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Spirit of Shimane

Where Shimane craft is born.

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

All crafts from Shimane

12 items

Japanese Craft

A double-bevel nakiri vegetable knife forged in the Izumo region of Shimane, where Okuizumo's tatara furnaces and Yasugi…

Japanese Craft

From Okuizumo, the cradle of Japan's tatara ironmaking, a hand-forged black-iron bunchin paperweight that steadies calligraphy paper and…

Japanese Craft

Izumo Mingei-shi washi was born of Japan's mingei folk-craft movement in Matsue, Shimane. A handmade kozo letter set…

Japanese Craft

Yakumo Nuri from Matsue layers translucent lacquer over painted motifs so the colors deepen and surface with years…

Japanese Craft

Hirose Kasuri is Shimane's bold picture-kasuri, indigo-dyed cotton woven in Yasugi since the 1820s. This table runner brings…

Japanese Craft

Unshu Soroban is the wooden abacus of Okuizumo, Shimane, born in Japan's tatara iron-sand country. Hard local birch,…

Ceramics & Pottery

A yellow-glazed stoneware egg baker from Shimane's Yumachi kiln, shaped on advice from Bernard Leach himself. Izumo mingei…

Japanese Craft

Forged in Yasugi, the heart of Izumo's thousand-year tatara steel tradition, Okatsune's bypass secateurs cut clean and stay…

Ceramics & Pottery

A warm yellow-glaze teacup from Izumo's Yumachi-gama, the lakeside kiln Bernard Leach once visited — Fujina-yaki mingei pottery…

Ceramics & Pottery

A Mingei-rooted egg baker from Shimane's Yumachi Kiln, where Fujina yellow glaze and Bernard Leach's influence meet the…

Ceramics & Pottery

A hand-thrown mug from Izumo's Shussai Kiln in the cobalt glaze known as Shussai Blue. Where to buy…

Japanese Craft

Sekishū-washi (石州和紙) is the **handmade paper tradition of Iwami region**, in western Shimane Prefecture — produced continuously since…