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- Kasukabe, SaitamaTANAKA HAT
- Chichibu, SaitamaReina Ibuka
- Minamiboso, ChibaOtaya
- Arakawa, TokyoFujiseigaku
- Suginami, TokyoTakahashi embroidery
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- Takaoka, ToyamaHannya Chuzojo
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- Kanazawa, IshikawaMamoru Nakagawa
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- Echizen, FukuiRyusen Hamono
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- Hashima, GifuYamada Hajime Tatamiten
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- Chita, AichiTakeuchihiroshi Shoten
- Otsu, ShigaNakagawa Mokkougei Hirakoubou
- Kyoto, KyotoShogo Watari
- Kyotango, KyotoYushisha
- Yosa District, KyotoKuska
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- Himeji, HyōgoSanyo Leather
- Nara, NaraOkai Mafu Shoten
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- Shikokuchuo, EhimeAritaka Senzandou
- Kita District, EhimeIkazaki Shachu
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- Kurume, FukuokaIkeda Kasuri
- Higashisonogi District, NagasakiKoushungama
- Nagasaki, NagasakiBekko Anryu
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Tracing Japanese Handicrafts with Words
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