Do you know Dr. Philipp Franz von Siebold? In 19th century, he studied not only medicine but also zoology, ethnology, and botany. He visited Japan, and traveled from Dejima, Nagasaki to Edo (Tokyo). On his way to Edo, he wrote a diary. He thought that the bamboo arts and wood crafts in Shizuoka had high quality, and were skillful and elegant.
Now, we often use bamboo arts in our daily lives. For example, as an insect cage, a vase, or even a t-shaped flying toy. We also use wooden crafts that are made in Shizuoka. Some of them are made with no nails, and painted with lacquer. These wooden crafts include desks, cases for ink stones, drawers, tables, and geta.
These traditions of bamboo arts and wooden crafts have developed into the industries of making sandals and plastic models in Shizuoka Prefecture.