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Kakunodate Kabazaiku Museum

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Kakunodate Kabazaiku Museum

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Kakunodate Kabazaiku Museum (Senboku Shiritsu Kakunodate Kabazaiku Denshōkan), also known in English as Kakunodate Cherry Bark Work Museum, opened in Kakunodate, now Semboku, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1978. Dedicated to the traditional craft of kabazaiku, there are also displays on other local crafts, including Shiraiwa-yaki ceramics, Kakunodate-shunkei lacquerware, and Itaya-zaiku maple wickerwork.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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