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NEW
CRAFT
Miyagi
Eita Kitayama, an enterprising woodworker who “wants to challenge what no one has done before” (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture)
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NEW
FOOD
Miyagi
Hope bears fruit in the disaster-stricken area. De Liefde Kitakami,” creating a place for people to gather through next-generation agriculture / Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
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CRAFT
Tochigi
Tashiro Michiaki, a potter who continues to create expressive vessels with his hands and time / Mashiko Town, Haga County, Tochigi Prefecture
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CRAFT
Ehime
A New World of Tobe Pottery Spun by Etude Patterns in Black and White. Kazuya Yamamoto of Wasagama Kiln / Matsumae Town, Iyo County, Ehime Prefecture
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CRAFT
Ehime
Fusing tradition and digital technology to bring new life to handmade washi. Yukari Sato, Rikuu / Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture
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CRAFT
Ehime
Japan and Finland. Mustakivi” spinning two original landscapes with cloth and ceramics, by Fujio Ishimoto and Eisaku Kurokawa / Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
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SAKE &
Fukushima
From Fukushima to the world. Taisuke Sato of “haccoba,” a company that delivers surprise and excitement with its freely conceived “craft salmon” / Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture
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FOOD
Miyagi
Seri Nabe” Revitalizes Sendai. Takahiro Miura, Representative of Miura Noen / Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture
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CRAFT
Tochigi
Mr. Toru NIHIRA, owner of “NIHIRA Old Furniture Store,” which conveys “good things” from the past to the present and brings out the charm of craftsmanship / Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture
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SAKE &
Yamanashi
Take-no-i Sake Brewery” brews sake with a consistent taste using flower yeast and Yatsugatake subterranean water / Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture
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CRAFT
Yamanashi
Japanese pyrotechnician Gen Sasaki lights up the world with fireworks that transcend time with his “prayer” / Ichikawamisato-cho, Nishiyashiro-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture
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CRAFT
Ehime
Half a century of working with the soil of Tobe. Midorikogama, a father-and-son potter seeking new expression in blue-and-white porcelain / Tobe Town, Ehime Prefecture