Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box. One brushstroke at a time ...

Satoshi, 63, is a lacquerware craftsman who originally lived in Wajima. However, his house was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024, and he relocated to a house in Nonoichi ...

A shop that has sold Wajima-nuri lacquerware and other homewares for nearly 200 years in a shopping district of Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture that was severely damaged by the Noto Peninsula ...

In Wajima, the heart of Japan's lacquerware tradition, Paul Carter meets a community determined to preserve their craft. From the intricate layering glossy lacquer to precision decoration ...

WASHINGTON—Stuffed Super Mario toys and Wajima-nuri lacquerware are among the gifts that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida brought to U.S. President Joe Biden for his state visit. On the afternoon ...

Wajima-nuri is a lacquerware craft from Ishikawa Prefecture, and one of the oldest traditional crafts in Japan. However, the entire region was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year ...

Eye-catching items will include a 1-meter wajima-nuri lacquerware globe from Ishikawa Prefecture, where a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck on Jan. 1, 2024. Made over five years, the globe escaped ...

So why do we think Rudolph the reindeer is a boy? Find out how Japan's renowned Wajima-nuri lacquerware is crafted through more than 100 intricate steps. Japan's popular hot spring baths come with ...