4 crafts designated by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Traditional cooperage from Akita using prized Akita cedar, crafting sake barrels, rice containers, and bath buckets with a fresh fragrance and tight craftsmanship.
Unique craft from Kakunodate, Akita using wild cherry tree bark to create tea caddies and small items with a distinctive warm luster found nowhere else in the world.
Refined lacquerware from Yuzawa, Akita with over 600 years of history, known for painstaking layers of urushi producing richly deep and lustrous finishes.
Graceful bentwood containers from Odate, Akita, steam-bent from thin Akita cedar and celebrated for naturally absorbing moisture, keeping rice perfectly fresh.