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Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 10 entries

• Kirin Brewery Sendai Plant

  キリンビール仙台工場
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Beer & brewing

  A beer plant in Sendai. It was damaged in the earthquake disaster, was restored, and continues to operate.

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• Nikka Whisky Miyagikyo Distillery

  ニッカウヰスキー宮城峡蒸溜所
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Whisky & distilling

  A distillery opened in 1969. Using the water of the Nikkawa River, it makes a soft whisky that forms a pair with that of Yoichi.

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• Sendai City Central Wholesale Market

  仙台市中央卸売市場
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Food distribution & markets

  The central wholesale market of Sendai. Catches landed on the Sanriku coast and fruit and vegetables from the prefecture are put up for auction.

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• Kinoya Ishinomaki Suisan

  木の屋石巻水産
  Miyagi / Ishinomaki ／ Canned seafood & recovery

  A canned seafood maker in Ishinomaki. It washed and sold the cans swept away in the earthquake disaster, which led to its rebuilding.

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• Suenaga Kaisan

  末永海産
  Miyagi / Ishinomaki ／ Oysters & seafood processing

  An oyster processor in Minamisanriku. It does everything from farming to processing.

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• Matsushima Kamaboko Honpo Tagajo Factory

  松島蒲鉾本舗多賀城工場
  Miyagi / Tagajo ／ Seafood processing & kamaboko fish cake

  A kamaboko fish cake factory in Tagajo. Fish paste is kneaded in a stone mortar.

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• Kesennuma City Fish Market

  気仙沼市魚市場
  Miyagi / Kesennuma ／ Deep-sea fishing & market logistics

  A base for deep-sea fishing. Its landings of bonito are among the largest in Japan, and its landings of shark are the largest in Japan.

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• Kaisen Senbei Shiogama

  海鮮せんべい塩竈
  Miyagi / Shiogama ／ Seafood snacks & manufacturing experience

  A factory for seafood confectionery in Shiogama. Visitors can try the process of baking shrimp crackers.

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• Kamada Shoyu

  鎌田醤油
  Miyagi / Misato ／ Soy sauce & miso fermentation

  A soy sauce and miso brewery in Sendai. It handles the fermentation process.

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• Kanezaki Sasakama-kan

  鐘崎 笹かま館
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Seafood processing & kamaboko experience

  A hands-on facility attached to a sasa-kamaboko fish cake factory. Visitors can try the grilling process for themselves.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 10 entries

• Nakaniida Forged Blades

  中新田打刃物
  Miyagi / Kami ／ Forging & blades

  The forged blades of Nakaniida, Kami Town. Sickles and kitchen knives are made by forging.

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• Sendai-Hira

  仙台平
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Silk textiles & hakama cloth

  Sendai-hira. A silk fabric for hakama, it is designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan.

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• Sendai Tansu Chests and Monma Tansu Shop

  仙台箪笥・門間箪笥店
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Furniture & joinery fittings

  Sendai tansu chests. Lacquer is applied to a zelkova base, and hammered iron fittings are attached.

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• Tsutsumi Dolls

  堤人形
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Clay dolls

  Clay dolls of Tsutsumimachi. Foot soldiers of the Sendai Domain began making them as a side job in the Edo period.

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• Tsutsumi Ware and Kenba Kiln

  堤焼・乾馬窯
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Pottery

  Pottery that has been fired in Tsutsumimachi, Sendai. White and black glazes are applied in separate areas.

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• Miyagi Traditional Kokeshi and the Japan Kokeshi Museum

  宮城伝統こけし・日本こけし館
  Miyagi / Osaki ／ Wooden toys & painting experience

  The Japan Kokeshi Museum in Naruko. It brings together the five lineages of Miyagi's traditional kokeshi dolls, and visitors can try painting one.

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• Iwadeyama Shinodake Bamboo Craft

  岩出山しの竹細工
  Miyagi / Osaki ／ Bamboo crafts

  The shinodake bamboo craft of Iwadeyama. Date Masamune is said to have spread it as a side job for lower-ranking samurai.

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• Matsukawa Daruma

  松川だるま
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Papier-mache & folk toys

  Papier-mache daruma dolls of Sendai. They are distinguished by the blue painted around the eyes.

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• Ogatsu Inkstones and the Ogatsu Inkstone Traditional Industry Hall

  雄勝硯・雄勝硯伝統産業会館
  Miyagi / Ishinomaki ／ Stonework & stationery

  The inkstones of Ogatsu. They are split and carved from black slate more than 200 million years old. A nationally designated Traditional Craft.

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• Naruko Lacquerware

  鳴子漆器
  Miyagi / Osaki ／ Lacquerware & woodwork

  The lacquerware of Naruko. Lacquer is applied to a wooden base, and the makers excel at kijiro-nuri, which lets the wood grain show.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 8 entries

• Iris Ohyama Kakuda I.T.P.

  アイリスオーヤマ角田I.T.P.
  Miyagi / Kakuda ／ Household goods & automated logistics

  A factory for household goods in Kakuda. It has automated warehouses and a logistics system.

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• Alps Alpine Sendai Development Center and Furukawa Base

  アルプスアルパイン仙台開発センター・古川拠点
  Miyagi / Sendai, Osaki ／ Electronic components & mobility

  Development bases for electronic components and in-vehicle equipment. They are located in Sendai and Furukawa.

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• Former Keihin Miyagi Base and Hitachi Astemo Miyagi Works

  ケーヒン旧宮城拠点・日立Astemo宮城事業所
  Miyagi / Kakuda, Murata ／ Auto parts & control

  A works that makes control components for automobiles. It carries on the lineage of the former Keihin.

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• Toyota Motor East Japan Miyagi Taiwa Plant

  トヨタ自動車東日本 宮城大和工場
  Miyagi / Taiwa ／ Auto parts & electronics

  A plant in Taiwa. It makes automotive parts and electronic equipment.

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• Toyota Motor East Japan Miyagi Ohira Plant

  トヨタ自動車東日本 宮城大衡工場
  Miyagi / Ohira ／ Automobiles & finished vehicle manufacturing

  A finished-vehicle plant in Ohira. It is the only one in Tohoku that assembles entire cars.

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• Nikon Miyagi

  ニコン宮城
  Miyagi / Zao ／ Optics & precision machining

  It carries out precision machining of optical components. It makes camera lenses and the like.

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• Tokyo Electron Miyagi

  東京エレクトロン宮城
  Miyagi / Taiwa ／ Semiconductor manufacturing equipment

  A maker of equipment for producing semiconductors. It works on deposition and cleaning equipment.

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• Tohoku University Aobayama Commons and Graduate School of Agricultural Science

  東北大学青葉山コモンズ・農学研究科
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ University research & agricultural science

  The base of Tohoku University's agricultural sciences. Having moved to Aobayama, it brings research and education together in one place.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 1 entries

• Ishinomaki City Fisheries Promotion Center and Ishinomaki Fish Market

  石巻市水産総合振興センター・石巻魚市場
  Miyagi / Ishinomaki ／ Fish market & advanced hygiene control

  A fish market with advanced hygiene control, completed in 2017. The auctions can be seen from the visitor walkway on the second floor.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 8 entries

• Sendai Chest

  仙台箪笥
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Metalwork / Lacquer art

  Zelkova grain glowing through lacquer, dressed in hand-forged iron mounts; its size came from storing swords.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Yajiro Kokeshi Village

  弥治郎こけし村
  Miyagi / Shiroishi ／ Mingei folk craft

  Yajiro kokeshi wear thick lathe-turned rings on the head, recognisable at a glance.

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• Tamamushi Lacquer

  玉虫塗
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Lacquer art

  Colour lacquer over silver powder, shifting like a jewel beetle's wing; developed for export in the 1930s.

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• Shiroishi Washi

  白石和紙
  Miyagi / Shiroishi ／ Crafts & pottery / Dyeing & weaving

  Paper strong enough to be sewn into clothing, supplied to the Todaiji Omizutori rites.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Akiu Craft Village

  秋保工芸の里
  Miyagi / Sendai ／ Crafts & pottery / Lacquer art / Metalwork

  Nine workshops in one hamlet, where the three trades behind a Sendai chest can be watched separately.

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• Ogatsu Inkstone

  雄勝硯
  Miyagi / Ishinomaki ／ Crafts & pottery / Calligraphy

  Black slate inkstones made here for six centuries, once the source of most inkstones in Japan.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Naruko Kokeshi

  鳴子こけし
  Miyagi / Osaki ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  The only kokeshi lineage whose heads squeak when turned, still turned and painted in the hot-spring street.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Naruko Lacquerware

  鳴子漆器
  Miyagi / Osaki ／ Lacquer art

  Wiped lacquer that keeps the grain visible, grown from the same woodturning trade as kokeshi.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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