The process of making shell buttons from shells.
Shell buttons are made in the town of Nara, where there is no sea, with a lot of time and effort and under strict standards.
*Nowadays, due to the drastic decrease in the number of shells used as raw materials and the lack of successors, the number of domestic nakiya (companies that hollow out button shapes from shells) has almost disappeared, and the buttons are taken from the shape of the shells.
(Tomoi Co.
Location: 387-5 Karoin, Kawanishi-cho, Isogi-gun, Nara 636-0204
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