Iwate

Spirit of Iwate

Where Iwate craft is born.

Browse 7 crafts and stories rooted in Iwate — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.

All crafts from Iwate

7 items

Japanese Craft

Iwachu's Nambu Tekki cast iron skillet is sand-cast in Morioka, Iwate, heir to a 400-year domain ironcasting tradition.…

Japanese Craft

Iwayado Tansu pairs honey-toned zelkova and lacquer with hand-forged iron hardware, a chest-making craft born in the Oshu…

Japanese Craft

Nanbu Tekki iron casts more than kettles: its furin wind chime rings with a clear, lingering tone straight…

Japanese Craft

Iwate's homespun weavers card, spin, and hand-loom pure wool into soft, lightweight tweed scarves. A Tohoku craft born…

Japanese Craft

Nambu Tekki cast iron tetsubin from Morioka, Iwate carries four centuries of Tohoku ironworking. We line up the…

Japanese Craft

Iwate's 12th-century Hiraizumi lacquer tradition: gold-leaf kumo and hishigata patterns on Joboji urushi, hand-applied in Ichinoseki workshops.

Cast Iron

Oigen (及源), founded 1852 in Mizusawa (Iwate Prefecture), is one of the largest producers of Nambu tetsubin (南部鉄器)…