Traditional Arts and Crafts 
Iwaki Tengu - a guardian angel who protects people from misfortune
You can order this charm set of three tengu (a long-nosed goblins).
Mr. Kageyama Ryoseki / Yoshima-machi, Iwaki-shi / 0246-36-3047
Iwaki Tono-washi - traditional Japanese paper
Tono, which is close to the mountain region, has been well known as a place for producing Japanese paper to this day. This Japanese paper is made from mulberry and paperbush, is very sturdy.
Mr. Seya Yasuo / Tono-machi, Iwaki-shi / 0246-89-3620
Specialties
Uni-no-Kaiyaki - luxury sea food in summer
This is a steamed-fresh uni (sea urchin caught from neighboring sea by divers) food. The uni are packed in a shell and grilled lightly on charcoal fire. You can eat it all year round, but trying it in summer time is highly recommended as that is when uni is in season.
Yanagi-boshi - white-dried flatfish
One of Iwaki's specialties is Yanagi-boshi (a salted flatfish which is dried outside for one night). The smaller ones are more delicious and the one which has red eggs (you can see them through the fish skin) are most acceptable for fish lovers. When you start seeing the white flatfish on the menu, it means that autumn season is coming. When the white flatfish disappears, the spring season will be coming.
Mirin-boshi - dried saury sweetened with sake
Sanma-no-mirin-boshi originated in Iwaki's port town, Onahama in 1946. Iwaki is the top supplier in Japan's fish industry of saury (sanma.). The fresh saury are processed as soon as they are caught.
Sashimi-konnyaku - sliced paste made from taro
Konnyaku is made from a kind of taro. After the taro is ground down and processed, it becomes konnyaku. Iwaki's delicious konnyaku is named "yama-fugu" ( globefish). It is called globefish because of its similar light taste and it's lack of a bad smell.
Kamaboko - Iwaki's kamaboko (boiled fish paste) production is among the top in Japan
Fresh fish are processed right after they caught and are shipped to Kanto districts (Tokyo area). Some of their specialties include processing products which are seasoned with sea urchin, crabs and cheese.
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