The 24-day market is a winter tradition that has been going on since 1886.

Enako Bandori

Enago bandori is a type of rain gear made by farmers in Enago town since the Edo period. According to local folklore and Edo period Japanese scholar Ohide Tanaka, Genjuro Kato, who ran a Genjuro ware kiln in Enako during the Edo period, taught farmers in Enako to make bandori. It is said that he taught the technique. Bandori, which is woven from straw and Chinese bark, has long been made as a side job for farmers, but demand has drastically reduced and there are now almost no people who can make it. Currently, Shinkichi Fujii is the only person making these for the purpose of selling them at the 24ka market. The local Kamienako Historical Site Preservation Society has organized the Enako Bandori Preservation Society in order to pass on the production techniques and preserve the tradition.People who have made and have made these in the past gather together to preserve records and hold study sessions on production techniques. is open. Enako bandori is important as a folklore material and has a good shape as a product, and the production techniques have been passed down by locals.

Miya Umbrella

Miyakasa is a traditional handicraft of Miya, made by thinly slicing the local white cypress or red-fleshed Japanese cypress and carefully weaving the bamboo into a frame, one by one, one by one.

It began around the middle of the Edo period and has been passed down to this day, and is often used by tourists as sun hats and souvenirs.

The hats made by skilled craftsmen are highly practical and can be used as sun hats and rain hats, as well as to decorate rooms.

This hat, which has been painstakingly made by hand, has a faint scent of wood and you can feel the warmth of the wood.

Name of the hut

A colander-making technique known as ``Koya Na Shoke'' has been handed down in Koya Na Ward, located in the northeastern part of Kuguno-cho, Takayama City.

It is a ``colander'' used for draining vegetables and raising rice, and has been familiar to Hida people since ancient times. It is said that what was officially called ``Shouuke'' became ``Shouke'' with an accent. The shape is a shallow oval with the bottom and body integrated, and it is divided into ``katakuchi jouke'' with a mouth and ``marujoke'' without a mouth, and there are various sizes depending on the purpose. The ingredients used are sycamore mushrooms, Actinidia, and poison ivy.The sycamore mushrooms are split into thin pieces, and the poison ivy is roasted over a fire and then carefully woven into a ring-shaped core.