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Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station | Teapots, Tonteki & Factory Constellations
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Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station | Teapots, Tonteki & Factory Constellations

Mie's biggest city — purple-clay teapots, garlicky tonteki, a toy-gauge railway, and industrial constellations after dark.

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Best Hotels Near Tajimi Station | The Kiln City of Mino Ware
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Best Hotels Near Tajimi Station | The Kiln City of Mino Ware

The kiln city that glazes Japan — a surreal tile museum, pottery lanes, a National Treasure Zen temple,…

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Best Hotels Near Takefu Station | Knives, Washi & Murasaki’s Year in Echizen
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Best Hotels Near Takefu Station | Knives, Washi & Murasaki’s Year in Echizen

The old heart of Echizen — knife forges, paper villages, the garden of the Genji's author, and Japan's…

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Kappabashi Kitchen Town Guide | Knives, Fake Food & Pro Cookware
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Kappabashi Kitchen Town Guide | Knives, Fake Food & Pro Cookware

Souvenir Guide · Kitchenware & Ceramics Kappabashi Kitchen Town —How to Shop Tokyo’s 800-Meter Street of Professional Cookware…

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Nambu Ironware Guide | Buying a Tetsubin Kettle in Morioka & Mizusawa
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Nambu Ironware Guide | Buying a Tetsubin Kettle in Morioka & Mizusawa

Souvenir Guide · Kitchenware & Ceramics Nambu Ironware —The Cast-Iron Kettle Worth Its Weight in Luggage 900 Years…

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Japanese Chopsticks Souvenir Guide | Wajima Lacquer to Edo Kibashi
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Japanese Chopsticks Souvenir Guide | Wajima Lacquer to Edo Kibashi

Souvenir Guide · Kitchenware & Ceramics Chopsticks Worth Carrying Home —From ¥300 (approx. $2) Everyday Pairs to Wajima…

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Japanese Pottery Souvenirs | Arita, Mashiko, Kutani, Mino or Bizen?
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Japanese Pottery Souvenirs | Arita, Mashiko, Kutani, Mino or Bizen?

Souvenir Guide · Kitchenware & Ceramics Japanese Pottery Souvenirs —Which Style to Buy: Arita, Mashiko, Kutani, Mino or…

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Buying a Japanese Kitchen Knife | Kappabashi vs Sakai vs Seki
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Buying a Japanese Kitchen Knife | Kappabashi vs Sakai vs Seki

Souvenir Guide · Kitchenware & Ceramics Buying a Japanese Kitchen Knife —Kappabashi vs Sakai vs Seki, and How…

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