Yamanashi

Spirit of Yamanashi

Where Yamanashi craft is born.

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

All crafts from Yamanashi

9 items

Japanese Craft

A Yamanashi lacquered-deerskin pen case from the Koshu Inden tradition, slim for daily use with a durable patterned…

Japanese Craft

Kofu's lacquered deerskin card case blends samurai-era Inden craft with daily use. Compact, durable, and gift-ready with classic…

Candy & Dagashi

Yamanashi's most recognizable sweet is Kikyo Shingen Mochi — soft rice cakes buried in roasted soybean flour with…

Ceramics & Pottery

A volcanic ash-glazed ceramic wine cup from Yamanashi, the cradle of Japanese winemaking. Born in Katsunuma's vineyards beneath…

Japanese Craft

A hand-forged tenkoku-to (seal engraving knife) rooted in Yamanashi's Rokugo seal town and Koshu crystal-carving craft. The precision…

Japanese Craft

A densely woven jacquard parasol from Yamanashi's Gunnai weaving district, heir to Edo-era Kaiki lining silk. Makita Shoten's…

Japanese Craft

A hand-polished clear-quartz sphere from Kofu, Yamanashi — heart of Japan's only historic crystal-mining district and its jewelry…

Japanese Craft

Quarried in Yamanashi's Hayakawa valley since the 1300s, Amehata suzuri is a dense, fine-grained slate inkstone that grinds…

Accessories

Kōshū inden (甲州印伝) is the **lacquered-deerskin tradition of Yamanashi Prefecture** — practiced continuously since the 17th century when…