Wajima, a coastal city with a population of just over 20,000, is a nationally celebrated centre for fine lacquerware. Products made there are known as Wajima-nuri, and a basic soup bowl can ...

The Wajima Lacquerware Youth Association has announced a new exhibition showcase for its plate art inspired by Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV.The group will showcase the FFXIV lacquerware at ...

Satoshi Kiso, a Wajima-nuri lacquerware craftsman, remembers his 14-year-old granddaughter Hanon Kiso, who died in the 2024 Okunoto torrential rains.

Wajima, a coastal city with a population of just over 20,000, is a nationally celebrated centre for fine lacquerware. Products made in Wajima are known as Wajima-nuri, and a basic soup bowl can ...

The Taya Lacquerware Store has been around for more than 200 years, but like many other businesses in Wajima was hit hard by the earthquake and subsequent fires that damaged the city severely.

When Suzanne Ross, an English-born artisan based on Japan’s Noto Peninsula, began her 40-year career making traditional Japanese lacquerware, she was told repeatedly that only men could make ...

Wajima, one of the worst affected municipalities, has been renowned for its lacquerware (called Wajima-nuri) production since the late Edo period (1603–1868).

To create Wajima-nuri, one of the oldest forms of lacquerware in Japan, one must painstakingly apply urushi (lacquer made from tree sap) to the object—say, a bowl or dish—let it dry, then ...

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

Wajima, a coastal city with a population of just over 20,000, is a nationally celebrated centre for fine lacquerware. Products made there are known as Wajima-nuri, and a basic soup bowl can ...

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, the 53 ...