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Kagawa

Spirit of Kagawa

Where Kagawa craft is born.

Browse 13 crafts and stories rooted in Kagawa — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.

All crafts from Kagawa

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Japanese Craft

Kagawa Shikki is Shikoku's carved lacquer tradition from the Takamatsu domain. Here's where to buy an authentic Kinma-decorated…

Japanese Craft

Kagawa Shikki (Sanuki lacquerware) carries the incised, color-filled Kinma technique revived by Tamakaji Zokoku under the Takamatsu domain.…

Japanese Craft

Sanuki lacquerware from Takamatsu revives the kinma technique—lines carved into cured urushi, then packed with colored lacquer—on a…

Sweets & Snacks

Wasanbon is Japan's most refined traditional sugar, milled to a powder so fine it melts on the tongue,…

Japanese Craft

A hand-cast bronze waniguchi gong from Takamatsu, Kagawa, rooted in the metal-fittings trade that served Konpira-san and the…

Japanese Craft

Takamatsu Hariko's Hoko-san is a hand-pasted papier-mache doll from Kagawa's old castle town, rooted in a loyal-servant legend…

Japanese Craft

A heavy single-purpose blade from Kagawa, the udon heartland of Japan. Forged for slicing rolled Sanuki udon dough…

Japanese Craft

Hand-carved in Takamatsu, Sanuki Ittobori shapes wood with bold single-knife facets and bright mineral pigments. Here's where to…

Ceramics & Pottery

Sanuki Rihei-yaki is Kagawa's oldest pottery, born when the Takamatsu domain invited a Kyoto Awataguchi potter in the…

Japanese Craft

Sanuki Kagari Temari are decorative thread balls hand-embroidered in Kagawa with plant-dyed cotton, geometric pattern by pattern. A…

Japanese Craft

Sanuki Shikki from Takamatsu carries Tamakaji Zokoku's Kinma carved-and-inlaid urushi tradition. A natsume tea caddy for matcha, distinct…

Japanese Craft

Sanuki Shikki is the lacquerware of Takamatsu, revived by Tamakaji Zokoku under the Matsudaira domain. This Kagawa urushi…

Fan

Marugame uchiwa (丸亀うちわ) is the **hand-pasted bamboo fan tradition of Marugame**, in northern Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku —…