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  • SEKI: One of the World’s Top 3 Blade Production Centers
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  • Ceramic Ware

  • Japan’s Largest Producer of Ceramic Ware
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  • Washi Paper

  • HON-MINOSHI: a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
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  • Other Crafts

  • A Treasure Trove of Timeless Crafts like Indigo Dyeing and Woodcraft
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Blades

SEKI: One of the World’s Top 3 Blade Production Centers CLICK

Ceramic Ware

Japan’s Largest Producer of Ceramic Ware CLICK

Washi Paper

HON-MINOSHI: a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage CLICK

Other Crafts

A Treasure Trove of Timeless Crafts like Indigo Dyeing and Woodcraft CLICK
Gifu is home to a living culture, which thrives amongst the majesty of nature and pristine water.
Traditions of old are passed on with the changing seasons, giving life to a rich heritage of craftsmanship.

GIFU’s Master Artisans Collaborate with World-Class Designers
Gifu is home to a living culture, which thrives amongst the majesty of nature and pristine water.
Traditions of old are passed on with the changing seasons, giving life to a rich heritage of craftsmanship.

GIFU’s Master Artisans Collaborate with World-Class Designers



Gifu is home to a living culture, which thrives amongst the majesty of nature and pristine water.
Traditions of old are passed on with the changing seasons, giving life to a rich heritage of craftsmanship.

GIFU’s Master Artisans Collaborate with World-Class Designers

Blades

Seki City, located in the middle basin ofthe Nagara River, is regarded as one of the world’s three major cutlery centers (along with Solingen in Germany and Sheffield in the UK).

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  • Cutler SANSYU Seki Hamono Museum
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Ceramic Ware

Of all Gifu’s rich and varied crafts, none have had an impact on Japan like Mino ware ceramics. Born more than 1,300 years ago, Mino ware now accounts for more than 50 percent of all ceramics made in Japan.

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  • kusanokashiragama
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Washi Paper

Paper making has been documented in southern Gifu as far back as the 700s, a time when that part of the region was known as Mino Province.

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  • Nonprofit Organization ORGAN Wagasa CASA
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  • OZEKI & Co., LTD.
    $278.40
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Other Crafts

Wood crafting,  Dyeing, etc.

Since the 700s, the Hidaregion in northern Gifu has had a reputation for wood crafting.

Watanabe Somemono Dyehouse still employs traditional techniques of shō aizome indigo dyeing, which uses natural indigo rather than chemical dyes.

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  • Nonprofit Organization ORGAN Wagasa CASA
    $195.84
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  • nokutare(TS sangyo)
    $114.72
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  • nokutare(TS sangyo)
    $163.39
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Experience GIFU’s
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Learn more about Gifu


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Experience the air of Gifu.




Why visit Gifu prefecture?

What makes us distinct in a country full of mysterious charm and wonder? How is the tourism industry in Gifu contributing to global sustainability?

With our Gifu Experience Concept and Gifu Sustainable Tourism sheets we aim to answer these sorts of questions in a simple, easy-to-understand manner.

Go to "VISIT GIFU"
(Gifu Prefecture official Tourism Website)