Uchiyama Gami is a type of traditional Japanese paper made in the Oku-shinano region of northern Nagano prefecture. As a region that gets heavy snowfall during the winter, papermaking production developed to provide supplementary income. This craf…

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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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