Roadside station “Hayachine”

Tono Wasabi

The Miyamori district of Tono City is known as the ``wasabi village.'' The wasabi grown using the clear spring water of the Tatsusobe River has an exquisite balance of color, aroma, and spiciness.

Narushima Washi

It is said that the production of washi paper began in Towa Town before the first year of Kanbun, and during the feudal period, it was used as official paper for the Nanbu domain. Until just after the end of the war, several houses in the Narushima area were producing washi paper, but with the spread of mass-produced Western paper, the demand for washi declined, and now it is only produced at the Washi Crafts Museum. Narushima washi paper is made by hand, one by one, using mulberry and mitsumata as raw materials, and is well known as Japan's northernmost washi paper.

Nanbu Tekki (Oshu City)

Ironware in Mizusawa, Oshu City is said to have its origins in the late Heian period, when foundry craftsmen were invited from Ezu (Shiga Prefecture) to make agricultural tools and daily necessities such as hoes and spades. Since the Meiji era, Nanbu ironware has received high praise overseas, and in 1975, Nanbu ironware was designated as the first traditional craft in Japan.