For Agency

Online Exhibition

TOP > For Agency > Online Exhibition

For Agency

Online Exhibition

New Online Travel Plans for You to Experience Japanese Crafts

We introduce new virtual travel plans for you to experience Japanese crafts. Recommend a new way of touring to your clients, not featured in a guidebook.
Using online video tools such as Zoom and Remo, a local workshop representative or a regional producer will give you a taster tour. If you are interested in hearing more, you can book an in-person meeting.

Feature 01.

People from the region will present their travel plans in-person

Direct presentations will be made by craftspeople or regional producers in the craftsmaking areas to be visited during the tours.

Feature 02.

We will organize a presentation at a time to suit your time-zone

Exhibitions are held in three different time zones for three different regions: America, Europe and Asia.

Feature 03.

You can book individual meetings depending on your tour requirements

After the presentations from the regions, appointments can be made for individual consultations for those who wish to find out more.

Application
Apply for the event

Click the button to link to an external site dedicated to application.

Application form

List of Travel Plans

Please find below a list of travel plans introduced by LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN that will allow you to experience authentic Japanese craftsmanship.

Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture

Mumyoi ware

Discover the Food Culture and Local Craft of Sado Island.

For 400 years, people from all over Asia have flocked to the gold mines of Sado Island bringing with them a multitude of cultures. Visiting the paddy fields of Sado, which are part of a UN recognized global agricultural heritage system (GIAHS), and the Kunizou kiln, in operation for over 130 years, you will experience the rich diversity of nature, food, and culture that is a microcosm of Japan.

Read more
Uji, Kyoto Prefecture

Orin

Here and Now. Sounds of Zen.

The Orin is a Buddhist instrument used to express gratitude to ancestors in accordance with the teachings of Buddhism, widely followed in Japan. The tour will offer you an in-depth experience of Zen culture and the Uji area of Kyoto by taking you to see the Orin manufacturing process and experience monastic life in a Japanese Zen temple.

Read more
Kiso-Hirasawa, Nagano Prefecture

Kiso Lacquerware

A journey to encounter “the authentic” in Naraijuku and Kiso Hirasawa.
A place where “Hare” and “Ke” exist in harmony.

Kiso-Hirasawa is a town producing lacquerware for 400 years in a valley surrounded by the deep mountains of Japan. This tour is a chance to meet the craftspeople who continue to preserve traditional methods and those who seek to develop innovative new lacquer works in a situation where the number of workshops is decreasing due to declining demand. This tour is also a great way to enjoy the scenery and food of Narai-juku.

Read more
Yoshino, Nara prefecture

Yoshino Cedar

The Story of 500 Years.
The Mountain Forests of the Craft Masters.

On this tour you will be guided by architects Mr. Sato and Ms. Okamoto of “Mokuzou-architect Kochi”. They design houses with a life-span of more than 300 years using the same traditional Japanese construction method as the world's oldest wooden structure, Horyuji-Temple. The tour will take you to the sites of the mountain foresters, carpenters, and woodworkers who live with the mountains of Yoshino.

Read more
Bingo, Hiroshima prefecture

Denim

Journey to Setouchi,
Japan's Largest Denim Production Area.

In Fukuyama, Japan's largest textile production area, you will find people who weave denim from yarn, people who wear and age jeans, and people who create new products from old discarded denim. We invite you to meet these people, who are creating new possibilities for the denim textile industry and also to experience the beautiful natural landscape and food of Setouchi.

Read more
Arimatsu & Chita, Aichi Prefecture

Textile Dyeing

Kura in Japan – experience the tradition and innovation through a deeply rooted culture of fermentation, textiles, and dyeing.

Journey from Chita, the origin of the world-leading tie-dyeing culture of Arimatsu Narumi Shibori, to Arimatsu, a town of tradition and innovation, discovering the food culture that has nurtured the people of this region along the way. This is a tour where you can feel, with all five senses, the power and techniques of tradition connecting the past to the present.

Read more
Echizen, Fukui Prefecture

Japanese washi paper

Follow the painter Rembrandt's love for the Japanese paper. A journey to Echizen to witness the skills of Washi craftsmen in an extraordinary space with 1,500 years of history

Echizen washi has been handmade here for over 1,500 years, and the craftspeople tailor-make highly specialized products for all kinds of uses. In Echizen, where crystal clear streams flow (essential for producing excellent quality washi), you can enjoy gourmet food, sake and hot-spring bathing rooted in the culture of this region, alongside its washi heritage that combines tradition and innovation.

Read more
Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture

Incense

A healing journey – meet the tradition and future of incense on the island Japan's first incense originated.

Awaji Island, the place where fragrant wood was first introduced. Enjoy a retreat tour where you can see incense-making nurtured in the rich climate surrounded by the sea. The tour includes a visit to a traditional tile-making workshop where they also make incense stands, as well as a Zen wellness experience to heal both body and mind.

Read more
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

Silk textile

A spiritual journey to Chichibu through the 1,300-year-old craft of silk textile in a region with 300 traditional festivals still thrive.

Faith and crafts. Visitors can feel a sense of the spirituality of the region through conversations with priests at the shrines and visiting festivals. Visitors can also experience the unique atmosphere and traditional techniques of Chichibu through “sericulture” (silk farming) and silk weaving, with a visit to Kagemori Sericulture Farm, the only remaining sericulture farm in the area.

Read more
Application
Apply for the event

Click the button to link to an external site dedicated to application.

Application form

Event Overview

What's On in Each Country

Dates

[For North America]
21/January/2022 7:30-9:00 (*JPN TIME)
[For Europe]
19/January/2022 18:00-19:30 (*JPN TIME)
[For Asia,Oceania]
19/January/2022 14:00-15:30 (*JPN TIME)

*After each online exhibition, smaller online ‘in-person’ meetings will be held. These will take place in January and February 2022. If you wish to apply for one of these in-person meetings, please fill in the application form below.
*It is possible to register for online in-person meetings, without attending a exhibition.

Program Content
  • Information about the region and travel plans
  • 10 minutes presentation for each region
  • Q&A
Number of participants Up to 30 people
Language English
Application
Apply for the event

Click the button to link to an external site dedicated to application.

Application form