Tokushima directory
90 makers (industry & tech 79 / studios & kilns 11). To filter them or go through them one at a time, open the directory.
Industry & Tech / Food & Drink 24 entries
JF Kitanada Fish Market
JF北灘さかな市Tokushima / Naruto / Seafood distribution & local fishingThe JF Kitanada Fish Market in Naruto. It serves local fishing and distribution.
DetailsKaneko Miso Head Office Factory
かねこみそ本社工場Tokushima / Aizumi / Miso & fermentationKaneko Miso in Tokushima. It ferments miso.
DetailsYamaku Foods Head Office Factory
ヤマク食品本社工場Tokushima / Aizumi / Miso & amazakeYamaku Foods in Tokushima. It makes miso and amazake.
DetailsMiyoshikiku Sake Brewery
三芳菊酒造Tokushima / Miyoshi / Sake & design-led brewingMiyoshikiku Sake Brewery in Miyoshi. It releases sake with care given to design as well.
DetailsYaohide Head Shop Factory
八百秀本店工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Handa somen & foodYaohide in Tokushima City. It deals in Handa somen, known for its slightly thick noodles.
DetailsKagaya Soy Sauce
加賀屋醤油Tokushima / Kamiita / Soy sauce & natural brewingKagaya Soy Sauce in Tokushima. It makes soy sauce by natural brewing.
DetailsTsukasagiku Sake Brewery
司菊酒造Tokushima / Mima / Sake & local breweriesTsukasagiku Sake Brewery in Awa. A local sake brewery.
DetailsShikoku Kakoki Head Office Factory
四国化工機本社工場Tokushima / Kitajima / Food filling machines & packaging technologyShikoku Kakoki in Tokushima. It has technology for food filling machines and packaging.
DetailsShikoku Kakoki Anan Food Factory
四国化工機阿南食品工場Tokushima / Anan / Tofu & aseptic fillingA food factory in Anan. It makes aseptically filled tofu.
DetailsOtsuka Foods Tokushima Factory
大塚食品徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Food & retort technologyOtsuka Foods in Tokushima. It has the retort-pouch technology that gave rise to Bon Curry.
DetailsOno Nori Head Office Factory
大野海苔本社工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Nori & seasoningOno Nori in Tokushima. It makes seasoned nori.
DetailsTaiko Sake Brewery
太閤酒造場Tokushima / Awa / Sake & local brewingTaiko Sake Brewery in Tokushima. It brews locally.
DetailsTokushima Sudachi Sorting Facility
徳島すだち選果施設Tokushima / Kamiyama, Sanagochi and other areas / Citrus & optical fruit sortingA sudachi sorting facility in Tokushima. The fruit is sorted using light.
DetailsTokushima City Central Wholesale Market
徳島市中央卸売市場Tokushima / Tokushima / Food distribution & market functionsThe central wholesale market of Tokushima City. Naruto wakame and produce from within the prefecture are put up for auction.
DetailsTokushima Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Support Center Fisheries Research Division
徳島県立農林水産総合技術支援センター水産研究課Tokushima / Minami / Fisheries & marine researchThe same center's Fisheries Research Division. It surveys marine resources.
DetailsSaito Sake Brewery Gotenzakura
斎藤酒造場御殿桜Tokushima / Tokushima / Sake & fermentationSaito Sake Brewery in Tokushima. It brews under the Gotenzakura brand.
DetailsHinode Honten Budo Manju
日乃出本店ぶどう饅頭Tokushima / Mima / Confectionery & local manufacturingHinode Honten in Tokushima. It makes Budo Manju, which spread along with the Awa Odori.
DetailsHonke Matsuura Sake Brewery Narutotai Shop
本家松浦酒造場ナルトタイの店Tokushima / Naruto / Sake & brewery toursMatsuura Sake Brewery in Naruto. Founded in 1804, it accepts brewery tours.
DetailsYutoan
柚冬庵Tokushima / Naka / Yuzu & food processingYutoan in Tokushima. It processes yuzu.
DetailsFukuju Soy Sauce
福寿醤油Tokushima / Naruto / Soy sauce & fermentationFukuju Soy Sauce in Tokushima. It brews soy sauce.
DetailsHosui Sake Brewery
芳水酒造Tokushima / Miyoshi / Sake & mountain brewingHosui Sake Brewery in Miyoshi. It brews in the mountains.
DetailsTani Chikuwa Shop
谷ちくわ商店Tokushima / Komatsushima / Bamboo-skewered chikuwa & seafood processingTani Chikuwa Shop in Tokushima. It makes take-chikuwa, which is wrapped around bamboo and grilled.
DetailsNaruto Wakame Processing Industry
鳴門わかめ加工産業Tokushima / Naruto / Wakame seaweed & seafood processingWakame processing in Naruto. Wakame grown in the strait's fast currents is processed.
DetailsOgon no Mura Kito Yuzu Factory
黄金の村木頭ゆず工場Tokushima / Naka / Yuzu processing & local agricultureOgon no Mura in Naka. It processes Kito yuzu.
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Industry & Tech / Crafts 26 entries
BUAISOU
BUAISOUTokushima / Kamiita / Indigo growing & dyeingBUAISOU in Kamiita. They do everything themselves, from growing the indigo to dyeing.
DetailsFurusho Dye Works
古庄染工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Indigo dyeing & shijira weaveFurusho Dye Works in Tokushima. It dyes shijira-ori with natural indigo.
DetailsOnishi Pottery
大西陶器Tokushima / Naruto / Otani ware & large potteryOnishi Pottery in Naruto. It fires large ceramics.
DetailsOtani Ware
大谷焼Tokushima / Naruto / Pottery & nationally designated craftOtani ware from Naruto. Large jars for preparing indigo were made using the nerokuro, a wheel that a person lies down and kicks with the feet.
DetailsOtani Ware Village
大谷焼の里Tokushima / Naruto / Climbing kilns & pottery districtThe Otani ware village in Naruto. Climbing kilns remain.
DetailsTokushima Karaki Buddhist Altars
徳島の唐木仏壇Tokushima / Tokushima / Buddhist altars & wood and lacquer workKaraki Buddhist altars from Tokushima. They use rosewood and ebony.
DetailsTokushima Prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki
徳島県立阿波十郎兵衛屋敷Tokushima / Tokushima / Ningyo joruri puppet theater & stage techniquesThe prefectural Awa Jurobe Yashiki. It conveys the stage techniques of ningyo joruri puppet theater.
DetailsWaza no Yakata
技の館Tokushima / Kamiita / Awa indigo & dyeing experienceWaza no Yakata in Kamiita. Visitors can try indigo dyeing and wasanbon sugar making.
DetailsHaigyu Washi
拝宮和紙Tokushima / Naka / Paper mulberry & handmade washi paperHaigyu washi paper from Naka. It is made from kozo paper mulberry.
DetailsHon Aizome Yano Workshop
本藍染矢野工場Tokushima / Itano / Natural indigo & dyeingThe Yano workshop in Tokushima. It dyes with natural indigo.
DetailsOji Paper Tomioka Mill
王子製紙富岡工場Tokushima / Anan / Paper & pulp manufacturingOji Paper in Anan. It makes paper and pulp at its Shikoku base.
DetailsAizumi Town History Museum Ai no Yakata
藍住町歴史館藍の館Tokushima / Aizumi / Indigo merchants & dyeing experienceAi no Yakata in Aizumi. It uses the residence of an indigo merchant and presents the process of making sukumo.
DetailsYusanbako
遊山箱Tokushima / Tokushima / Woodwork & lacquered lunch boxesYusanbako from Tokushima. A three-tiered lacquered lunch box that children carried out into the fields and hills.
DetailsNagao Orifu
長尾織布Tokushima / Tokushima / Awa shijira weave & dyeing and weavingNagao Orifu in Tokushima. It weaves Awa shijira-ori.
DetailsAwa Onigawara
阿波の鬼瓦Tokushima / Across Tokushima Prefecture / Roof tiles & ogre-tile maker techniquesOnigawara ridge-end tiles from Tokushima. Awa clay is carved and the tile is set on the ridge of the roof.
DetailsAwa Jurobe Yashiki Puppet Making Exhibit
阿波十郎兵衛屋敷木偶制作展示Tokushima / Tokushima / Ningyo joruri puppet theater & stage techniquesAwa Jurobe Yashiki in Tokushima. It shows the ningyo joruri puppet theater stage and the making of wooden puppets.
DetailsAwa Washi
阿波和紙Tokushima / Yoshinogawa / Handmade washi paperAwa washi paper from Yoshinogawa. It is made from kozo paper mulberry.
DetailsAwa Washi Traditional Industry Hall
阿波和紙伝統産業会館Tokushima / Yoshinogawa / Washi paper & papermaking experienceThe Awa Washi Traditional Industry Hall in Yoshinogawa. Visitors can try papermaking.
DetailsAwa Wooden Puppets
阿波木偶人形Tokushima / Tokushima / Puppets & colored wood carvingWooden puppets from Tokushima. The heads used in ningyo joruri puppet theater are carved and painted.
DetailsAwa Shoai Shijira Weave
阿波正藍しじら織Tokushima / Tokushima and other areas / Indigo-dyed textiles & nationally designated craftAwa Shoai Shijira-ori from Tokushima. The tension of the warp threads is varied to create an uneven surface on the cloth, reducing the area that touches the skin.
DetailsAwa Bamboo Paper
阿波竹紙Tokushima / Across Tokushima Prefecture / Bamboo fiber & washi paperBamboo paper from Tokushima. Washi is made from bamboo fiber.
DetailsAwa Indigo
阿波藍Tokushima / Kamiita, Tokushima and other areas / Indigo dyeing & dye productionAwa indigo from Tokushima. Japanese indigo plants are fermented to make sukumo. The area once produced most of Japan's indigo.
DetailsAwa Paper Komatsushima Factory
阿波製紙小松島工場Tokushima / Komatsushima / Functional paper & automotive materialsAwa Paper in Komatsushima. It makes functional paper for automobiles.
DetailsAwa Paper Tokushima Factory
阿波製紙徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Functional paper & water treatment materialsAwa Paper in Tokushima. It makes functional paper and water treatment materials.
DetailsAwa Odori Bamboo Dolls
阿波踊り竹人形Tokushima / Tokushima / Bamboo crafts & folk dollsAwa Odori bamboo dolls from Tokushima. The figures of dancers are made from bamboo.
DetailsAwa Mirror Stands
阿波鏡台Tokushima / Tokushima / Furniture & woodworkMirror stands from Tokushima. They are made by woodworking.
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Industry & Tech / Manufacturing & Technology 22 entries
Kitamuro Hakusen Handa Hand-Stretched Somen
北室白扇半田手延べそうめんTokushima / Tsurugi / Hand-stretched noodles & drying techniquesKitamuro Hakusen in Handa, Tsurugi. It makes somen that is stretched by hand and dried.
DetailsOtsuka Chemical Tokushima Factory
大塚化学徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Chemicals & composite materialsOtsuka Chemical in Tokushima. It makes chemicals and composite materials.
DetailsOtsuka Pharmaceutical Wajiki Factory
大塚製薬ワジキ工場Tokushima / Naka / Pharmaceuticals & manufacturing technologyThe Wajiki Factory in Naka. It makes pharmaceuticals.
DetailsOtsuka Pharmaceutical Tokushima Factory
大塚製薬徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Pharmaceuticals & nutritional productsOtsuka Pharmaceutical in Tokushima. It makes pharmaceuticals and nutritional products, including Pocari Sweat.
DetailsOtsuka Pharmaceutical Tokushima Second Factory
大塚製薬徳島第二工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Pharmaceuticals & formulationsThe second factory in Tokushima. It formulates pharmaceuticals.
DetailsOtsuka Pharmaceutical Itano Factory
大塚製薬板野工場Tokushima / Itano / Pharmaceuticals & environmentally conscious plantA factory in Itano. It makes pharmaceuticals in an environmentally conscious facility.
DetailsTaiho Pharmaceutical Kitajima Factory
大鵬薬品工業北島工場Tokushima / Kitajima / Pharmaceuticals & formulationsTaiho Pharmaceutical in Kitajima. It formulates pharmaceuticals.
DetailsTaiho Pharmaceutical Tokushima Factory
大鵬薬品工業徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Pharmaceuticals & anticancer drugsTaiho Pharmaceutical in Tokushima. It makes anticancer drugs.
DetailsTomita Pharmaceutical Head Office Factory
富田製薬本社工場Tokushima / Naruto / Pharmaceutical raw materials & inorganic chemistryTomita Pharmaceutical in Tokushima. It handles pharmaceutical raw materials and inorganic chemistry.
DetailsTokushima University Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences Natural Science Research
徳島大学総合科学部自然科学研究Tokushima / Tokushima / Natural science & regional studiesThe Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences of Tokushima University. It conducts natural science and regional research.
DetailsTokushima Furniture and Woodworking Industry
徳島家具・木工産業Tokushima / Tokushima and other areas / Furniture & wood processingFurniture and woodworking in Tokushima. Timber processing continues here as a production center.
DetailsTokushima Prefecture Next-Generation Photonics Regional University and Regional Industry Creation Hub
徳島県次世代光地方大学・地域産業創生拠点Tokushima / Tokushima / Optical technology & industry-academia collaborationAn industry-academia collaboration hub for photonics technology in Tokushima. It builds up local industry.
DetailsTokushima Prefectural Sanagochi Ikimono Fureai no Sato
徳島県立佐那河内いきものふれあいの里Tokushima / Sanagochi / Biodiversity & environmental educationIkimono Fureai no Sato in Sanagochi. It deals with biodiversity and environmental education.
DetailsTokushima Prefectural Archives
徳島県立文書館Tokushima / Tokushima / Public records & preservation techniquesThe prefectural archives. It preserves official documents.
DetailsTokushima Prefectural Tsukimigaoka Seaside Park Environmental Learning
徳島県立月見ヶ丘海浜公園環境学習Tokushima / Matsushige / Coast & environmental educationTsukimigaoka Seaside Park in Matsushige. It serves coastal environmental education.
DetailsNippon Denko Tokushima Plant
新新日本電工徳島工場Tokushima / Anan / Ferroalloys & battery materialsNippon Denko in Tokushima. It makes ferroalloys and battery materials.
DetailsNichia Corporation Tatsumi Factory
日亜化学工業辰巳工場Tokushima / Anan / LEDs & semiconductor manufacturingThe Tatsumi Factory in Anan. It makes LEDs and semiconductors.
DetailsHiwasa Sea Turtle Museum Caretta
日和佐うみがめ博物館カレッタTokushima / Minami / Sea turtles & conservation researchThe Hiwasa Sea Turtle Museum in Minami. It researches the conservation of loggerhead turtles.
DetailsToagosei Tokushima Factory
東亞合成徳島工場Tokushima / Tokushima / Chemicals & polymer materialsToagosei in Tokushima. It makes polymer materials.
DetailsNaka Kito Cedar Woodworking
那賀木頭杉木工Tokushima / Naka / Forestry & timber dryingCedar woodworking in Kito, Naka. Kito cedar has tight growth rings and warps little.
DetailsAnan City Insulation and Industrial Materials Industry
阿南市の断熱・工業材料産業Tokushima / Anan / Industrial materials & thermal insulation technologyIndustrial materials in Anan. Insulation materials and other products are made.
DetailsUmai Kasei Kogyo Head Office Factory
馬居化成工業本社工場Tokushima / Naruto / Inorganic chemistry & seawater resourcesUmai Kasei in Tokushima. It handles inorganic chemistry that extracts resources from seawater.
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Industry & Tech / Services & Others 7 entries
Yuzu no Sato Kito
ゆずの里木頭Tokushima / Naka / Yuzu & sixth-sector industryYuzu from Kito in Naka. It is grown and also processed here.
DetailsOtsuka Pharmaceutical Pocari Sweat Stadium Related Exhibits
大塚製薬ポカリスエットスタジアム関連展示Tokushima / Naruto / Sports science & nutritionPocari Sweat Stadium in Naruto. It includes an athletics stadium and other facilities.
DetailsNichia Corporation Headquarters
日亜化学工業本社Tokushima / Anan / LEDs & phosphorsNichia Corporation in Anan. The company that put the blue LED into practical use, it makes phosphors.
DetailsSameura Dam Tokushima Irrigation Water
早明浦ダム徳島用水関連Tokushima / Miyoshi area / Water resources & wide-area water useWater drawn from Sameura Dam to Tokushima. The water jar of Shikoku is shared.
DetailsKamiyama Cedar Woodworking
神山杉木工Tokushima / Kamiyama / Forestry & craftsCedar woodworking in Kamiyama. Crafts are made from local cedar.
DetailsAwa Odori Kaikan
阿波おどり会館Tokushima / Tokushima / Dance & local cultureAwa Odori Kaikan in Tokushima. It shows the dance year-round and conveys local culture.
DetailsNaruto Kintoki Sorting and Storage Facility
鳴門金時選果・貯蔵施設Tokushima / Naruto / Sweet potatoes & curingSorting and storage of Naruto Kintoki sweet potatoes. After they are dug up, curing is carried out, in which temperature and humidity are applied to heal wounds.
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Studios & Kilns / Crafts 11 entries
Awagami Factory
アワガミファクトリーTokushima / Yoshinogawa / Crafts & potteryKept the hand technique and developed washi for inkjet printing - an old craft finding a current use.
DetailsOtani Ware
大谷焼Tokushima / Naruto / Crafts & potteryGreat jars thrown on a wheel kicked by a man lying on his back while another shapes the clay - a method born of indigo vats.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Umbrellas and Lanterns of Mima
美馬の和傘と提灯Tokushima / Mima / Crafts & potteryUmbrellas and lanterns of bamboo and paper, some covered in indigo-dyed sheets.
DetailsIndigo Vats
藍甕と染めの現場Tokushima / Tokushima / Dyeing & weaving / Crafts & potteryVats sunk into the floor and kept fermenting with lye; the fire under them is never allowed to go out in winter.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Awa Shijira Cloth
阿波しじら織Tokushima / Tokushima / Dyeing & weavingWoven at uneven tension and then shrunk, so the surface puckers and touches the skin less - a cloth for heat.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Butsudan of Awa
阿波の仏壇と木工Tokushima / Tokushima / Lacquer art / SculptureIndigo-rich farming villages could afford altars, and so a whole trade grew to supply them.
DetailsBlue Stone of Awa
阿波の青石と石造文化Tokushima / Tokushima / Sculpture / ArchitectureA greenish schist that splits into flat slabs, shipped nationwide for gardens and stone monuments.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Awa Wasanbon Sugar
阿波和三盆糖Tokushima / Kamiita / Crafts & potterySugar kneaded by hand and pressed into carved wooden moulds - the moulds themselves carved down the generations.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Awa Washi
阿波和紙Tokushima / Yoshinogawa / Crafts & pottery / Contemporary artThirteen centuries of papermaking, and now a workshop that makes oversized and custom sheets for artists worldwide.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Awa Puppet Heads
阿波木偶Tokushima / Tokushima / SculptureCarved larger than Bunraku's so they read from a distance outdoors; the master Tengukyu's heads are still in use.
Details / Wikipedia (Japanese)Awa Indigo
阿波藍Tokushima / Tokushima / Dyeing & weavingIndigo leaves are fermented to make sukumo, the raw material for the dye. Only a handful of aishi indigo masters in Japan carry out this process, and most Japanese indigo dyeing uses sukumo from here.
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