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Echizen lacquerware | Simple but appealing designs with 1500 years
【Echizen lacquerware is Simple but Cute Japanese traditional crafts】 Echizen lacquerware is produced in the Kawada district of Sabae City, Fukui Prefecture, and the surrounding area. Sabae is famous in Japan for producing eyeglass... -
Wakasa-nuri | with its refined lacquering patterns for 1300 years
【】 Wakasa-nuri lacquerware is made using the "Togidashi technique," in which patterns are made with eggshells, seashells, pine leaves, etc., and then coated with lacquer and polished over the patterns. This gives the lacquerware a uniq... -
Tsubame copperware | Authentic beauty coming from copper
【】 Tsubame hammered copperware is made by hammering a sheet of copper into a shape. The industry originated in the Tsubame area, where copper mines were booming during the Edo period (1603-1868), and was designated a traditional craft ... -
Ojiya-Chijimi | Traditional craft making the most of snowy weather
【】 This article is about traditional crafts in Niigata Prefecture. The Hokuriku region, to which Niigata Prefecture belongs, has a very large number of traditional crafts. The main reasons for this are its clean water, its uniqueness i... -
Honshiozawa | The elegant Kasuri for Japanese Kimono
【】 Honshiozawa is a silk fabric made in Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. It is called "Honshiozawa" because it is made mainly in the Shiozawa area. It is characterized by the use of Haccho twisted yarn to create a crisp and shiny fabri... -
Kamo Paulownia chest | Making the most of Paulownia Wood
【】 Kamo paulownia chest is characterized by three main features. 1: Paulownia wood is a superior material Paulownia wood boards used for Kamo paulownia chest are soft and soft, with little expansion and contraction due to humidity and ... -
Niigata lacquerware Makes the most of Vivid red color
【Niigata lacquerware is glossy red colored Japanese traditional craft】 Niigata lacquerware is known as a treasure house of "Kawari-nuri," and a number of lacquer painting techniques have been handed down from generation to generation. ... -
Shiozawa Tsumugi | Exclusive quality with silk textile
【】 Shiozawa Tsumugi is a textile produced in and around Minamiuonuma City, Niigata Prefecture. As explained in the previous page, "heavy snowfall" is an essential element for traditional crafts in Niigata Prefecture. In the Uonuma area... -
Ojiya tsumugi | Making the most of benefits of Cotton
【】 Ojiya Tsumugi is a silk fabric woven in Ojiya City, Niigata Prefecture. Various patterns are woven using a weft yarn called yokoso kasuri, which is woven using kasuri yarn for the weft threads, or striped patterns, plain or white pa... -
Kaga Yuzen | The eye-catching beauty and gorgeous look for Kimono
【Kaga Yuzen combining beauty and serenity】 Kaga Yuzen is a kimono technique whose foundation was laid by Miyazaki Yuzenzai during the Genroku era of the Edo period. In other words, it is one of the Japanese kimono production methods. T...
