Saitama directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 21 entries

• Glicopia East

  グリコピア・イースト
  Saitama / Kitamoto ／ Confectionery & factory tours

  Glico's factory in Kitamoto. It shows the process by which Pocky and Pretz are made.

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• Masdac

  マスダック
  Saitama / Tokorozawa ／ Confectionery machinery & food production equipment

  It makes confectionery machinery. It builds production equipment for confectionery factories.

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• Yamaki Jozo

  ヤマキ醸造
  Saitama / Kamikawa ／ Organic soy sauce & miso

  A brewer in Kamikawa. It makes soy sauce and miso from organic soybeans and wheat.

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• Lotte Urawa Plant

  ロッテ浦和工場
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Confectionery & manufacturing technology

  A confectionery factory in Urawa. It makes chocolate confectionery and ice cream.

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• Lotte Sayama Plant

  ロッテ狭山工場
  Saitama / Sayama ／ Confectionery & manufacturing technology

  A confectionery factory in Sayama. It deals with confectionery manufacturing technology.

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• Igarashi Sake Brewery

  五十嵐酒造
  Saitama / Hanno ／ Sake & fermentation

  A sake brewery in Hanno. It deals with the fermentation process.

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• Iruma City Museum ALIT

  入間市博物館ALIT
  Saitama / Iruma ／ Sayama tea & local industry

  A museum in Iruma. With Sayama tea as its theme, it covers local industry.

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• Kyodo Shoji COEDO Craft Beer Brewery

  協同商事COEDOクラフトビール醸造所
  Saitama / Higashimatsuyama ／ Craft beer & local brand

  Craft beer from Kawagoe. It brews with local ingredients, as in Beniaka, which uses sweet potato.

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• Kanbai Sake Brewery

  寒梅酒造
  Saitama / Kuki ／ Sake & fermentation

  A sake brewery in Kuki. It handles the fermentation process.

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• Yugeta Soy Sauce and Shoyu Okoku

  弓削多醤油・醤遊王国
  Saitama / Hidaka ／ Soy sauce & fermentation tours

  A soy sauce factory in Hidaka. Visitors can tour how soy sauce is made and try pressing it.

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• Meiji Naruhodo Factory Sakado

  明治なるほどファクトリー坂戸
  Saitama / Sakado ／ Dairy products & confectionery factory tours

  A factory in Sakado. Visitors can tour the production lines for chocolate bars and Apollo.

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• Seiun Sake Brewery

  晴雲酒造
  Saitama / Ogawa ／ Sake & breweries

  A sake brewery in Ogawa. It brews with local water and rice.

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• Matsuoka Jozo and Mikadomatsu

  松岡醸造・帝松
  Saitama / Ogawa ／ Sake & cold-weather brewing

  A sake brewery in Ogawa. It brews taking advantage of the cold climate.

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• Gonda Sake Brewery

  権田酒造
  Saitama / Kumagaya ／ Sake & local sake

  A sake brewery in Kumagaya. It brews local sake.

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• Buko Sake Brewery

  武甲酒造
  Saitama / Chichibu ／ Sake & underground river water

  A sake brewery in Chichibu. It uses underground water from Mount Buko as its brewing water.

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• Seiryu Sake Brewery

  清龍酒造
  Saitama / Hasuda ／ Sake & breweries

  A sake brewery in Hasuda. It stands along a highway on which sake was sent to Edo, and opens the brewery to visitors.

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• Yao Honten and Sake-Zukuri no Mori

  矢尾本店・酒づくりの森
  Saitama / Chichibu ／ Sake & corporate museum

  A sake brewery in Chichibu. It has an attached corporate museum called Sake-Zukuri no Mori.

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• Shinkame Sake Brewery

  神亀酒造
  Saitama / Hasuda ／ Junmai sake & aging

  A sake brewery in Hasuda. All of its sake is junmai, and it is aged before release.

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• Akagi Nyugyo Honjo Senbonzakura 5S Factory

  赤城乳業本庄千本さくら5S工場
  Saitama / Honjo ／ Ice confections & food manufacturing

  A frozen confection factory in Honjo. It makes Garigari-kun. The 5S in the factory's name comes from a slogan for tidiness and order.

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• Kinbue Soy Sauce Park

  金笛しょうゆパーク
  Saitama / Kawajima ／ Soy sauce & fermentation experience

  A soy sauce park in Kawajima. Run by Fueki Shoyu, founded in 1789, it has brewery tours and a restaurant.

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• Asahara Sake Brewery

  麻原酒造
  Saitama / Moroyama ／ Sake & fruit liqueur

  A sake brewery in Moroyama. Besides sake, it also makes fruit liquors.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 30 entries

• Ogawa Washi and Hosokawa-shi

  小川和紙・細川紙
  Saitama / Ogawa, Higashichichibu ／ Handmade washi paper & Intangible Cultural Heritage

  Hosokawa-shi from Ogawa. A strong washi made from paper mulberry alone, it is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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• Iwatsuki Dolls

  岩槻人形
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Seasonal festival dolls & traditional craft

  Dolls from Iwatsuki. A major doll-producing center of the Kanto region, where the heads, hands and feet, and costumes are made through a division of labor.

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• Kawaguchi Foundry Industry Cooperative

  川口鋳物工業協同組合
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Castings & industrial cluster

  The foundry cooperative of Kawaguchi. An industrial cluster where foundries gathered in what is known as the city of cupolas.

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• Tokorozawa Dolls: Hina Dolls

  所沢人形雛人形
  Saitama / Tokorozawa ／ Seasonal festival dolls

  Hina dolls from Tokorozawa. Decorations for the seasonal festivals are made.

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• Hand-Painted Koinobori

  手がき鯉のぼり
  Saitama / Kazo ／ Hand painting & seasonal festival crafts

  Hand-painted koinobori carp streamers. They are painted directly on the cloth with a brush.

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• Former Brick Manufacturing Facility Hoffmann Ring Kiln

  旧煉瓦製造施設ホフマン輪窯
  Saitama / Fukaya ／ Brick & modern industrial heritage

  The site of a brick factory in Fukaya. A Hoffmann ring kiln remains, and the bricks for Tokyo Station were fired here.

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• Kasukabe Paulownia Chests

  春日部桐箪笥
  Saitama / Kasukabe ／ Paulownia craft & joinery

  Paulownia chests from Kasukabe. Thick paulownia boards are assembled by joinery.

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• Kasukabe Paulownia Boxes

  春日部桐箱
  Saitama / Kasukabe ／ Paulownia craft & boxes

  Paulownia boxes from Kasukabe. Boxes for works of art and food are made of paulownia.

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• Honjo Textiles: Honjo Kasuri

  本庄織物本庄絣
  Saitama / Honjo ／ Kasuri & textiles

  Kasuri from Honjo. In an area where sericulture flourished, silk kasuri is woven.

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• Honzome Yukata Chusen Dyeing

  本染ゆかた注染
  Saitama / Southeastern part of the prefecture ／ Chusen dyeing & dyeing

  Paste is laid down with a stencil, and dye is poured from above to dye the cloth in one go. A technique for dyeing yukata fabric.

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• Honzome Yukata Nagaita Chugata

  本染ゆかた長板中型
  Saitama / Southern part of the prefecture ／ Stencil dyeing & dyeing

  Chugata dyeing in which cloth is stretched on a long board and paste is laid down with a stencil before dyeing. A technique for yukata fabric.

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• Bushu Shoaizome: Bushu Tozan

  武州正藍染武州唐桟
  Saitama / Hanyu and other areas ／ Indigo dyeing & striped weaving

  True indigo dyeing of Bushu. Tozan, woven in fine stripes.

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• Bushu Shoaizome: Bushu Katazome

  武州正藍染武州型染
  Saitama / Hanyu and other areas ／ Indigo dyeing & stencil dyeing

  True indigo dyeing of Bushu. Patterns are dyed with stencils.

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• Bushu Shoaizome: Bushu Kon-ori

  武州正藍染武州紺織
  Saitama / Hanyu and other areas ／ Indigo dyeing & textiles

  True indigo dyeing of Bushu. It is woven with indigo-dyed yarn.

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• Bushu Polished Hongawara Tiles

  武州磨き本瓦
  Saitama / Fukaya and other areas ／ Roof tiles & polished finish

  Polished hongawara tiles from Bushu. The surface is polished to a silver finish.

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• Edo Kimekomi Dolls

  江戸木目込人形
  Saitama / Saitama and other areas ／ Kimekomi & dolls

  Dolls made by carving grooves into a body of toso paulownia composite and tucking fabric into them. They have the doll-producing areas of Iwatsuki and Koshigaya as their background.

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• Kumagaya-zome Yuzen

  熊谷染友禅
  Saitama / Kumagaya ／ Yuzen & dyeing

  Yuzen from Kumagaya. Colors are applied with a brush to dye the cloth.

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• Kumagaya-zome Komon

  熊谷染小紋
  Saitama / Kumagaya ／ Komon & stencil dyeing

  Komon from Kumagaya. Fine patterns are dyed with stencils.

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• Chichibu Hogushi-Printed Kimono Cloth

  秩父ほぐし捺染着尺
  Saitama / Chichibu area ／ Textile printing & kimono cloth

  Hogushi-printed kimono cloth from Chichibu. The warp threads are temporarily woven and printed, then unraveled and rewoven.

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• Chichibu Bedding Fabric

  秩父夜具地
  Saitama / Chichibu area ／ Textiles & bedding fabric

  Bedding fabric from Chichibu. A textile used for futon.

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• Chichibu Zabuton Fabric

  秩父座布団地
  Saitama / Chichibu area ／ Textiles & floor cushion fabric

  Zabuton cushion fabric from Chichibu. Thick textiles are made.

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• Chichibu Meisen

  秩父銘仙
  Saitama / Chichibu area ／ Silk textiles & hogushi weaving

  Meisen from Chichibu. The hogushi-ori technique, in which the warp threads are stencil-printed before weaving, produces bold patterns.

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• Bamboo Fishing Rods

  竹釣竿
  Saitama / Kawaguchi and other areas ／ Bamboo crafts & fishing tackle

  Fishing rods made by joining bamboo.

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• Koshigaya Hina Dolls

  越谷ひな人形
  Saitama / Koshigaya ／ Seasonal festival dolls

  Hina dolls from Koshigaya. Decorations for the seasonal festivals are made.

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• Koshigaya Hariko Daruma

  越谷張子だるま
  Saitama / Koshigaya ／ Papier-mache & folk toys

  Papier-mache daruma from Koshigaya. Washi paper is pasted in layers onto a mold.

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• Koshigaya Armor

  越谷甲冑
  Saitama / Koshigaya ／ Armor & seasonal festival crafts

  Armor from Koshigaya. Suits of armor and helmets for the May festival dolls are made.

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• Hanno Oshima Tsumugi

  飯能大島紬
  Saitama / Hanno ／ Silk textiles & tsumugi

  Oshima tsumugi from Hanno. It carries on the technique of mud dyeing.

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• Onigawara Roof Tiles

  鬼瓦
  Saitama / Fukaya and other areas ／ Roof tiles & ogre-tile makers

  Onigawara from Bushu. Clay is carved and smoked to give a silver finish.

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• Konosu Hina Dolls

  鴻巣びな
  Saitama / Konosu ／ Seasonal festival dolls

  Hina dolls from Konosu. One of the three great hina doll production areas of Kanto.

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• Tsurumi Seishi

  鶴見製紙
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Recycled paper & circular manufacturing

  A paper manufacturer that makes recycled paper. It carries out circular manufacturing.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 12 entries

• SKIP City Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza

  SKIPシティ彩の国ビジュアルプラザ
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Film and video industry & digital expression

  SKIP City in Kawaguchi. A base for the visual media industry and digital expression.

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• Enplas Head Office

  エンプラス本社
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Precision plastics & optics

  A head office in Kawaguchi. It makes precision plastic parts and optical components.

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• Okamoto

  オカモト
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Precision machining & small and medium manufacturers

  A small or medium-sized manufacturer that carries out precision machining.

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• Sunrise Industry

  サンライズ工業
  Saitama / Koshigaya ／ Heat exchangers & metalworking

  It deals in heat exchangers and metalworking.

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• Tamron Head Office

  タムロン本社
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Optical lenses & precision technology

  An optical manufacturer in Saitama. It makes interchangeable camera lenses.

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• Fujidan

  フジダン
  Saitama / Kuki ／ Corrugated cardboard & packaging design

  It designs corrugated cardboard and packaging.

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• Kawaguchi Spring Manufacturing

  川口スプリング製作所
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Springs & metalworking

  A spring maker in Kawaguchi. It deals in metalworking.

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• Saiko Nature Learning Center

  彩湖自然学習センター
  Saitama / Toda ／ Arakawa retarding basin & environmental education

  Lake Saiko in Toda. A retarding basin of the Arakawa River, it serves as a place for environmental education.

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• Honda Motor Saitama Factory Yorii Plant

  本田技研工業埼玉製作所寄居工場
  Saitama / Yorii ／ Finished vehicles & environmentally friendly plant

  A finished-vehicle plant in Yorii. It is pursuing factory design that limits environmental impact.

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• Honda Motor Saitama Factory Ogawa Plant

  本田技研工業埼玉製作所小川工場
  Saitama / Ogawa ／ Automobile engine manufacturing

  An engine plant in Ogawa.

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• Honda Airways

  本田航空
  Saitama / Kawajima ／ Flight operations & pilot training

  Honda Airways in Kawajima. It provides flight training and operates aircraft.

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• RIKEN Wako Campus

  理化学研究所和光地区
  Saitama / Wako ／ Basic science & large research facilities

  RIKEN in Wako. It has large research facilities such as accelerators.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 11 entries

• AGS Head Office

  AGS本社
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Information services & data centers

  An information services company in Saitama. It has a data center.

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• Clarion Head Office

  クラリオン本社
  Saitama / Saitama ／ In-vehicle information equipment

  A head office in Saitama. It makes in-vehicle information equipment.

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• CreCla Honjo Plant

  クリクラ本庄工場
  Saitama / Honjo ／ Delivered water & quality control

  A factory for home-delivered water in Honjo. It shows the quality control of the water.

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• Venture Whisky Chichibu Distillery

  ベンチャーウイスキー秩父蒸溜所
  Saitama / Chichibu ／ Whisky & cask aging

  A distillery in Chichibu. Begun in 2008, it builds its own casks for aging.

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• Tone Ozeki Barrage and Ozeki Nature Observation Room

  利根大堰・大堰自然の観察室
  Saitama / Gyoda ／ Water resources & fishways

  The Tone Ozeki barrage in Gyoda. It takes water from the Tone River, and visitors can observe fish climbing the fishway.

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• Tokorozawa Dolls: Oshie Hagoita

  所沢人形押絵羽子板
  Saitama / Tokorozawa ／ Padded cloth pictures & hagoita battledores

  Oshie hagoita battledores from Tokorozawa. Cloth is layered to make a three-dimensional picture.

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• Nippon Chiko

  日本地工
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Grounding & overhead line hardware

  It makes hardware for grounding and overhead lines.

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• Former Shibusawa Residence Nakanchi

  旧渋沢邸中の家
  Saitama / Fukaya ／ Life history of modern industrialists

  The former Shibusawa residence in Fukaya. The family home where he was born remains and conveys the life of a modern industrialist.

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• Kasukabe Oshie Hagoita

  春日部押絵羽子板
  Saitama / Kasukabe ／ Padded cloth pictures & hagoita battledores

  Oshie hagoita battledores from Kasukabe. Cloth is padded out with cotton and pasted onto the board.

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• Musashino Bank Regional Revitalization Base

  武蔵野銀行地域創生拠点
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Regional finance & industry support

  Musashino Bank's base for regional revitalization. It supports industry in the prefecture through finance.

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• Gyoda Tabi

  行田足袋
  Saitama / Gyoda ／ Sewing & tabi socks

  Tabi socks from Gyoda. The sewing skills of a town that once made eighty percent of Japan's tabi.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 10 entries

• Joinery of Tokigawa

  ときがわ町の建具
  Saitama / Tokigawa ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  A joinery town whose craftsmen now fit out public buildings with local timber.

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• Omiya Bonsai Village

  大宮盆栽村
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Crafts & pottery

  Founded by growers who left Tokyo after the 1923 quake, with street widths and hedges written into its rules.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Ogawa Washi and Hosokawa Paper

  小川和紙・細川紙
  Saitama / Ogawa ／ Crafts & pottery

  Paper made from kozo alone, supplying Edo for centuries; the technique is UNESCO Intangible Heritage.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Iwatsuki Dolls

  岩槻人形
  Saitama / Saitama ／ Crafts & pottery

  Faces built up in layers of shell white over paulownia paste, a trade traced to the Toshogu craftsmen.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kawaguchi Ironware

  川口鋳物
  Saitama / Kawaguchi ／ Metalwork

  Casting everything from Toshogu lanterns to cooking pots; its forest of cupola furnaces became a film subject.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kasukabe Paulownia Chests

  春日部桐箪笥
  Saitama / Kasukabe ／ Crafts & pottery

  It is said to have begun when craftsmen who came to build Nikko Toshogu started production in Kasukabe, then a paulownia-growing area. A national traditional craft.

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• Higashichichibu Washi Village

  東秩父村 和紙の里
  Saitama / Higashichichibu ／ Crafts & pottery

  Where Hosokawa paper is made, showing the whole process from boiling the bark to drying the sheet.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kumagaya Dyeing

  熊谷染
  Saitama / Kumagaya ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Dyeing that grew on the Arakawa river, keeping both stencil work and hand-painted yuzen.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Chichibu Meisen

  秩父銘仙
  Saitama / Chichibu ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Dye is printed straight onto the warp, so the pattern reads identically on both faces of the cloth.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nishikawa Timber of Hanno

  飯能の西川材と木工
  Saitama / Hanno ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  Timber rafted down to Edo from these hills; sawmills and woodworkers still shape the town.

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