Editing Mie Prefecture (section)

== Economy ==
Mie Prefecture has traditionally been a link between east and west Japan, thanks largely to the Tokaido and Ise Pilgrimage Roads. Traditional handicrafts such as Iga Braid, Yokkaichi Banko Pottery, Suzuka Ink, Iga Pottery and [[Katazome|Ise Katagami]] flourished. With 65% of the prefecture consisting of forests and with over {{convert|1000|km|-2|abbr=on}} of coastline, Mie has a long been associated with forestry and seafood industries. Mie also produces [[Green tea|tea]], [[Matsusaka beef|beef]], [[cultured pearl]]s and fruit, mainly [[mandarin orange]]s. Food production companies include [[Azuma Foods]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azumafoods.co.jp/en/company/index.html |title=Azuma Foods Co., Ltd.｜Company Profile |publisher=Azumafoods.co.jp |access-date=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2012-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901161604/http://www.azumafoods.co.jp/en/company/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/13/garden/from-japan-a-big-wave-of-seaweed.html | work=The New York Times | first=Suzanne | last=Hamlin | title=From Japan, A Big Wave Of Seaweed | date=13 August 1997}}</ref>

Northern Mie is home to a number of manufacturing industries, mainly transport machinery manufacturing (vehicles and ships) and heavy chemical industries such as oil refineries. As well as this, Mie Prefecture is expanding into more advanced industries including the manufacture of semiconductors and liquid crystal displays. In [[Suzuka, Mie|Suzuka]], the [[Honda Motor Company]] maintains a factory established in 1960 that built the [[Honda Civic]], as well as other vehicles.