Browse 7 crafts and stories rooted in Yamanashi — selected for international buyers and shipped directly to the U.S.
Yamanashi's most recognizable sweet is Kikyo Shingen Mochi — soft rice cakes buried in roasted soybean flour with…
A volcanic ash-glazed ceramic wine cup from Yamanashi, the cradle of Japanese winemaking. Born in Katsunuma's vineyards beneath…
A hand-forged tenkoku-to (seal engraving knife) rooted in Yamanashi's Rokugo seal town and Koshu crystal-carving craft. The precision…
A densely woven jacquard parasol from Yamanashi's Gunnai weaving district, heir to Edo-era Kaiki lining silk. Makita Shoten's…
A hand-polished clear-quartz sphere from Kofu, Yamanashi — heart of Japan's only historic crystal-mining district and its jewelry…
Quarried in Yamanashi's Hayakawa valley since the 1300s, Amehata suzuri is a dense, fine-grained slate inkstone that grinds…
Kōshū inden (甲州印伝) is the **lacquered-deerskin tradition of Yamanashi Prefecture** — practiced continuously since the 17th century when…
