Encounter
"Japanese Handicrafts"Kanto Block
Traditional Craft Exhibition
2018

  • Extraordinary craftsmanship.
    Hand-made elegance,
    high quality & warmth.
    An encounter with nationally designated traditional crafts.

    As of 2018, there are 60 nationally designated traditional crafts in the Kanto-Koshin'etsu region made up of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures. The "Kanto Block Traditional Craft Exhibition 2018" is an exhibition/sales event where the traditional crafts of these production areas come together under one roof.

    This year, the "Kanto Block Traditional Craft Exhibition 2018" was held from November 23th (Friday, National Holiday) to November 25th (Sunday) at a venue on the 4th & 5th floors of Haneda Airport International Passenger Terminal. However, we have decided to sell some of these exhibited items on JCRAFTS.

    All of the items at the exhibition are superb articles hand-crafted with the minutest care by artisans. To all visitor's of our site; if you are interested in Kanto traditional crafts and find an item that makes you think "this is it!", please take this opportunity to purchase it.

This year, the "Kanto Block Traditional Craft Exhibition 2018" was held from November 23th (Friday, National Holiday) to November 25th (Sunday) at a venue on the 4th & 5th floors of Haneda Airport International Passenger Terminal. However, we have decided to sell some of these exhibited items on JCRAFTS.

All of the items at the exhibition are superb articles hand-crafted with the minutest care by artisans. To all visitor's of our site; if you are interested in Kanto traditional crafts and find an item that makes you think "this is it!", please take this opportunity to purchase it.

At JCRAFTS,
we sell Kanto traditional crafts
to 120 countries around the world.

  • Chiba Artisan Tools

    Chiba Prefecture Knife Liaison Group

    Chiba Prefecture

    In Chiba Prefecture, they have developed the manufacture of iron work tools for large scale river construction works as well as daily goods (scissors, sickles, knives), and maintain a high level of techniques.

    See Items HERE

  • Makabe Stone Lights

    Makabe Stone Cooperatives

    Ibaraki Prefecture

    Their stone lights that make use of granite from Makabe District, Ibaraki Prefecture, feature softness and delicate, graceful sculpting.

    See Items HERE

  • Niigata Lacquerware

    Niigata City Lacquer Association

    Niigata Prefecture

    In Niigata, which has developed as a distribution point for goods & culture due to being a Kitamaebune stopping port, various techniques for lacquerware production, such as take-nuri, nishiki-nuri etc., have blossomed.

    See Items HERE

  • Edo Kimekomi Dolls

    Iwatsuki Dolls Cooperative Society

    Saitama Prefecture

    These dolls have a cast made with toso clay with grooves engraved on it in which cloth is inserted. These are produced in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture.

    See Items HERE

  • Iwatsuki Dolls

    Iwatsuki Dolls Cooperative Society

    Saitama Prefecture

    It produces beautiful hina dolls, Boy's Festival dolls, etc. in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and finishes them off by dressing them in cotton textile.

    See Items HERE

  • Tokyo Silverware

    Mori Ginki Seisakusyo Co., Ltd.

    Tokyo Prefecture

    Metal crafts (objects, figurines, jewelry etc.) produced in Tokyo Prefecture that feature the characteristic sparkle of silver, elegance, durability and harmlessness.

    See Items HERE
See All
Traditional Craft
Exhibition Items HERE