The Dictionary · Craft tourism of Japan
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Doors into Japan's living crafts — where the maker stays unknown, and the beauty lives in use.
Nakatsu Broom中津箒
A zashiki (parlor) broom made in Nakatsu, Aikawa, Kanagawa since the late Edo period. Broomcorn grown in the village's own fields is bound by hand, house…
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Mashiko-yaki益子焼
The everyday pottery of Mashiko, Tochigi. Begun by Otsuka Keizaburo and made the 'town of mingei' by Hamada Shoji — thick daily ware where a bold…
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Every word is a door to the next.
Onta's clay leads to the river, the river to a hot spring, the spring to the table. The relations are the route.