Aizu-wakamatsu (Fukushima)
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7 elections of recommendation gift which is Aizu-wakamatsu from Traditional Pottery to a craft

Traditional Pottery items of "Aizu lacquer ware" "Aizu cotton" etc. and folkcraft product of "paper cow" "getting up young monk (spill)" etc. are many in Aizu area. The lacquer ware and the cotton which took the new design in also agree with present-day living and add a color scheme to a daily life while defending traditional how to make.

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The papier-mache folkcraft product which represents Aizu "paper cow"

Something there is 7 kinds of size of the paper cow, and which is smallest, by (about 10 cm of length), 600 yen-
Something there is 7 kinds of size of the paper cow, and which is smallest, by (about 10 cm of length), 600 yen-

"Paper cow" of the folkcraft product which represents Aizu with the lovely state by which a neck shakes flickeringly. By the thing by which a cow is a cow by a dialect in Tohoku-district, as a toy, I also settle in localness as a lucky charm, and it's possible to see here and there in Aizuwakamatsu-shi. The papier-mache which sticks Japanese paper on a paper cow in a homemade wooden form, removes a wooden form and is made. Everything is made with handwork, so there are no same ones as one. I'll compare an expression and look for a favorite. A goods of a key chain in addition to an ornament of a basic is being also sold.

Folk art place Carpenter
  • The address1-6-3, Wada, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 10 minutes
  • Bus DirectionI take the city tour bus "A KABEE" from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, "Wada" getting off for about 1 minute on foot
  • Business hours9:00-17:00 (Experience enters the building by 16:00.) and a holiday Sunday in winter, 9:30-16:00 (Experience enters the building by 15:00.)
  • Days closedOpen everyday
  • AdmissionExperience charge China-painting Experience of 900 yen of a paper cow
  • TEL0242-27-4358
  • ParkingFree
  • Age restriction3 years old-(for preschooler, guardian accompanying)

The number of people of the family+ bought one is Aizu way.

Something small is about 2 cm of height. There is 5 kinds of size, 120 yen-
Something small is about 2 cm of height. There is 5 kinds of size, 120 yen-

The "ki ascent young monk" transmitted from the old days most by folkcraft product of Aizu rural areas (spill). It's loved as bouncing back after each failure but the lucky charm which is healthy with the patience because I get up and go up even if I fall down even if I fall down. Seigneur Ujisato Gamo in about 400 years before makes a ki ascent young monk make role-less clansman, and the one put on sale at New Year's is said to be a first. New Year's first market rise at New Year's every year in the Aizu area even at present, and the family and fortune (assets) increase for a local person, there is a custom displayed in much buying and a household altar more than the number of people of the family from wish tick and a scapegoat-like implication of perfect state of health.

Yamada folk art atelier
Yamada folk art atelier
Yamada folk art atelier
  • The address12-35, Nanokamachi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 5 minutes
  • Bus DirectionFrom JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, tour embussment and "a town person folklore house, rain" getting off for about 3 minutes on foot
  • Business hours8:00-17:30
  • Days closedThe regular holiday-lessness
  • TEL0242-23-1465
  • ParkingFree

The pleasant pottery which fits an envoy daily

Cup kinds, white, 1800 yen-. One besides that, 2000 yen-
Cup kinds, white, 1800 yen-. One besides that, 2000 yen-

The "Aizu-hongo baking" learned about as Traditional Pottery items of Fukushima (AIZUHON GOU and putting). Even during also having 13 potteries now in a Aizumisato-machi, Onuma-gun Hongo area, the tree NO sound atelier" where an original work is created mainly by an author from the localness is recommended 1.
"The endurance" and the called pattern with lengthwise quarters form earth and shave the surface of the container with Common garden canna, and fit various Sean, so when it's easy to use, it's famous. The reasonable price called 800 yen-with a small plate is also a popular secret. A chopstick rest with the shape of the young monk (spill) and the house gets up and goes up and also fits a gift.

Tree NO sound atelier (with O of putting)
  • The addressOnuma-gun, Fukushima Aizumisato Town letter Seto-cho back 3272-1 MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 24 minutes
  • Bus DirectionFrom JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, "Hongo" way embussment and "Seto-cho" getting off for about 2 minutes on foot
  • Business hours9:00-17:00
  • Days closedOpen everyday
  • TEL0242-56-5098
  • ParkingFree

Traditional stylish original goods using "Aizu cotton"

An eastern part bag of 2420 yen and Analog stoles of 6380 yen
An eastern part bag of 2420 yen and Analog stoles of 6380 yen

The "Aizu cotton" which usually used it and was done when it was suitable for strong purpose work by cotton plain fabric. "IIE Lab." then, Aizu cotton is being woven using a produced loom before about 100 years. The operational landscape can be visited at the shop where I did profit utilization of the kindergarten which became a wilderness and an atelier. The pattern traditional using the special quality of the Aizu cotton which is smooth and strong in washing, in stoles and a skirt. An investigated thing also becomes finer for the texture. It's very strong, so when it's easy to use even if it's made kitchen miscellaneous goods of a crossing and a bag, it's famous. The colorful shade and the stylish design are also the feature of this store.

IIE Lab. (E-, laboratory) factory store
  • The addressAoki, Aizubange-machi, Kawanuma-gun, Fukushima Miyata 205 MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 23 minutes
  • Business hours10:00-17:00
  • Days closedSunday and holiday
  • TEL0242-23-7808
  • ParkingFree

The "NODATE (NODATE)" series for which Aizu lacquer ware is used by an outdoor is popular.

"NODATE plate" of 3000 yen, "NODATE choco" of 4000 yen and "NODATE mug" of 4500 yen of a NODATE series-etc. (each, without tax)
"NODATE plate" of 3000 yen, "NODATE choco" of 4000 yen and "NODATE mug" of 4500 yen of a NODATE series-etc. (each, without tax)

The selection shop where the handicraft and the chandlery made with Aizu rural areas are handled mainly. Lacquer ware aims at a tea and the point that a banquet hall was also enjoying at the outdoors, and a "NODATE" series of the made original brand is famous. The lacquer ware is light and strong and I'll increase in the texture so that it's used for a long time. The difference sees a grain by the technique as "the wipe lacquer coating" to utilize a grain, and to go out to the entering condition of the lacquer by a season, it's different in the atmosphere one by one. That it's easy to use by an outdoor scene can hang all NODATE series from a neck and a lower back with a strap and carry it, and it's also the feature that it's easy to use by an outdoor scene.

Beautiful artisan hall
  • The address6-30, Nishisakaemachi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 5 minutes
  • Bus DirectionFrom JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, tour embussment and "in front of Hideyo Noguchi youth square" getting off for about 3 minutes on foot
  • Business hours10:00-18:00
  • Days closedYear-end and new year holidays
  • TEL0242-27-3200
  • ParkingFree

The pretty lacquer ware which can be used casually every day

A club series of 2640 yen -
A club series of 2640 yen -

Specialty store of the container which is popular in "Nanokamachi street" when you can take a walk retrospectively because a warehouse is built and equals and there is taste. It has complete set of cup, dish and 、 pile chisel of chopsticks including the glass which gave lacquer to glass by original technology. The reason everything is original for goods with the pretty design, and that the green, the blue and the orange as well as the vermilion and the black and the colorful shade are also popular. The pink and the navy for which it's difficult to make with colour lacquer are also beautiful coloring. The texture which isn't in Aizu lacquer ware of wood manufactures is also charm. Wholesale isn't being done, so it's only here in a company store to get goods.

The capacity of Aizu Atelier lily of the valley
  • The address3-29, Nanokamachi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima MAP
  • DirectionIt's a car from JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, about 6 minutes
  • Bus DirectionFrom JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station, tour embussment and "in front of Nanukamachi Station" getting off for about 1 minute on foot
  • Business hours12:30-17:00, Saturday . Sunday and holiday 11:00-
  • Days closedNew Year's Monday (It's absent on the next day in case of a holiday.)
  • TEL0242-85-6654
  • ParkingI don't have that (I have a free coupon for 30 minutes by shopping of Nanokamachi romance deck Parking use※ of more than 2000 yen.)

The modern lacquer ware matched with present-day living

Showy "dessert cup" of deposit completion (diameter 9cm x height 7cm). 3300 yen for 1
Showy "dessert cup" of deposit completion (diameter 9cm x height 7cm). 3300 yen for 1

Long-established store manufacturing wholesale store of Aizu-nuri lacquerware of 1919 year (in 1919) foundation. There are old building and warehouse as nostalgic Nanokamachi which lines up (bran town), and casual lacquer ware which matches a present-day lifestyle is proposed including traditional Aizu-nuri lacquerware.
The "dessert cup" of a modern series is the cup which takes a technique of Aizu-nuri lacquerware in and has completed it colorfully and is popular in a present and a celebration. A curved line of the grain a craftsman cored by handwork is beautiful and matched with a hand exactly. As a cup of yogurt and ice cream, in the small bowl for dishes in a cup of coffee and tea, if, it's charm that it can be used widely. Additionally there is also a "Soubee series" from which traditional Aizu-nuri lacquerware is protected, and a soup bowl and chopsticks are the standard gift.
There is also a gallery where a warehouse was remodeled in the store, and valuable various articles of Aizu-nuri lacquerware can be visited.

Soubee Fukunishi store
  • The address1-1-45, Omachi, Aizuwakamatsu-shi, Fukushima MAP
  • DirectionFrom JR Nanukamachi Station, about 10 minutes on foot
  • Bus DirectionTour embussment gets off JR Aizu-wakamatsu Station "before plain wood shop", immediately.
  • Business hours9:30-17:30
  • Days closedWith New Year's and temporary closing
  • TEL0242-27-0845
  • ParkingThere is contract Parking (NPC24H Aizu-wakamatsu Omachi 1-chome parking), and it's free for 50 minutes by use beyond※ of 4000 yen (without tax).

After enjoying sightseeing, how about some time of the relaxation by a resort hotel in which the base in Bandai-san is located? It's possible to feel history in Aizu and culture in the stay in the hotel.

The inn where you can enjoy Aizu culture fully and have time actively at any time of the year around

"Aizu, it's modern." the guest room made a concept
"Aizu, it's modern." the guest room made a concept

"Bandaisan Onsen Hotel by Hoshino Resorts" where "Bandai-san" where Japan one hundred famous mountain is one is located in the place where I dominate immediateness and wish for the "Inawashiro lake" brilliant like Kagami under the eyes. You can enjoy the stay which has complete set of heated pool, spa and hot spring and touches the Aizu culture which isn't learned about. You can burn with colored leaves from fresh green and have time actively until the season wrapped in Miyuki. Please enjoy a high plain resort stay in the grand nature and the change in four seasons.

Bandaisan Onsen Hotel by Hoshino Resorts
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