In Iwate, there are many crafts with natural and historical values ingrained that are made with strong devotion by skillful craftsmen. These aesthetic gems are made possible through the "Devotion" and "Mastery" of the craftsmen.
The Major Types of Traditional Crafts in Iwate
Iwate's Textile and Dyes
Furniture, woodwork
- Tono folk art furniture
- Kiko
- Inlaying
- Southern detail set pattern
- Iwayado Tansu
- Appi coat
- Iwaizumi pure wood furniture
- Iwate folk art "Nanbu"
- Ono Koko
Ceramics
Bamboo, straw work
Local toy
- Tokarida Yuda Kokeshi
- Tono's Kappa
- Tono Tsuchi cow doll
- Southern Kepei Kokeshi
- Southern Kokeshi
- Hanamaki doll
- Hariko's Gold Becocco
- Morioka Kokeshi
- Snow and moss
- Mamoru Rokuhara
- Oniken Dance-Oniken Dance Doll
- Shinobi piece
- Chagchug horse coco