Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture

[Musashino, Chichibu, TamaMusashinoSoka, Kasukabe, Kuki]

Traditional crafts・Crafts

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Oshiehagoita

official name：Wooden battledores

English name：Wooden battledores

Oshie Hagoita

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last updated：2026.01.10

Traditional crafts・Crafts

This is a specialty of Kasukabe City, born from the encounter between artisans who moved from Tokyo after the war in search of high-quality paulownia wood and the paulownia trees of Kasukabe. Its appearance, reminiscent of ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period, has earned it high praise as a work of art. In 1977, it was designated a traditional handicraft of Saitama Prefecture.