What you’ll find
What Yamaga Toro (Washi Kogei Yamaga Toro) is known for
Yamaga toro are paper lanterns built entirely from handmade washi and paste, with no wood, wire or metal, a technique refined over more than 500 years in this castle town north of Kumamoto City. The Yamaga Toro Promotion Society trains the toro-shi who keep the craft alive and sells finished lanterns alongside the adjoining folk museum's historic examples.