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Yamaga Toro (Washi Kogei Yamaga Toro)

Name: Yamaga Toro (Washi Kogei Yamaga Toro)
Address: Japan

Yamaga, Kumamoto

What Yamaga Toro (Washi Kogei Yamaga Toro) is known for

Yamaga toro are paper lanterns built entirely from handmade washi and paste, with no wood, wire or metal, a technique refined over more than 500 years in this castle town north of Kumamoto City. The Yamaga Toro Promotion Society trains the toro-shi who keep the craft alive and sells finished lanterns alongside the adjoining folk museum's historic examples.

Best for — washi paper lanterns, festival souvenirs

Yamaga, Kumamoto

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