3 government-designated crafts in this category.
Toyama lathe-turned wooden vessels finished with a thin natural oil coating that reveals the wood's luminous grain, used for tea bowls, trays, and cups.
Producing 99% of Japan's gold leaf, Kanazawa artisans hand-beat gold into translucent sheets used on lacquerware, ceramics, textiles, and temple architecture.
Intricate hand-cut stencil papers from Suzuka, Mie, used to dye kimono with precise repeating patterns. Now also prized as decorative art objects in their own right.