Places in Tono
Souveniers from Tono
Here are some Tono specialties and souvenirs.
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Gelato
Gelato made with milk produced in Tono. Local ingredients are used for flavoring, such as blueberries, mulberry leaves, mud leaves, and hops that makes beer.
Photo: Tono Dairy Farm, Denshoen Park, Takamuro Suikoen, Tono Furusato Village
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Juices
A juice made of ingredients including tomatoes, apples, carrots, blueberries, and other products from Tono.
Photo: Miyamorigawa Upper Production Association, Nagaryu Shoten
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Paperweights
A paperweight with a motif of "Kappa" made from Iwate prefecture's specialty product "Nanbu Tekki". The image of sitting a sitting Kappa is humorous.
Photo: Chiba hardware store
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Pottery
A simple-textured pottery using the Tono soil. In Tono, expressive and cute works based on the familiar demon "Kappa" are popular.
Photo: Noraya
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Tono Tsukimoshi Dolls
A doll made by mixing clay and soil together in the Tsukimoushi district of Tono since the Edo period. Popular as a gift to wish luck.
Photo: Local Dolls and Folk Art Village
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T-Shirts
T-shirts featuring characters like the "Kappa" and "Zashiki Warashi" and keywords unique to Tono.
Photo: Yanaginoshita workshop, Masumi Kikuchi
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Hops-made Japanese washi paper
Tono is a place where hops, the raw material of beer, are produced. Accessories made from the hops-made Japanese washi paper have a gentle and elegant look to them.
Photo: Hop Washi-wo-sodateru association
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Merchandise (Kappa Goods)
There is a bunch of unique and cute kappa products such as "Kappa Capture Permits", key chains and pens.
Photo: Yanaginoshita workshop and others
Please contact "Tabinokura Tono" for purchasing the listed products.