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Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 22 entries

• Ishidaya Senbei Factory

  せんべい工場石田屋
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Rice crackers & manufacturing and sales

  A factory that bakes and sells senbei rice crackers.

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• Otafuku Sauce Nikko Plant

  オタフクソース日光工場
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Seasonings & factory tours

  A seasoning plant in Nikko. It shows the process of making okonomiyaki sauce.

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• Calbee Kiyohara Plant

  カルビー清原工場
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Confectionery manufacturing & factory tours

  The Kiyohara Plant in Utsunomiya. Visitors can see how Frugra granola and Kappa Ebisen shrimp snacks are made.

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• Coco Farm & Winery

  ココ・ファーム・ワイナリー
  Tochigi / Ashikaga ／ Wine & agriculture-welfare partnership

  A winery in Ashikaga. It began as a facility where people with intellectual disabilities work, and grows grapes in a vineyard on a steep slope.

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• Futaba Foods Shimoguri Plant

  フタバ食品下栗工場
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Frozen desserts & food manufacturing

  A frozen dessert plant in Utsunomiya. It makes ice cream.

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• Futaba Foods Kitsuregawa Plant

  フタバ食品喜連川工場
  Tochigi / Sakura ／ Frozen desserts & food manufacturing

  A frozen dessert plant in Sakura City. It makes ice cream.

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• Rheon Automatic Machinery

  レオン自動機
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Food manufacturing machinery

  A food machinery maker in Utsunomiya. It makes production machines for confectionery and bread.

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• Rheon Automatic Machinery Headquarters Plant

  レオン自動機本社工場
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Food machinery & encrusting technology

  A food machinery maker in Utsunomiya. Its machines that wrap bean paste in dough are in confectionery factories around the world.

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• Inoue Seikichi Shoten

  井上清吉商店
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Sake & local rice

  A sake brewery in Utsunomiya. It brews with local rice.

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• Semba Tohka Industries

  仙波糖化工業
  Tochigi / Moka ／ Food ingredients & powdering

  It has technology for turning food ingredients into powder.

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• Tonoike Sake Brewery

  外池酒造店
  Tochigi / Mashiko ／ Sake & brewery tours

  A sake brewery in Mashiko. It brews in a pottery town and accepts brewery tours.

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• Omugi Kobo Roa Factory

  大麦工房ロア工場
  Tochigi / Ashikaga ／ Barley sweets

  A barley confectionery factory in Ashikaga. It uses local barley.

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• Tentaka Sake Brewery

  天鷹酒造
  Tochigi / Otawara ／ Sake & organic certification

  A sake brewery in Otawara. It makes organic-certified sake.

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• Taishi Food Nikko Plant

  太子食品工業日光工場
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Soybean processing

  A soybean processing plant in Nikko. It makes tofu and fried tofu.

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• Shimazaki Sake Brewery Cave Cellar

  島崎酒造どうくつ酒蔵
  Tochigi / Nasukarasuyama ／ Sake & cave aging

  A sake brewery in Nasukarasuyama. It ages its sake in a cave dug into the rock during the war.

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• Sohomare Sake Brewery

  惣誉酒造
  Tochigi / Ichikai ／ Sake & kimoto

  A sake brewery in Ichikai. It continues kimoto brewing.

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• Nikko Yuba Seizo Nikko Plant

  日光ゆば製造日光工場
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Soybean processing & yuba

  A yuba plant in Nikko. The skin that forms on soy milk is lifted off. In Nikko, yuba is written with the character for wave, and it comes in a double layer.

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• Tochigi Dairy

  栃木乳業
  Tochigi / Tochigi ／ Milk drinks & local foods

  A dairy company in Tochigi. It makes milk drinks for the local area.

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• Morinaga & Co. Oyama Plant

  森永製菓小山工場
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Confectionery manufacturing

  A confectionery plant in Oyama. It makes chocolate and biscuits.

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• Watanabe Sahei Shoten

  渡邊佐平商店
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Sake & brewing

  A sake brewery in Nikko. Founded in 1842, it brews with the water of the Nikko mountain range.

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• Takizawa Ham

  滝沢ハム
  Tochigi / Tochigi ／ Meat processing

  Meat processing in Tochigi. It makes ham and sausages.

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• Katayama Sake Brewery

  片山酒造
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Sake & Sase-type press

  A sake brewery in Nikko. It presses with a wooden press of the Sase type.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 40 entries

• Tsukamoto

  つかもと
  Tochigi / Mashiko ／ Mashiko ware & pottery experience

  A pottery in Mashiko. Visitors can try making pottery.

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• Fukube Gourd Craft

  ふくべ細工
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Gourd craft

  Fukube craft from Utsunomiya. The fruit of the bottle gourd is dried and made into masks and containers.

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• Mikamo Ware Konara Kiln

  みかも焼小楢窯
  Tochigi / Tochigi ／ Pottery

  Mikamo ware from Tochigi.

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• Shimotsuke Shibori

  下野しぼり
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Shibori tie-dyeing

  Tie-dyeing from Shimotsuke. Hemp and cotton are bound and dyed with Utsunomiya indigo.

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• Imaichi Woodturning and Suzuki Mingei

  今市の挽物・鈴木民芸
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Woodwork & lathe turning

  Woodturning from Imaichi. In the lineage of Nikko's woodturners, trays and bowls are turned.

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• Sano Karasawayama Ware

  佐野の唐沢山焼
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Pottery

  Karasawayama ware from Sano.

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• Sano Handmade Washi

  佐野の手すき和紙
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Washi paper

  Handmade washi from Sano.

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• Sano Iki-ningyo Dolls

  佐野の生人形
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Dolls & modeling

  Iki-ningyo from Sano. Life-size dolls made to look as if alive.

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• Sano Stonework

  佐野の石工品
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Stone working

  Stonework from Sano. Stone is carved into lanterns and other items.

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• Sano Warrior-Picture Banners

  佐野武者絵のぼり
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Dyeing & banners

  Warrior-picture banners from Sano. The banners raised for the Boys' Festival are dyed.

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• Furukawa Electric Nikko Works

  古河電気工業日光事業所
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Copper, electric wire & materials

  A works in Nikko. It handles copper and electric wire materials. Furukawa's copper business began at Ashio.

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• Japanese Drums

  和太鼓
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya, Mibu ／ Drums & leather and wood work

  Japanese drums from Tochigi. Drums used in the festivals of Nikko are made.

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• Japanese Archery Equipment

  和弓用具
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Archery equipment & bamboo and wood work

  Equipment for Japanese archery. Bows are made by laminating bamboo and wood.

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• Tenmyo Cast Ironware

  天明鋳物
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Casting & metalwork

  Tenmyo casting from Sano. Said to have continued since the Heian period, it casts kettles for the tea ceremony.

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• Utsunomiya Woodturning

  宇都宮の挽物
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Woodwork & lathe turning

  Woodturning from Utsunomiya. Wood is turned on a lathe.

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• Utsunomiya Sashimono

  宇都宮指物
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Woodwork & joinery

  Sashimono joinery from Utsunomiya. Wood is assembled into boxes and furniture.

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• Miyazome Dyeing

  宮染め
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Chusen dyeing & dyeing

  Miyazome from Utsunomiya. Chusen dyeing, in which a stencil is laid down and dye is poured.

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• Koisago Ware Matsunami Toen

  小砂焼松並陶苑
  Tochigi / Nakagawa ／ Pottery

  A Koisago ware kiln in Nakagawa.

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• Koisago Ware Fujita Pottery

  小砂焼藤田製陶所
  Tochigi / Nakagawa ／ Pottery

  Koisago ware from Nakagawa. A glaze that looks golden is its hallmark.

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• Nikko Geta

  日光下駄
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Woodwork & footwear

  Nikko geta. A surface woven from bamboo sheath is sewn onto the geta base.

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• Nikko-bori Carving

  日光彫
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Wood carving

  Nikko-bori carving. It is carved as if drawing lines, with a distinctive blade called a hikkaki-to.

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• Nikko Sashimono

  日光指物
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Woodwork & joinery

  Sashimono joinery from Nikko. Wood is assembled without nails.

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• Bentwood Ware

  曲物
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Woodwork & bentwood ware

  Thin boards of cedar or cypress are bent to make tubs and lunch boxes.

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• Cedar Incense and Imaichi Incense Cooperative

  杉線香・今市線香組合
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Incense & cedar leaf processing

  Cedar incense from Imaichi. Cedar leaves are ground, kneaded and extruded into thin sticks.

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• Karasuyama Handmade Washi Hall

  烏山手すき和紙会館
  Tochigi / Nasukarasuyama ／ Washi paper & papermaking

  The washi hall in Nasukarasuyama. Visitors can watch the process of making Karasuyama washi and try it.

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• Mashiko Ware Cooperative

  益子焼協同組合
  Tochigi / Mashiko ／ Ceramics & production area

  The cooperative for Mashiko ware. Pottery in which glaze is applied to thick clay, it was valued by the mingei folk craft movement.

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• Moka Cotton Hall

  真岡木綿会館
  Tochigi / Moka ／ Cotton & weaving experience

  The cotton hall in Moka. Visitors can experience, through loom weaving, the cotton textile that won fame as Moka cotton in the Edo period.

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• Hodomura Paper

  程村紙
  Tochigi / Nasukarasuyama ／ Handmade washi paper

  Hodomura paper from Nasukarasuyama. A thick, strong washi made from kozo mulberry, it is a nationally selected intangible cultural property.

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• Bamboo Birdcages

  竹製小鳥籠
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Bamboo crafts

  Small birdcages woven from bamboo. Thin bamboo strips are assembled.

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• Tochigi Prefecture Honba Yuki Tsumugi Textile Cooperative

  結城紬栃木県本場結城紬織物協同組合
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Silk textiles & UNESCO

  The cooperative on the Tochigi side of Yuki tsumugi. Thread is spun by hand from silk floss and woven on a jibata backstrap loom. A UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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• Ashikaga Meisen

  足利銘仙
  Tochigi / Ashikaga ／ Silk textiles & dyeing

  Meisen from Ashikaga. A boldly patterned silk textile that was popular from the Taisho period to the early Showa period.

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• Yashu Temari

  野州てんまり
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Thread craft

  Temari from Yashu. They are wound with thread from a hemp-producing area and stitched with chrysanthemum and tortoiseshell patterns.

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• Nogi Town Brick Kiln

  野木町煉瓦窯
  Tochigi / Nogi ／ Brick & modern industrial heritage

  The brick kiln of Nogi Town. A Hoffmann ring kiln built in 1890, it is an Important Cultural Property.

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• Mamada-himo Cords

  間々田紐
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Braided cords

  Mamada-himo cords from Oyama. Silk threads are braided by hand.

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• Kanuma Kibigara Craft

  鹿沼きびがら細工
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Farm-product crafts

  Kibigara craft from Kanuma. Sorghum stalks are bundled into animal shapes.

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• Kanuma Woodwork

  鹿沼木工
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Woodwork & furniture

  Woodwork from Kanuma. Furniture is made.

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• Kanuma Brooms

  鹿沼箒
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Brooms & plant crafts

  Brooms from Kanuma. Drawing on the skills of a hemp-producing area, broomcorn is woven.

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• Kanuma Kumiko and SOU LABO

  鹿沼組子・SOU LABO
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Joinery fittings & kumiko latticework

  Kumiko from Kanuma. Kanuma kumiko grew up together with door and window fittings and is used in ranma transoms.

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• Kibuna

  黄鮒
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Papier-mache & folk toys

  Kibuna from Utsunomiya. A papier-mache crucian carp, regarded as a lucky charm that wards off epidemics.

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• Kurobane Aizome Konya

  黒羽藍染紺屋
  Tochigi / Otawara ／ Indigo dyeing & hands-on experience

  A dyer's shop in Kurobane, Otawara. Visitors can try dyeing with indigo.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 19 entries

• SUBARU Aerospace Company Utsunomiya Plant

  SUBARU航空宇宙カンパニー宇都宮製作所
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Aerospace

  SUBARU's aerospace division in Utsunomiya. It builds aircraft airframes.

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• Canon Medical Systems Headquarters

  キヤノンメディカルシステムズ本社
  Tochigi / Otawara ／ Medical imaging equipment

  The headquarters in Otawara. It makes medical imaging equipment such as CT and MRI.

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• Gigaphoton

  ギガフォトン
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Semiconductor lithography light sources

  It makes light sources used for semiconductor lithography. It has extreme ultraviolet technology.

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• Dexerials Tochigi Site

  デクセリアルズ栃木事業所
  Tochigi / Shimotsuke ／ Electronic materials & optical materials

  A site in Tochigi. It makes electronic materials and optical materials.

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• Nakanishi

  ナカニシ
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Ultra-high-speed rotation & dental equipment

  A company in Kanuma. It makes dental instruments that rotate at ultra-high speed, and holds a high share of the world market.

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• MANI

  マニー
  Tochigi / Utsunomiya ／ Medical devices & microfabrication

  A company in Utsunomiya. It makes minute medical devices such as surgical needles.

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• Mobility Resort Motegi

  モビリティリゾートもてぎ
  Tochigi / Motegi ／ Motorsports & safety technology

  A circuit in Motegi. Besides racing, it has a facility that teaches safe driving skills.

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• Sumitomo Osaka Cement Tochigi Plant

  住友大阪セメント栃木工場
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Cement & resource circulation

  A cement plant in Tochigi. It fires limestone from Kuzuu and uses waste as fuel.

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• Furukawa Kakemizu Club

  古河掛水倶楽部
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Mining company history

  Furukawa Kakemizu Club in Ashio. A building that was the mine's guesthouse, it conveys the company's history.

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• Komatsu Tochigi Plant

  小松製作所栃木工場
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Construction machinery parts

  A plant in Tochigi. It makes parts for construction machinery.

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• Nissan Motor Tochigi Plant

  日産自動車栃木工場
  Tochigi / Kaminokawa ／ Automobiles & finished vehicle manufacturing

  A plant in Kaminokawa. It builds complete vehicles.

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• Honda Motor Powertrain Unit Manufacturing Division Moka

  本田技研工業パワートレインユニット製造部真岡
  Tochigi / Moka ／ Auto parts

  A plant in Moka. It makes engine and transmission parts.

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• Honda Motor Automobile Development Center Tochigi

  本田技研工業四輪開発センター栃木
  Tochigi / Haga ／ Mobility R&D

  Honda's automobile development center in Haga. It is responsible for vehicle research and development.

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• Tokyo Tekko Headquarters Plant

  東京鐵鋼本社工場
  Tochigi / Oyama ／ Steel & recycling

  Steelmaking in Oyama. Scrap iron is melted in electric furnaces to make reinforcing bars.

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• Tobu World Square Model-Making Culture

  東武ワールドスクウェア模型制作文化
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Models & exhibition technology

  Tobu World Square in Nikko. The model-making skill of building the world's architecture at 1/25 scale.

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• Tochigi Seiko

  栃木精工
  Tochigi / Tochigi ／ Medical devices & precision tubing

  It makes precision tubes used in medical devices.

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• Ashio Environmental Learning Center

  足尾環境学習センター
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Pollution & environmental restoration

  The environmental learning center in Ashio. It presents the effort to replant trees on mountains lost to smoke damage.

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• Ashio Copper Mine Tour

  足尾銅山観光
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Mines & mine tunnel experience

  The Ashio copper mine in Nikko. Visitors can walk through a mine tunnel and see how mining was done. It is also the starting point of pollution in Japan.

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• Kanuma Solid Paulownia Chests

  鹿沼総桐箪笥
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Paulownia furniture

  Solid paulownia chests from Kanuma. Paulownia boards are assembled by joinery.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 2 entries

• Honda Collection Hall

  ホンダコレクションホール
  Tochigi / Motegi ／ Mobility history

  Honda's collection and exhibition in Motegi. It preserves motorcycles, automobiles and racing machines in running condition.

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• Kinugawa Onsen Ropeway Machinery

  鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ機械設備
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Ropeways & tourist transport

  The ropeway at Kinugawa Onsen. The machinery of the cableway supports tourist transport.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 8 entries

• Bell Casting of Sano

  佐野の梵鐘と鋳物師
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Metalwork

  Casters here supplied temple bells across Japan; the inscriptions let their lineage be traced.

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• Tenmyo Ironware

  天明鋳物
  Tochigi / Sano ／ Metalwork

  A thousand years of casting; tea masters ranked its kettles second only to Ashiya in the west.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nikko Woodcarving

  日光彫
  Tochigi / Nikko ／ Sculpture / Crafts & pottery

  Begun by the craftsmen who built Toshogu, using a hooked blade that draws curves by dragging.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Karasuyama Washi

  烏山和紙
  Tochigi / Nasukarasuyama ／ Crafts & pottery

  Thick Hodomura paper, used for mounting scrolls and formal certificates.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Mashiko Ware

  益子焼
  Tochigi / Mashiko ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  Heavy everyday ware that became the face of mingei once Shoji Hamada settled here; nearly 400 kilns remain.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Mooka Cotton

  真岡木綿
  Tochigi / Moka ／ Dyeing & weaving

  In Edo, cotton meant Mooka; the trade died out and was revived from hand-spinning up.

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• Craft Studios of Nasu

  那須の工芸と作家の工房
  Tochigi / Nasu ／ Crafts & pottery

  Not a craft district but a scattering of individual studios, built up by artists who moved here.

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• Kanuma Kumiko Woodwork

  鹿沼組子
  Tochigi / Kanuma ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  Geometric lattices assembled without a single nail, a trade descended from the Toshogu craftsmen.

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