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Spirit of Kochi

Where Kochi craft is born.

Browse 12 crafts and stories rooted in Kochi — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.

All crafts from Kochi

12 items

Japanese Craft

A free-forged Japanese grass sickle from Kochi's 400-year Tosa Uchihamono tradition. Learn what sets its jiyu-tanzo blade apart…

Candy

Imo kenpi is one of Kochi Prefecture's most recognizable everyday sweets: batons of local sweet potato deep-fried and…

Japanese Craft

Tosa's free-forged kuro-uchi nakiri pairs a rustic black blacksmith finish with a flat edge built for clean vegetable…

Japanese Craft

A vermilion-and-black urushi katakuchi pourer from Kochi, hand-lacquered over local hinoki. Rooted in Tosa's forestry domain and its…

Japanese Craft

A hand-woven tote in Tosa cotton (Tosa-men), the sturdy cloth that Tosa-han once cultivated along the warm Shimanto…

Japanese Craft

A hand-forged hori-hori garden knife from Kochi's Tosa Uchihamono forging tradition—high-carbon steel built for digging, weeding, and transplanting…

Japanese Craft

A hand-forged Tosa Uchihamono bunka knife from Kochi, where 400 years of free-forging (jiyu-tanzo) blacksmithing give each kurouchi…

Japanese Craft

A Tosaryu Tosa hinoki cutting board brings the clean aroma and knife-friendly softness of Shimanto-river cypress from Kochi…

Ceramics & Pottery

Odo-yaki is the official kiln founded by the Tosa Yamauchi clan in 1653. Its crackle-glazed sometsuke yunomi carries…

Japanese Craft

A double-bevel kurouchi nata hatchet free-forged by Tosa smiths in Kochi, where 400 years of jiyu-tanzo blacksmithing meets…

Japanese Craft

Tosa washi from Kochi ranks among Japan's three great papers; its tengujo tissue is trusted by museums for…

Japanese Craft

Tosa uchihamono (土佐打刃物) is the **forged-blade tradition of Kōchi Prefecture** on Shikoku — practiced continuously since the 16th…