Hokusai Museum
Obuse Town
Remodeled in 2015, Obuse Town’s Hokusai Museum displays the works of famed ukiyo-e woodblock print art...
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Ueda Tsumugi Fabric
Ueda City
Ueda Tsumugi is a traditional woven silk fabric that was popular throughout Japan in the Edo era. Ueda wa...
Watch Making (Gishodo Suwako Watch & Clock Museum)
Shimosuwa Town
In the hopes of sharing the Suwa area’s clock-making skills with the world as well as to help people bette...
Uchiyama Paper
Iiyama City
Made exclusively from paper mulberry bark, Uchiyama handmade paper is strong, breathable, and transl...
Mizuhiki Making
Mizuhiki is a traditional Iida-area paper cord art craft. At the Iida Furusato Mizuhiki Industrial Art...
Mizuhiki Paper Cord Art
Iijima Town
A traditional craft of the Iida area, Mizuhiki is made from strips of Japanese “washi” paper twisted int...
Wear a Kimono or Ninja Costume (Matsumoto)
Matsumoto City
Hanakomichi is the place where you can rent a kimono (traditional Japanese clothes) or ninja costume.I...
Glass Blowing (Azumino Glass Studio)
Azumino City
Azumino, known for its pristine waters and stunning pastoral and mountainous scenery, is also home to t...
Iida Puppet Festival
All of Iida City becomes host and stage of the biggest puppet festival in Japan. Bringing together puppe...
Kiso Lacquer Ware Making (Kiso Kurashi no Kougeikan)
Otari Village
Kiso Urushi (Lacquer Ware) is an officially recognized traditional craft in Japan. Everyone from chil...
Matsumoto Temari Handballs
Matsumoto City
Matsumoto’s most well-known folk craft: colorful “temari” handballs made with bits of yarn. Winding t...
Iida City Kawamoto Kihachiro Puppet Museum
Iida City
Iida’s 300 year history of bunraku puppetry has earned it the nickname, “Puppet Theater Town”. Drawing ...
Uchiyama Style Japanese Paper Making (Iiyama City Hand-made Paper Workshop)
Iiyama City
‘Washi’ (Japanese traditional paper) is made from wood fiber, making it stronger than today’s more com...
Obuse's Chestnut Path
Nagano City
Obuse is a small town in Northern Nagano that prospered along marine and land trade routes during the Edo ...
Tsumugi Weaving
Ueda City
Ueda Tsumugi is a traditional woven silk fabric popular since Edo times. At studio workshops in Ueda, cr...
Matsumoto ‘Temari’ Handball Craft (Souvenir Shop Takagi)
Matsumoto City
In picturesque castle-town Matsumoto, over 200 years ago, a wife of the ruling Matsumoto Clan nobility ...
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