Exhibition Booth Traditional Crafts/Culture（Hall E） | Monozukuri/Takumi no Waza Expo 2023

Organizations and companies that carry on the tradition of Japanese craftsmanship will showcase their artisan skills.

*The contents of the exhibition booth are subject to change. *The photo below is an image.

Tokyo plain dyeing
- Tokyo-to senshoku kougyou kyoudou kumiai
2. Hand towel tie-dyeing, how to dye to a specified color using various tools, and unraveling will be performed. View the skills and techniques of local Tokyo plain dyeing artisans and experience the joy of creation at the workshop, where you can learn about the wonder of traditional arts and crafts.
  - You can try tie-dying a tenugui hand towel and itajime tie-dying a tote bag.
  - Demonstration using dyed products to explain how color is adjusted and arranged.
  - Hand towels, scarves, and quilted drawstring purses will be displayed.
  - Hand towels and accessory will be sold.
Tokyo Ginki
- Tokyo Gold and Silverware Industrial Cooperative Association
2. Demonstration on decorating silver products, and display and sale of silver goods. You can also make an original silver spoon.
  - Make an original silver spoon.
  - An undecorated pure silver cup will be take on patterns from being hammered. Enjoy watching how the smooth surface transforms and hearing the hammering.
  - Exhibits of the actual process of how a pure silver cup is shaped using a traditional handpress technique.
  - Pure silver netsuke ornaments, silver cutlery, pure silver incense jars, and such silver items will be for sale.
Tokyo Tegaki Yuzen (textiles)
- Tokyo Kogei Senshoku Kogyo Kyodo Kumiai
2. Watch a demonstration of the Yuzen-Sashi dyeing process at the booth. Then try your hand at Yuzen-Sashi dyeing at the workshop by creating a pattern on a cotton handkerchief.
  - Yuzen-Sashi Dyeing Workshop
  - Demonstration with commentary of the processes of outlining the design and applying glue on the surface of the 100% raw silk fabric base for Tokyo Yuzen dyeing.
  - Panel exhibition introducing the Nagoya obi (sash) dyed using the Tokyo Yuzen Dye technique and the main processes of its making.
Hachioji Textile
- Hachioji Textile Industrial Association
2. Tama Ori, a type of weaving process with a history and tradition of more than 400 years, is used to produce both Japanese and Western clothes. Please take this opportunity to experience Tama Ori weaving. Due to various circumstances, the demonstration has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
  - Experience coaster weaving using silk threads.
  - Tama Ori pongee weaving will be demonstrated by a traditional craftsman.
  - Kimono fabric made using Tama Ori will be displayed.
  - Accessories and scarves made using Tama Ori will be sold.
Edo Sashimono
- Edo Sashimono Association
2. A highly-skilled traditional Edo-style cabinetwork craftsperson will demonstrate how to make a products. There is also a workshop where visitors can make octagonal chopsticks out of Japanese cypress using a small gunner under the guidance of a craftsperson.
  - Experience making octagonal chopsticks out of cypress.
  - Watch a demonstration on how Edo Sashimono is made. The demonstration will involving using a hand plane, saw, and chisel to work on wood, during which questions can be asked.
  - Edo Sashimono and material, and samples of Hozo joints will be on display.
  - Products made with Edo joinery will be sold.
Tokyo Hanzome (indigo-Dyed) Yukata (Summer Kimono) and Hand Towels
- Kanto Chusen Kogyo Kyodo Kumiai
2. Experience dying a hand towel using the traditional dyeing technique known as Chusen. Hand towels dyed using the Chusen method are dyed without a reverse side, and the more they are used, the better they look. Hand towels that have been hand-dyed by artisans will also be sold.
  - Experience dyeing a Chusen hand towel.
  - Chusen hand towel dyeing will be demonstrated. After dyeing, products will be washed specially on the spot to show off the finished product.
  - A diorama faithfully reproducing the work process and tools used in Chusen dyeing will be displayed.
  - Japanese sundries such as hand towels, scarves, and tote bags dyed using the Chusen method will also be sold.
Edo embroidery
- Tokyo Shishu Kyodo Kumiai
2. Edo embroidery artisans will give demonstrations and sell accessories they have created. Visitors can also try their hand at embroidery using silk and gold threads at the workshop.
  - Experience making a brooch, hair tie, and obi sash clip using genuine materials.
  - Creating a pattern on the obi sash and piece stitching using gold and platinum threads will be demonstrated.
  - Beautiful silk obi sashes will be displayed.
    Through these, you will understand not only the beauty but the difficulty of embroidery.
  - Obi sashes, embroidered frames, sukiya pouches, accessories, wallets, and small cloth goods will be sold.
Tokyo carving metal
- Japan Choukinkai
2. The art of metal engraving on copper. There will be a demonstration of inlaying methods, in which silver or other base metals are engraved with a pattern, then inlaid with a different metal.
  - Carve an initial into a silver plate using a chisel to make a pendant top.
  - Demonstrate the technique of metal engraving by inlay.
  - Small accessories made using the traditional chokin (repousse and chasing) method will be on display.
  - Items commonly used in daily life will be for sale. You can also ask and place an order for an original item.
Tokyo Shippou
- Tokyo Shippou Industry Association
2. In the cloisonne ware workshop, feel the heat emitted from the electric furnace during the firing process and see how the shimmer of the glaze changes after firing. The highlight of the demonstration is when the different types of glazes are blurred together to add color.
  - Experience Shippo-yaki ceramic.
  - The openwork cloisonne production process and wired cloisonne production process will be demonstrated.
  - Wired cloisonne accessories, including primarily traditional crafts designated by the city of Tokyo, will be sold.
Tokyo Yogasa
- Tokyo Umbrella Association
2. Through demonstrations on how umbrella fabric is made using a special sewing machine and how that fabric is attached to the umbrella skeleton, you will feel the beautiful and strength in a Tokyo Umbrella product. You can also make an original miniature umbrella.
  - Write or draw on a miniature umbrella to create an original item.
  - Watch a demonstration on how umbrella fabric is made using a special sewing machine.
  - Tokyo Umbrella will be sold.
Japanese Embroidery
- Japanese Embroidery Kurenai-kai
2. Japanese embroidery uses silk and metallic threads to express a world of elegance on silk. Behold a world created through the fusion of sophisticated patterns and colors created by a needle and thread in an art with a history of more than 1,000 years.
  - Experience Japanese embroidery.
  - The Japanese embroidery production process will be demonstrated.
  - Obi, handbags, interior works, etc. with Japanese embroidery are exhibited.
  - Accessories made with Japanese embroidery, publications featuring Japanese embroidery work, and tools and materials used for Japanese embroidery will be sold.
Japanese musical instrument
- Traditional Japanese Instrumemts Promotion Association
2. Experience the koto, bamboo flute, Japanese drums, shakuhachi, shamisen, and instruments used for kabuki accompaniment.
  - Pluck, Touch, Blow! Experience delightful Japanese instruments.
  - Craftspeople will demonstrate how to make Japanese instruments.
  - The mechanisms of different Japanese instruments will be explained.
  - We sell various Japanese musical instruments.