Shimane

Spirit of Shimane

Where Shimane craft is born.

Browse 9 crafts and stories rooted in Shimane — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.

All crafts from Shimane

9 items

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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