村センター
  Kagoshima / Yakushima ／ World Natural Heritage & environmental education

  The Environmental and Cultural Village Center on Yakushima. It is responsible for environmental education on the World Natural Heritage site.

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• Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories Head Office and Ibusuki Research Base

  新日本科学本社・指宿研究拠点
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima, Ibusuki ／ Drug discovery support & preclinical research

  Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories in Ibusuki. It is responsible for preclinical research in drug discovery.

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• Molex Japan Kagoshima Plant

  日本モレックス鹿児島工場
  Kagoshima / Kanoya ／ Connectors & electronic components

  Molex Japan in Kagoshima. It makes connectors.

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• Former Shuseikan Machinery Factory

  旧集成館機械工場
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Machine factory & World Heritage

  The Former Shuseikan Machinery Factory in Kagoshima. A stone factory built in 1865, it is a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Chiran Peace Museum

  知覧特攻平和会館
  Kagoshima / Minamikyushu ／ Aviation history & preservation of materials

  The special attack peace museum in Chiran, Minamikyushu. It preserves materials on aviation history.

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• Semiconductor Materials Industry Cluster of Kagoshima Prefecture

  鹿児島県の半導体材料産業集積
  Kagoshima / Kirishima and others ／ Semiconductor materials & local cluster

  The semiconductor materials industry of Kagoshima. It forms one part of Kyushu's Silicon Island.

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• Kanoya Air Base Museum

  鹿屋航空基地史料館
  Kagoshima / Kanoya ／ Aircraft & naval aviation history

  The air base museum in Kanoya. It conveys the history of naval aviation.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 7 entries

• IHI Aerospace Tanegashima Office

  IHIエアロスペース種子島事業所
  Kagoshima / Minamitane ／ Rockets & launch site support

  IHI Aerospace on Tanegashima. It is responsible for support of rockets and the launch site.

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• Sanus Head Office Plant

  サナス本社工場
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Starch & functional carbohydrates

  Sanus in Kagoshima. It makes functional carbohydrates from starch.

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• Marui Foods Izumi Plant

  マルイ食品出水工場
  Kagoshima / Izumi ／ Eggs & poultry processing

  Marui Foods in Izumi. It processes eggs and chicken.

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• Sengan-en Reverberatory Furnace Site

  仙巌園反射炉跡
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Reverberatory furnace & industrial heritage

  The reverberatory furnace site at Sengan-en. The foundation of the furnace built to melt iron remains. A World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Amami-Oshima World Heritage Conservation Center

  奄美大島世界遺産センター
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Biodiversity & conservation

  The World Heritage center in Amami. It is responsible for the conservation of endemic species such as the Amami rabbit.

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• Shoko Shuseikan Museum

  尚古集成館
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Modern industry & World Heritage

  Shoko Shuseikan in Kagoshima. It conveys the Shuseikan project of Shimazu Nariakira. A World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Nihon Starch Head Office Plant

  日本澱粉工業本社工場
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Starch & saccharified products

  Nihon Starch in Kagoshima. It makes starch and saccharified products from sweet potatoes.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 14 entries

• Oshima Tsumugi Village

  大島紬村と締機
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Dyeing & weaving

  The kasuri threads are first woven into a temporary cloth, dyed, then unpicked for the real weaving - two weavings for one fabric.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Mud Dyeing of Amami

  奄美の泥染
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Plant dye and mud alternated more than twenty times to reach a black no chemical dye can match.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Banana Fibre Cloth of Amami

  奄美の芭蕉布と島の織物
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Fibre stripped from banana stems, split fine and spun by hand; a single bolt takes two hundred plants.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Yakusugi Woodcraft

  屋久杉工芸
  Kagoshima / Yakushima ／ Crafts & pottery

  Only stumps left by Edo-period logging may be used; no living tree is cut, and the timber is three centuries old before it starts.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kawanabe Butsudan

  川辺仏壇
  Kagoshima / Minamikyushu ／ Lacquer art / Sculpture / Metalwork

  Satsuma banned Buddhism outright for a time; altars were made in secret, and when the ban lifted that skill became an industry.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Oshima Tsumugi Silk

  本場大島紬
  Kagoshima / Amami ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Thread dyed with a local shrub and then trodden into iron-rich mud to blacken; the kasuri threads are themselves woven first on a separate loom.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• White Satsuma

  白薩摩と錦手
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Crafts & pottery

  Thin ivory-white ware painted in gold and colour for the lord's use; world's fairs made it an export line called simply SATSUMA.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Tanegashima Scissors

  種子鋏
  Kagoshima / Nishinoomote ／ Metalwork

  The smithing skills once used to make guns turned to scissors. Steel is forge-welded onto soft iron to shape the blades and handles.

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• Miyama Pottery Village

  美山の窯元
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Crafts & pottery

  The village where the abducted potters were settled; families that never changed their Korean names still fire kilns here.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Metalwork of Satsuma

  薩摩の金工と象嵌
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Metalwork

  Domain metalwork that found an export market in the Meiji era, prized abroad for the fineness of its inlay.

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• Reviving Satsuma Glass

  薩摩ガラス工芸と復元の技術
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Crafts & pottery

  A technique lost for 120 years, reverse-engineered from surviving pieces - the reconstruction itself the achievement.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Satsuma Cut Glass

  薩摩切子
  Kagoshima / Kagoshima ／ Crafts & pottery

  Thick coloured glass cut so the edges gradate; the craft died with the domain and was reconstructed in 1985.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Satsuma Ware

  薩摩焼
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Crafts & pottery

  Begun by abducted Korean potters, and split into white ware for the lord and black for everyone else - class made into pottery.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Black Satsuma

  黒薩摩と日用の器
  Kagoshima / Hioki ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  The black ware ordinary people used - undecorated, its shape decided entirely by what it had to do.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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