静岡挽物 Shizuika-hikimono Shizuoka Turnery
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Shizuoka turnery is woodwork handed down in Shizuoka Pref. The turnery technique was first introduced to this area in 1864, when Yonekichi Sakai, a craftsman in this prefecture learned the technique from a turner in Hakone, Kanagawa Pref. and opened his own workshop in the town of Shimogoku in present-day Shizuoka City. After the World War II, pepper grinders were made in large quantity to export to the U.S.A. and the area grew into a major producing center of turnery products. Now, kitchen ware, stationery, toys, furniture parts, and construction fittings are made and used in various industries. Turnery is indispensable technique to create rounded surface in woodwork, so it has been an important local industry in the prefecture. Woodwork and bamboo products made by Shizuoka turnery are favored as people’s daily necessities.
- address
- 1314 Ubume, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 421-1222
- name
- Shizuoka Hikimono Kumiai
- phone
- 054-278-3325