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39Kiso Wooden Crafts

木曽材木工芸品

Story

Wooden crafts made of the Five Trees of Kiso (hinoki cypress, sawara cypress, nezuko cypress, asunaro cypress, and Japanese umbrella-pine). The wooden crafts include everyday items such as traditional furniture, cutting boards, chopsticks, as well as buckets, barrels, and boxes that have been made since the Edo period.

Overview

Kiso wooden crafts are small pieces of woodwork that are made of the Five Trees of Kiso (hinoki cypress, sawara cypress, nezuko cypress, asunaro cypress, and Japanese umbrella-pine). Buckets, barrels, and boxes have been made since the Edo period, and a wide variety of housewares is manufactured by keeping wooden features of nezuko.

Points of Interest

You can purchase Kiso wooden crafts at souvenir shops in Kiso-gun.

 

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