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Tokushima Indigo (Awa Ai) Dyeing 2027: Workshops + History Guide
Tokushima's Awa indigo (aizome) dye is the deep blue that colored samurai war surcoats and Japan's working-class kimono for 400 years - today it's revived by 15 young craftsmen.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Seki Samurai Swordsmith Gifu 2027: 700-Year Craft + Museum Guide
Seki is Japan's samurai sword capital - 700 years of swordsmith lineage, 25% of modern sword output, and the town where tourist cutlery shops still sell ¥80 scissors next to ¥800,000 katana.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Kiryu Silk Town Gunma 2027: Weaving + Textile Heritage Guide
Kiryu is Japan's silk capital - 1,300 years of weaving, saw-tooth-roof textile factories, and a Gunma town where kimono-worn silk still rolls off hand looms twice as old as San Francisco.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Mie Pearl Cultivation Ago Bay 2027: Mikimoto + Toba Guide
Mie Prefecture birthed cultured pearls in 1893 - today Ago Bay's calm oyster farms produce 60% of Japan's Akoya pearls, and Mikimoto Pearl Island still runs free Ama diver shows.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Ako Salt Making Hyogo 2027: 450-Year Craft + Museum Guide
Ako is Hyogo's salt-making town - 450 years of Irihama tidal flats, the castle where the 47 Ronin plotted revenge, and Japan's most Instagrammed artisanal salt packaging.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Mino Washi Paper Making Gifu 2027: UNESCO Craft + Workshops
Mino washi is Japan's UNESCO-listed handmade paper - 1,300 years old, used in Shosoin sutras, and still made by 15 Gifu craftsmen in a town of white-wall Edo-era kozo houses.
2026-10-25·3 min read·続きを読む →Mashiko Pottery Town Tochigi 2027: Hamada Shoji + Fair Guide
Mashiko is Tochigi's 380-kiln pottery town - 2 hours from Tokyo, free kiln-walking, and twice-yearly pottery fairs where 500+ artists sell direct from stalls under the pines.
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