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Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 21 entries

• Unijin Honpo

  うに甚本舗
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Sea urchin & seafood processing

  Unijin Honpo in Shimonoseki. It makes tsubu-uni, preserved whole sea urchin roe.

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• Yamaguchi Kenraku Dairy Headquarters Factory

  やまぐち県酪乳業本社工場
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Dairy products & dairy farming

  Kenraku Nyugyo in Shimonoseki. It makes dairy products.

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• Shimaya Dashi no Moto Factory

  シマヤだしの素工場
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Seasonings & food manufacturing

  Shimaya in Shunan. It makes Dashi no Moto soup stock base.

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• Fujimitsu Headquarters Misumi Factory

  フジミツ本社三隅工場
  Yamaguchi / Nagato ／ Kamaboko fish cake & seafood processing

  Fujimitsu in Nagato. It carries out seafood processing such as kamaboko fish cake.

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• Shimonoseki Shuzo Shuan Ku

  下関酒造酒庵空
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Sake & brewery tours

  Shimonoseki Shuzo in Shimonoseki. It welcomes brewery tours at Shuan Ku.

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• Yachiyo Shuzo

  八千代酒造
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Sake & Abu River system

  Yachiyo Shuzo in Hagi. It brews with water of the Abu River system.

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• Yaoshin Shuzo Gangi

  八百新酒造雁木
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Sake & local brewing

  Yaoshin Shuzo in Iwakuni. It brews under the Gangi brand.

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• Sakakura Shinbei Kiln

  坂倉新兵衛窯
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Hagi ware & tea ceramics

  Sakakura Shinbei Kiln in Fukawa, Nagato. It makes Hagi ware for the tea ceremony.

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• Ohmine Shuzo

  大嶺酒造
  Yamaguchi / Mine ／ Sake & design-led brewing

  Ohmine Shuzo in Mine. It revived a brewery that had been dormant, and also puts effort into design.

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• Yamaguchi Prefectural Fisheries Research Center Offshore Research Division

  山口県水産研究センター外海研究部
  Yamaguchi / Nagato ／ Fisheries & marine research

  The prefecture's Fisheries Research Center. It works on the pufferfish of Shimonoseki and the tilefish of the Sea of Japan.

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• Yamashiroya Shuzo

  山城屋酒造
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Sake: Sugihime

  Yamashiroya Shuzo in Yamaguchi. It brews under the Sugihime brand.

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• Iwasaki Shuzo Choyo Fukumusume

  岩崎酒造長陽福娘
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Sake & local breweries

  Iwasaki Shuzo in Hagi. It brews under the Choyo Fukumusume brand.

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• Asahi Shuzo Dassai Store Headquarters Brewery

  旭酒造獺祭ストア本社蔵
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Sake & rice polishing and fermentation

  Asahi Shuzo in Iwakuni. Under the Dassai brand, it brews by data rather than relying on a toji master brewer.

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• Murashige Shuzo

  村重酒造
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Sake & giant cedar ball

  Murashige Shuzo in Iwakuni. It hangs a large sugidama cedar ball.

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• Nagayama Honke Shuzojo Taka

  永山本家酒造場貴
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Sake & sake rice growing

  Nagayama Honke Shuzojo in Ube. Under the Taka brand, it grows its own sake rice.

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• Nagayama Shuzo Yamazaru

  永山酒造山猿
  Yamaguchi / Sanyo-Onoda ／ Sake & local brewing

  Nagayama Shuzo in Sanyo-Onoda. It brews under the Yamazaru brand.

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• Sumikawa Shuzojo Toyo Bijin

  澄川酒造場東洋美人
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Sake & Hagi brewing

  Sumikawa Shuzojo in Hagi. Under the Toyo Bijin brand, it recovered from the damage of torrential rain.

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• Sakai Shuzo Gokyo

  酒井酒造五橋
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Sake & Nishiki River underground water

  Sakai Shuzo in Iwakuni. Under the Gokyo brand, it uses the subsoil water of the Nishiki River.

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• Kanemitsu Shuzo Santoka

  金光酒造山頭火
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Sake & fermentation

  Kanemitsu Shuzo in Yamaguchi. It brews under the Santoka brand.

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• Choshu Shuzo Tenbi

  長州酒造天美
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Sake & newly built brewery

  Choshu Shuzo in Shimonoseki. A newly built brewery, with the Tenbi brand.

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• Abu Town Japanese Polled Cattle Leather Culture

  阿武町無角和牛革活用文化
  Yamaguchi / Abu-cho ／ Livestock & use of materials

  Mukaku Wagyu of Abu, a hornless breed of Japanese cattle whose leather is put to use.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 25 entries

• Shimano Shimonoseki Factory

  シマノ下関工場
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Bicycle parts & cold forging

  Shimano in Shimonoseki. It makes bicycle components by cold forging.

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• Central Glass Ube Plant

  セントラル硝子宇部工場
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Chemicals & glass materials

  Central Glass in Ube. It makes chemicals and glass materials.

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• Mitsui Chemicals Iwakuni-Otake Works Iwakuni Area

  三井化学岩国大竹工場岩国地区
  Yamaguchi / Waki ／ Petrochemicals & functional materials

  Mitsui Chemicals in Iwakuni. It makes petrochemicals and functional materials.

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• Miwa Kiln

  三輪窯
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Hagi ware & Kyusetsu lineage

  Miwa Kiln in Hagi. It has a lineage of applying thickly the white glaze known as Kyusetsu white.

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• Idemitsu Kosan Tokuyama Complex

  出光興産徳山事業所
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Petrochemicals & energy

  Idemitsu Kosan in Shunan. It handles petrochemicals.

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• Ouchi Dolls

  大内人形
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Lacquered dolls & local crafts

  The Ouchi dolls of Yamaguchi. Lacquered dolls in the form of a husband and wife.

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• Ouchi Lacquerware

  大内塗
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Lacquerware & prefecturally designated craft

  Ouchi lacquerware of Yamaguchi. The Ouchi diamond crest and autumn grasses are painted on vermilion lacquer. It dates from the era of the Ouchi clan.

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• Oya Kiln

  大屋窯
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Hagi ware & contemporary ceramics

  Oya Kiln in Hagi. It makes contemporary Hagi ware.

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• Tenchozan Kiln

  天寵山窯
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Hagi ware & ceramic industry

  Tenchozan Kiln in Hagi. It fires Hagi ware.

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• Yamaguchi Bamboo Charcoal and Bamboo Craft

  山口の竹炭・竹工芸
  Yamaguchi / Across Yamaguchi Prefecture ／ Bamboo resources & carbonization

  The bamboo charcoal and bamboo craft of Yamaguchi. Bamboo is burned into charcoal and used as a resource.

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• Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum Ceramics Gallery

  山口県立萩美術館・浦上記念館陶芸館
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Hagi ware & conservation and display

  The Ceramics Gallery of the Uragami Museum in Hagi. It collects and preserves Hagi ware.

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• Bamboo Craft of the Hagi Okan in Yamaguchi

  山口萩往還の竹工芸
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi, Hagi ／ Bamboo material & everyday crafts

  The bamboo craft of Yamaguchi. An everyday craft handed down along the Hagi Okan road.

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• Iwakuni Stone Dolls

  岩国石人形
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Limestone & local crafts

  Iwakuni stone dolls. The cases that ningyo-tobikera caddisfly larvae in the Nishiki River build from pebbles and sand are collected and made into dolls.

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• Tokuji Washi

  徳地和紙
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Handmade washi paper

  The washi of Tokuji, Yamaguchi. It is made from paper mulberry.

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• Nippon Paper Industries Iwakuni Mill

  日本製紙岩国工場
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Paper & pulp manufacturing

  Nippon Paper Industries in Iwakuni. It makes paper and pulp.

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• Yanai City Townscape Museum Craft Exhibit

  柳井市町並み資料館工芸展示
  Yamaguchi / Yanai ／ Dyeing and weaving & townhouse industry

  The Yanai Townscape Museum, housed in the former head office of the Suo Bank. It exhibits items such as models of the merchant houses in the white-walled townscape.

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• Yanai-jima Striped Cotton

  柳井縞
  Yamaguchi / Yanai ／ Cotton textiles & dyeing and weaving

  The striped cloth of Yanai. Cotton is dyed with indigo and woven in stripes.

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• Yanai Goldfish Lanterns

  柳井金魚ちょうちん
  Yamaguchi / Yanai ／ Bamboo and paper crafts & folk toys

  The goldfish lanterns of Yanai. The shape of a goldfish is made from bamboo and washi. They are said to have been started by a merchant who had seen the Nebuta of Aomori.

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• Fukawa Hagi

  深川萩
  Yamaguchi / Nagato ／ Hagi ware & Fukawa kilns

  Fukawa Hagi of Nagato. A lineage that branched off from the official kilns of Hagi.

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• Kotozaki Hachimangu Wind Chimes and Casting Culture

  琴崎八幡宮風鈴と鋳物文化
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Metal & acoustic craft

  Kotozaki Hachimangu in Ube. Cast wind chimes and the craft of their sound.

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• Kobe Steel Chofu Works

  神戸製鋼所長府製造所
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Aluminum & copper processing

  Kobe Steel in Chofu, Shimonoseki. It processes aluminum and copper.

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• Hagi Ware

  萩焼
  Yamaguchi / Hagi, Nagato ／ Pottery & nationally designated craft

  Hagi ware. Because soft clay is fired at a low temperature, tea seeps in through the crazing as the piece is used and the color changes.

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• Hagi Ceramic Artists Association and the Cluster of Kilns

  萩陶芸家協会と窯元集積
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Climbing kilns & pottery district

  The kilns of Hagi. They carry on the lineage opened by potters who came from Korea, as the official kilns of the Mori clan.

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• Akama Inkstones

  赤間硯
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki, Ube ／ Inkstones & nationally designated craft

  The Akama inkstones of Ube. They are carved from a reddish-purple stone called Akama stone. The craft has continued since the Kamakura period.

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• Akamagaseki Inkstone Honke Gyokukodo

  赤間関硯本家玉弘堂
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Inkstones & stonework

  Gyokukodo in Shimonoseki. It carves Akama inkstones.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 25 entries

• Mitsubishi UBE Cement Ube Cement Factory

  UBE三菱セメント宇部セメント工場
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Cement & resource circulation

  A cement factory in Ube. A company that turned from the coal industry now builds resource recycling into its operations.

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• UBE Ube Chemical Factory

  UBE宇部ケミカル工場
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Chemicals & functional materials

  UBE in Ube. It makes chemicals and functional materials. The company began with coal.

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• Terumo Yamaguchi D&D Plant

  テルモ山口D&D工場
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Medical devices & R&D

  Terumo in Yamaguchi. It develops and makes medical devices.

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• Tokuyama Corporation Tokuyama Factory

  トクヤマ徳山製造所
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Soda, cement & electronic materials

  Tokuyama in Shunan. It makes soda, cement, and polycrystalline silicon for semiconductors.

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• Bridgestone Shimonoseki Plant

  ブリヂストン下関工場
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Large tires & rubber technology

  Bridgestone in Shimonoseki. It makes large tires.

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• Bell Polyester Products Hofu Plant

  ベルポリエステルプロダクツ防府工場
  Yamaguchi / Hofu ／ PET resin & chemicals

  Bell Polyester in Hofu. It makes PET resin.

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• Mazda Hofu Plant Nakanoseki District

  マツダ防府工場中関地区
  Yamaguchi / Hofu ／ Transmissions & machining

  Mazda's Nakanoseki District in Hofu. It makes transmissions.

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• Mazda Hofu Plant Nishinoura District

  マツダ防府工場西浦地区
  Yamaguchi / Hofu ／ Automobiles & integrated production

  Mazda's Nishinoura District in Hofu. It builds finished vehicles in an integrated process.

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• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shimonoseki Shipyard

  三菱重工業下関造船所
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Shipbuilding & marine equipment

  The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Shimonoseki. It builds ships and marine equipment.

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• Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum Kaikyokan

  下関市立しものせき水族館海響館
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Marine life & husbandry techniques

  Kaikyokan in Shimonoseki. It is among the world's leading aquariums in the number of pufferfish species on display.

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• Kyowa Kirin Ube Plant

  協和キリン宇部工場
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Pharmaceuticals & bioproduction

  Kyowa Kirin in Ube. It produces oral solid dosage forms.

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• Oitayama Tatara Iron Works Site

  大板山たたら製鉄遺跡
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Tatara ironmaking & World Heritage

  The Oitayama tatara in Hagi. The remains of a tatara works that supplied iron for warships, it is a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Taiheiyo Materials Onoda Plant

  太平洋マテリアル小野田工場
  Yamaguchi / Sanyo-Onoda ／ Cement-based materials

  Taiheiyo Materials in Sanyo-Onoda. It makes cement-based materials.

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• Iwakuni Lotus Root Processing Culture

  岩国れんこん加工文化
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ Farm product processing & local technology

  The lotus root of Iwakuni. It is distinguished by having nine holes, and its processing took root here.

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• Teijin Iwakuni Factory

  帝人岩国事業所
  Yamaguchi / Iwakuni ／ High-performance fibers & resins

  Teijin in Iwakuni. It makes high-performance fibers and resins.

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• Ebisugahana Shipyard Site

  恵美須ヶ鼻造船所跡
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Western-style shipbuilding & World Heritage

  The site of the Ebisugahana Shipyard in Hagi. The remains of where Western-style warships were built, it is a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Toda Kogyo Onoda Works

  戸田工業小野田事業所
  Yamaguchi / Sanyo-Onoda ／ Magnetic materials & battery materials

  Toda Kogyo in Sanyo-Onoda. It makes magnetic materials and battery materials.

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• Shin Kasado Dockyard

  新笠戸ドック
  Yamaguchi / Kudamatsu ／ Shipbuilding & repair technology

  Shin Kasado Dockyard in Kudamatsu. It builds and repairs ships.

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• Zeon Tokuyama Plant

  日本ゼオン徳山工場
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Synthetic rubber & chemical materials

  Zeon in Shunan. It makes synthetic rubber.

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• Nissan Chemical Onoda Plant

  日産化学小野田工場
  Yamaguchi / Sanyo-Onoda ／ Fine chemistry & agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals

  Nissan Chemical in Sanyo-Onoda. It handles fine chemicals for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.

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• Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Yamaguchi Works Shunan Area

  日鉄ステンレス山口製造所周南エリア
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Stainless steel & steelmaking

  Nippon Steel Stainless Steel in Shunan. It makes stainless steel.

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• Kyokuyo Shipyard Headquarters Factory

  旭洋造船本社工場
  Yamaguchi / Shimonoseki ／ Shipbuilding & ship design

  Kyokuyo Shipyard in Shimonoseki. It designs and builds ships.

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• Tosoh Nanyo Complex

  東ソー南陽事業所
  Yamaguchi / Shunan ／ Chemicals & basic materials

  Tosoh in Shunan. It makes basic chemical materials.

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• Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Factory Onoda Plant

  田辺三菱製薬工場小野田工場
  Yamaguchi / Sanyo-Onoda ／ Pharmaceuticals & formulations

  Tanabe Pharma Factory in Sanyo-Onoda. It formulates pharmaceuticals.

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• Tatara Ironmaking Heritage of the Choshu Domain

  長州藩のたたら製鉄遺産
  Yamaguchi / Hagi, Abu-cho ／ Ironmaking & industrial heritage

  The heritage of tatara ironmaking in the Choshu Domain. The remains of the ironmaking that supported armaments at the end of the Edo period.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 6 entries

• Bridgestone Hofu Plant

  ブリヂストン防府工場
  Yamaguchi / Hofu ／ Tires & chemical and industrial products

  Bridgestone in Hofu. It makes tires.

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• Chukobe Kamaboko Main Store

  忠小兵衛蒲鉾本店
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Kamaboko fish cake & traditional methods

  Chukobe Kamaboko in Hagi. It makes its fish cakes by traditional methods.

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• Murata Kamaboko-ten Headquarters Factory

  村田蒲鉾店本社工場
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Kamaboko fish cake & yakinuki grilling method

  Murata Kamaboko in Hagi. It makes kamaboko by a method called yakinuki.

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• Shoin Shrine Shiseikan

  松陰神社至誠館
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ History of education & preservation of materials

  The Shiseikan at Shoin Shrine in Hagi. It preserves materials on the Shoka Sonjuku academy.

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• Hagi Reverberatory Furnace

  萩反射炉
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Reverberatory furnace & World Heritage

  The reverberatory furnace of Hagi. A furnace built to melt iron, it is a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Mishima Cattle Preservation Techniques

  見島牛保存技術
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Native cattle & genetic resources

  The Mishima cattle of Hagi. A national Natural Monument and a genetic resource of Japan's native cattle.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 9 entries

• Ouchi Dolls

  大内人形
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Lacquer art / Crafts & pottery

  A married pair in Ouchi lacquer, their faces barely drawn - the form and the vermilion do the work.

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• Ouchi Lacquerware

  大内塗
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Lacquer art

  Made by the Ouchi lords for trade with Ming China: gold lozenges and autumn grasses on vermilion.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Tokuji Washi

  徳地和紙
  Yamaguchi / Yamaguchi ／ Crafts & pottery

  Said to have been started to fund the rebuilding of Todaiji, and made here for over eight centuries.

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• Yanai Stripe Cloth

  柳井縞
  Yamaguchi / Yanai ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Striped cotton that sold widely in the Edo period, lost, and reconstructed from surviving samples.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• The Seven Changes of Hagi

  萩の七化けと使い育てる器
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Crafts & pottery

  Tea seeps into the crazing and the colour keeps changing - the maker does not decide when the bowl is finished.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Climbing Kilns of Hagi

  萩の登り窯と窯元
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  Chambered kilns stepped up the hillside; the slope and the number of chambers decide how the ware comes out.

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• Hagi Ware

  萩焼
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Crafts & pottery

  Begun by Korean potters brought here by force; the crazed glaze absorbs tea, so each bowl changes colour with use.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Korean Potters of Hagi

  萩焼と朝鮮陶工の系譜
  Yamaguchi / Hagi ／ Crafts & pottery

  The families of the abducted Korean potters still run kilns here - a transfer of technique preserved as lineage.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Akama Inkstone

  赤間硯
  Yamaguchi / Ube ／ Calligraphy / Sculpture

  Cut from a fine-grained local stone that grinds ink smoothly, its edges carved with dragons and pines.

  Details

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