Though the origins of Osaka cabinetwork are uncertain, the skills involved are thought to have becom…
The tortoise shell processing technique was supposedly brought to Nagasaki from China, eventually ma…
This three-stringed musical instrument is thought to have come from China through the Ryukyu Islands…
Glass beads (Tombodama) were first brought to Japan via the Silk Road during the Nara period (710-79…
Due to the incredible development of Nanbanshibori, a Japanese traditional coppaer liquation method,…
It is said that Fukae Sedge Handwork began about 2000 years ago when people moved to Fukae area (cur…
Although the origin of taiko drums are uncertain, it is said that they came from China along with im…