Yamagata directory

Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 15 entries

• Denroku Zao no Mori Factory

  でん六蔵王の森工場
  Yamagata / Kaminoyama ／ Bean snacks & food manufacturing

  The factory of a bean snack maker in Yamagata. It is located at the foot of Zao.

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• Cybele Factory Maison

  シベールファクトリーメゾン
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Confectionery & rusk manufacturing

  A confectionery factory in Yamagata. Visitors can tour the process of baking Cybele's rusks.

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• Dewazakura Shuzo

  出羽桜酒造
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Sake & brewing culture

  A sake brewery in Tendo. It is known as a brewery that put ginjo sake on general sale from early on.

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• Hatsumago Shuzo Museum Kura Tanbokan

  初孫酒造資料館蔵探訪館
  Yamagata / Sakata ／ Sake & kimoto

  The museum of a sake brewery in Sakata. It conveys the process of kimoto brewing.

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• Kamo Seafood Processing and the Fishing Culture around Takeya Hotel

  加茂水産加工・竹屋ホテル周辺水産文化
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Seafood processing & port town culture

  An area that conveys the seafood processing of Kamo, Tsuruoka, and life in a port town.

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• Yamagata Foods

  山形食品
  Yamagata / Nanyo ／ Fruit juice drinks & farm product processing

  A fruit juice beverage maker in Yamagata. It processes fruit grown in the prefecture.

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• Yamamoto Seisakusho

  山本製作所
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Agricultural machinery & environmental equipment

  It makes agricultural machinery and environmental equipment. It works on dryers and equipment for wood pellets.

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• Mogami River Boat Transport and Sankyo Warehouses

  最上川舟運・山居倉庫
  Yamagata / Sakata ／ Rice logistics & warehouse architecture

  Sakata, which prospered through boat transport on the Mogami River, and its rice warehouses built in 1893. A row of zelkova trees blocks the afternoon sun.

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• Gassan Wine Yamabudo Research Institute

  月山ワイン山ぶどう研究所
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Wild mountain grapes & wine

  The Yamabudo Research Institute in Tsuruoka. It makes wine using wild mountain grapes.

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• Asahimachi Wine

  朝日町ワイン
  Yamagata / Asahi ／ Municipal wine & fruit trees

  A winery founded in 1944 that came to be funded by the town and the agricultural cooperative in 1975. It works with apples and grapes.

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• Honcho

  本長
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Pickles & fermentation

  A pickle shop in Tsuruoka. It pickles the heirloom vegetables of Shonai, such as Minden eggplant and Fujisawa turnip.

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• Toko no Sakagura

  東光の酒蔵
  Yamagata / Yonezawa ／ Sake & corporate museum

  A museum attached to a sake brewery in Yonezawa. It exhibits brewing tools and the process of sake making.

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• Tatenokawa Shuzo

  楯野川酒造
  Yamagata / Sakata ／ Sake & rice polishing and brewing

  A sake brewery in Sakata. It is particular about rice polishing, milling the rice down thoroughly.

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• Sakata Beika Oranda Senbei Factory

  酒田米菓オランダせんべいFACTORY
  Yamagata / Sakata ／ Rice crackers & manufacturing experience

  A rice cracker factory in Sakata. Visitors can try the process of baking Oranda Senbei.

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• Takahata Winery

  高畠ワイナリー
  Yamagata / Takahata ／ Wine & fruit processing

  A winery in Takahata. It makes wine from grapes grown in the town and welcomes visitors for tours and tastings.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 10 entries

• Kaminoyama Kokeshi

  上山こけし
  Yamagata / Kaminoyama ／ Wooden toys

  The kokeshi dolls of Kaminoyama. They belong to the Zao-Takayu lineage and have gentle faces.

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• Tendo Shogi Pieces and Eishundo

  天童将棋駒・栄春堂
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Woodwork, calligraphy & shogi piece making

  The shogi pieces of Tendo. Tendo has the largest production of pieces in Japan, and there are several techniques for writing the characters on them.

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• Yamagata Buddhist Altars

  山形仏壇
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Woodwork, lacquer & metalwork

  Yamagata Buddhist altars. The wooden base, the lacquer and the metal fittings are divided among separate artisans.

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• Yamagata Wagasa Umbrellas and Furuuchi Wagasa Shop

  山形和傘・古内和傘店
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Bamboo and paper crafts

  The Japanese umbrellas of Yamagata. Washi paper is pasted onto bamboo ribs and coated with oil.

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• Yamagata Dantsu and Oriental Carpet

  山形緞通・オリエンタルカーペット
  Yamagata / Yamanobe ／ Handwoven carpets & design

  The handwoven carpets of Yamagata. Dantsu carpets, knotted by hand one strand at a time, are woven here.

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• Yamagata Cast Iron and Kikuchi Hojudo

  山形鋳物・菊地保寿堂
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Casting & crafts

  Yamagata cast iron. With the technique of casting thin, it makes kettles for the tea ceremony and iron teakettles.

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• Shonai Rods and Fishing Rod Craft

  庄内竿・釣竿工芸
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Bamboo crafts

  Shonai rods. Fishing rods made by shaping a single stalk of nigatake bamboo left whole. They began as a martial accomplishment of the samurai of the Shonai Domain.

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• Oitama Tsumugi

  置賜紬
  Yamagata / Yonezawa and other areas ／ Silk textiles & traditional craft

  Oitama tsumugi. The collective name for the tsumugi silk woven in Yonezawa, Nagai and Shirataka, it is a nationally designated Traditional Craft.

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• Uetsu Shinafu and the Sekikawa Shina Weaving Center

  羽越しな布・関川しな織センター
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Bark cloth & weaving

  The shina weaving of Sekikawa. Fiber is taken from the bark of the Japanese linden and woven, and it is considered one of the oldest textiles in Japan.

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• Hijiori Kokeshi

  肘折こけし
  Yamagata / Okura ／ Wooden toys

  The kokeshi dolls of Hijiori, Okura Village. They descend from the Naruko lineage and have thick bodies.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 7 entries

• Oriental Motor Tsuruoka Chuo Plant

  オリエンタルモーター鶴岡中央事業所
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Precision motors & factory automation

  A precision motor plant in Tsuruoka. It makes small motors used in factory automation.

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• Suzuki Hightech

  スズキハイテック
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Surface treatment & plating

  A surface treatment maker in Yamagata. It works with plating technology.

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• Micron Machinery

  ミクロン精密
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Grinding machines & machine tools

  A machine tool maker that builds precision grinding machines. It deals in the accuracy of fine machining.

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• Tendo Mokko

  天童木工
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Molded plywood & furniture

  Tendo Mokko. It makes chairs and furniture with the technology of molded plywood, in which thin sheets are layered and bent.

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• Yamagata Casio

  山形カシオ
  Yamagata / Higashine ／ Precision equipment & integrated production

  A Casio production base in Yamagata. It makes precision equipment in an integrated process.

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• Yamagata Koku Denshi

  山形航空電子
  Yamagata / Shinjo ／ Connectors & precision parts

  A precision-parts factory in Shinjo. It makes connectors that link electronic devices.

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• Tohoku Pioneer

  東北パイオニア
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Audio & OLED technology

  A company in Tendo with audio and organic EL technology.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 1 entries

• JA Zen-Noh Yamagata Snow Storage Facility

  JA全農山形雪室貯蔵施設
  Yamagata / Prefecture-wide ／ Snow and ice & farm produce storage

  A facility that stores farm produce using snow. It maintains a low temperature without using electricity.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 8 entries

• Tendo Shogi Pieces

  天童将棋駒
  Yamagata / Tendo ／ Calligraphy / Crafts & pottery

  Nine in ten of Japan's shogi pieces are made here; writing the characters is calligraphy in miniature.

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• Yamagata Forged Blades

  山形県産の打刃物
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Metalwork

  Blacksmithing that grew alongside the casting trade, still forging farm tools and kitchen knives.

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• Yamagata Ironware

  山形鋳物
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Metalwork

  Cast iron of unusually thin, smooth skin; nine centuries of tea-ceremony kettles.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Hirashimizu Ware

  平清水焼
  Yamagata / Yamagata ／ Crafts & pottery

  Iron in the local clay speckles the celadon like a pear's skin - the earth itself becomes the pattern.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Narushima Ware

  成島焼
  Yamagata / Yonezawa ／ Crafts & pottery / Mingei folk craft

  A former Uesugi domain kiln, revived after extinction; known for deep iron-black glazes.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Miyama Washi

  深山和紙
  Yamagata / Shirataka ／ Crafts & pottery

  Hand-made paper of pure kozo bark, once reserved for the Uesugi domain.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Yonezawa Textiles

  米沢織
  Yamagata / Yonezawa ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Begun as a domain-rescue industry by Uesugi Yozan; silk dyed with safflower and gromwell, still yarn-dyed.

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• Tsuruoka Silk

  鶴岡シルク
  Yamagata / Tsuruoka ／ Dyeing & weaving

  One of the few places in Japan where silk is raised, reeled and woven in a single district.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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