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  • Hirose-gasuri Indigo Dye Workshop
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    Shimane Matsue-shi Kitahoricho 322
    This indigo dyeing workshop carries on the tradition of Hirose Gasuri, a prefectural Intangible Cultural Property. This facility is near the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, and sells indigo dyed goods as well as offering activities allowing you to make your own. The traditional craft of Hirose Gasuri uses a wide variety of medium sized geometric patterns as well as picturesque patterns, and is said to have found its beginning in a dyeing style taught in nearby Yonago in 1824, in the Hoki Province that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. The style is characterized by precise geometric patterns marked by stark contrast in the blue dyeing (using naturally fermented indigo liquid), with the threads woven to bring out the patterns with exactness. At this workshop, you can use rubber bands to create your own design in their Dyeing Activity, resulting in a one-of-a-kind piece for the cost of a single coin!
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  • Glass Studio TooS
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    Okayama Mimasaka-shi Yunogo 813-2
    A 10-minute drive from Mimasaka Interchange. This glass studio is just north of the Mimasaka Culture Center on the left side of the street. The glass pieces by artist Okamoto Tsunehide are characterized by the unique techniques used in their creation and their refusal to conform to established ideas. They also have tableware that resembles the feel of classic porcelain. There are charming blown glass pens made with the same style of techniques used to make wine glasses and perfume bottles. In addition to producing and selling glass works they also offer blown glass experiences and blown glass classes and should you wish to participate we recommend you make prior reservations.
  • Ryukyu Glass Takumi Kobo Ishikawa Main Store
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    Okinawa Uruma Ishikawa Iha 1553-279
    A 90-minute drive from Naha Airport. To reach the glass studio head west just a short distance down Prefectural Route 73 from the Ishikawa Multipurpose Dome stadium. Here local Okinawan born craftsmen seek to produce creative, original Ryukyu glass creations and throughout the shop you'll find a selection of translucent, colorful, glass works. They also hold Ryukyu Glass Blowing Experiences where you can make your own blown glass work bringing together your favorite colors and designs. The time required is just 10 to 15 minutes and is safe for even children to participate. The glass blowing opportunity is available even for single parties.
  • Chigaya Kobo
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    Okinawa Miyakojima-shi
    This workshop is located inside the Miyako Taiken Craft Village just northwest of the Miyakojima City Museum. It sells hats, baskets, pots, and other handicrafts made with cogon grass, a plant that grows wild on Miyako Island. It also offers hands-on activities in which participants can make accessory cases, baskets, or marble cellphone straps from cogon grass or bracelets from shell ginger, another plants that grows on Miyako Island. Each activity takes between 60 and 120 minutes and can be enjoyed by as few as one and as many as 20 people (reservations are required for large groups).
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  • Okinawa Craft Village
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    Okinawa Kunigami-gun Onnason Onna 6203-1
    This venerable Ryukyu glass shop is located in Onna Village, Okinawa Prefecture. They exhibit and sell a variety of items including Ryukyu glass tableware and accessories, lacquerware, and more. All of the glassware in the shop is made by hand, giving each piece a slightly different look. Visitors can watch the glass working process at the attached workshop, which also offers glass working experiences. Participants can create their own one-of-a-kind Ryukyu glass cup, beer mug, flower vase, or lampwork bead under the guidance of a skilled craftsman.
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  • HANAHANA KOBO
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    Okinawa Nakagami-gun Yomitanson Uza 361-2
    This leathercraft shop is located in Uza, Yomitan Village, Nakagami County. It sells items that combine leatherwork with goods with traditional handicrafts of Okinawa such as Yomitanzan Hanaori textiles and Bingata dyeing. Their wallets, key cases, and other leather accessories featuring colorful and characteristically Okinawan designs make great souvenirs.
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  • Chubuki Glass Kobo Niji
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    Okinawa Nakagami-gun Yomitanson Zakimi 2748
    "This glasswork studio is located in Yachimun no Sato in Zakimi, Yomitan Village, Nakagami County. The studio, which was established by the famed Ryukyu glass craftsman Seikichi Inamine, produces unique and elaborate works of Ryukyu glass. Their ""awa glass,"" for example, makes the air bubbles that form in the glassworking process, something traditionally considered to be a flaw, into an aesthetic feature. The area around the studio has a high concentration of potteries that make ""yachimun,"" the traditional pottery of Okinawa."
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  • Glass Art Kuroki
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    Miyazaki Higashimorokata-gun Ayacho Minamimata 1800-19
    "This glass studio adjoins the Kuramoto Aya Shusen no Mori tourist facility owned and operated by the Unkai Shuzo brewing company. The studio's showroom is overflowing with sparkling glass and displays a wide selection of pieces by the studio, from cute animal figurines to items deftly crated by proclaimed ""modern master"" Kuniaki Kuroki. The studio's Aya kiriko cut glass expresses the traditions and natural beauty of Japan; inspired by the evergreen forests which symbolize Aya Town, these exquisite works of art are garnering attention as the world's first multicolored cut glass. In May, August, and November, the studio holds glassmaking activities such as creating accessories, kiriko cut glass, and blown glass."
  • Soejima Glassware Co., Ltd. (Hizen Vidro)
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    Saga Saga-shi Sayanomotomachi 106
    Hizen Bidoro is a company that produces Hizen Bidoro, a traditional craft of handmade, space-blown glass tableware designated as an important intangible cultural asset by the city of Saga. Call ahead to confirm the schedule.
  • Midori no Hora
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    Gunma Agatsuma-gun Kusatsumachi
    A pottery studio located near the Okanoue no Hotel along National Route 292 in Kusatsu, Kusatsu Town, Agatsuma County. This is the studio of pottery artist and local Kusatsu native Yamaguchi Hiroshi. They offer a potter making class where you can try making pottery by hand-building or on an electric potter's wheel (reservation required).
  • Satsuma Vidro Artcrafts
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    Kagoshima Satsuma-gun Satsumacho Nagano 5665-5 Kannondaki Park
    This Satsuma Kiriko cut glass gallery and workshop is surrounded by rich nature inside Kannondaki Park. It makes and sells Satsuma Kiriko, a style of cut glass created in the Satsuma Domain near at the end of the Edo period. Satsuma Kiriko is characterized by the appealing graduations between the clear glass and the vibrant colored glass created by hand by skilled artisans. The attached workshop offers glasswork experiences including glass cutting, sandblasting, and wind chime painting.
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  • Well Hands
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    Kagoshima Hioki-shi Higashiichikicho Miyama 1262-8
    "This blown glass studio and adjoining gallery is located in Miyama, an area known for its Satsuma porcelain, three minutes from the Miyama Interchange on the Minamikyushu Expressway via Prefectural Route 24. Sunlight floods into the gallery space via its large windows, and inside are displayed a variety of items created by artisan Eriko Ide. The gallery's most popular product is the ""lace glass"" paperweights, which consist of dainty lace encased in transparent glass. The gallery also sells everyday glasses and plates, as well as smaller items such as chopstick rests perfect for giving as a little souvenir. Depending on the time of year, the facility also offers studio tours."
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  • Masamune Sword and Blade Workshop
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Onarimachi 13-29
    "This workshop, a three-minute walk from JR Kamakura Station, makes knives, blades, and ironwork crafts. During the Kamakura period, the great swordsmith Masamune created the Soshu tradition of sword making. Hiromasa, the fifth-generation inheritor of Masamune's sword smithing and head of the family, served the Odawara Hojo clan and, after being bestowed the name of ""tsuna"" from the second generation Hojo Ujitsuna, son of the founder of the clan, he took the name ""Tsunahiro."" Later, Tsunahiro became an official swordsmith for the mighty Tokugawa clan. The family continued to flourish as swordsmiths up until the start of the Meiji period and today is led by its 24th head. In the early Showa period, the family began making kitchen knives, shears, and other edged tools based on sword making techniques, as well as ironwork crafts."
  • Glass Beads Workshop Gurigura
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    Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Yukinoshita 2-14-28
    "A Kamakura studio that sells beads and offers classes and workshops. It was a prize winner at the Japan Art and Accessories Association's ""Beads Grand Prix."" They have an array of delicate items made with sound techniques. Reservations are required for their bead making workshops and beading lessons."
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  • Izu Glass Arts (Ito Station-mae Classroom)
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    Shizuoka Ito-shi Yukawa 1-9-13 Kameya Building 2F
    A workshop classroom located in front of Ito Station, just a one-minute walk from the Station. Come use their beautiful glass to create your own original piece of art that won't exist anywhere else on the planet. They offer two different hands-on classes, their Fusing class which involves arranges Italian Venetian glass and their Sandblast class in which uses air pressure to blow sand on the glass surface drawing a pattern. In the Fusing class you can make accessories including earrings or chose to make something such as cocktail muddlers, photo frames, plates, or other items and anyone from children to adults can easily participate.
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  • Glass Studio Kegranian
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    Shizuoka Kamo-gun Minamiizucho Kegurano 644-1
    Located north of the Minami-Izu Town Hall and surrounded by trees, the glass studio is open to the public as a gallery for displaying the glass crafts made at the studio and also offers one-day classes and workshops. Reservations are required and take about two hours, and a wide range of needs can be met, from accessories and straps to plates and sandblasted kaleidoscopes.
  • Sosaku Kobo Atelier Laut
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    Shizuoka Atami-shi Ginzacho 8-5
    This creative workshop is in Atami, the doorstep of the Izu Peninsula. Located roughly 15 minutes on foot from Atami Station, the workshop holds various types of workshops and lessons in silver accessories, stained glass, sandblasting, and more. Each of the sessions requires two to three hours. Theworkshop for silver accessories is popular, as you can use pure silver clay to do clay work or make an accessory like you are making pottery. It is nice that they prepare various types of design molds for use.
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  • Nukumori Koubou
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    Shizuoka Hamamatsu-shi Hamana-ku Somejidai 3-12-25
    This studio shop is located in the Somejidai district in Hamamatsu City's Hamakita Ward. Identifiable by its modern exterior, the shop sells simply designed original items made from Enshu Men Tsumugi cloth which you'll be able to use for years and years. Enshu Men Tsumugi is a traditional textile from the southwest part of Shizuoka Prefecture, and its origins date back to the Edo period. Just 40 centimeters of cloth can be woven on a loom in a day, and Enshu Men Tsumugi has a distinctive soft texture which grows even softer the more it is used. The studio/shop building is also an office for the company and is made of unfinished Tenryu cedar. Inside, you can experience for yourself the soft feel of Enshu Men Tsumugi and find items which integrate perfectly into modern day lifestyles.
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  • Kobo HARVEST
    Travel / Tourism
    Fukuoka Itoshima-shi Shima Keya 182-2
    A furniture workshop in the Shimakeya area, Itoshima City. They produce wooden furniture including chairs and tables as well as wooden front doors and acrylic paintings. They offer classes in Tole Painting with three levels of curriculum from beginner to advance as well as various hands-on experiences.
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  • Kihachijo Meyu Kobo
    Travel / Tourism
    Tokyo Hachijomachi Nakanogo 2542
    "This manufacturing workshop has a history of several hundreds of years that weaves silk goods and ""kihachijo;"" a yellow silk with a dark checkered or striped pattern only produced on Hachijojima Island. It is the only place on the island that does dying and weaving. The ""kihachijo"" made at this workshop uses a sister breed of the original silkworm variety known as ""shin-koishimaru,"" so the texture is close to that of the kihachijo made a long time ago. At this workshop where you can sense its extensive history, they carry out the manufacture and sales of small items such as business card cases and tissue cases. They also do workshop tours and classes where you can experience working in the workshop."
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