Kagoshima

Spirit of Kagoshima

Where Kagoshima craft is born.

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

All crafts from Kagoshima

7 items

Japanese Craft

Hand-finished chopsticks turned from Yakusugi, the ancient cedar of Yakushima island. Tight, resin-rich grain from trees that grew…

Japanese Craft

Hand-finished pure-tin tumblers from Kagoshima's Satsuma Suzuki tradition. Tin's high conductivity chills beer and highballs fast and is…

Japanese Craft

Forged on the island where Japan's first matchlock guns were made in 1543, Tanegashima nigiri-basami carry 480 years…

Japanese Craft

Honba Oshima Tsumugi is one of Japan's three great silk tsumugi, hand-woven on Amami Oshima and colored by…

Japanese Craft

Oshima Tsumugi is one of the world's most labor-intensive silk weaves, dyed in Amami's iron-rich mud and woven…

Japanese Craft

Shiro-Satsuma's ivory crackle glaze, born under the Shimazu domain, once charmed Meiji export buyers. Here's where to buy…

Glass

Authentic Shimazu-direct Satsuma Kiriko sake cup. The luxury Kagoshima cut-glass tradition founded in 1851 by Lord Shimazu Nariakira,…