Satsuma kiriko is cut glass made by the Shimadzu domain at the end of the Edo period; it soon died out and was revived, after more than a hundred years, in the same place beside Sengan-en. The crystal glass is cut by hand, and the cutting gives the colour its soft gradation, called bokashi. At the glassworks next to Sengan-en you can watch the blowing, cutting and polishing for free. 1 places, chosen by Rin and checked by the editors.
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The gallery shop of Shimadzu Satsuma Kiriko, next to Sengan-en, in a Western-style building registered as a national tangible cultural property. Open nine to five, every day of the year.
RinThe workshop next door is closed on Mondays and the third Sunday. Avoid those days to see it.
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