Yame Lanterns (called Yame Chochin in Japanese) are a type of lantern craft produced in the region around Yame, Fukuoka prefecture. This craft has a bamboo frame and a fire box with beautifully painted flowers, birds, and plants. The bamboo frame …

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Banshu Kebari are fishing flies used as artificial-bait hooks for fishing, produced in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. They are characterized by their exquisitely fine workmanship; bird feathers wound with silk thread around a small 1cm hook, ad…

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Izumi glass is known for its manufacturing method, lamp work where the glass is formed using a kerosene lamp (burner). Soft glass with a low melting point is used and the glass rods are melted by hand using the kerosene lamp. As the soft glass ena…

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