When organic chemist Takayuki Honda visited Okinawa Island in southern Japan a few years ago, he purchased a small dish coated with the glossy vermilion lacquer that’s characteristic of the region.

Artisans at Tohoku Kogei Co., a Japanese lacquerware producer based in Sendai’s Aoba Ward, coated each helmet with Japanese lacquer and dye. Tamamushinuri is believed to have been developed for ...

Searching all of Japan for handcrafted items that express its heart and soul, our proprietor, KASHIYUKA, presents ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese craft technique that utilizes lacquer and gold to repair broken ceramic pieces. Kunio Nakamura, the 52-year-old kintsugi artist who operates Rokujigen ...

We follow UK-born Suzanne Ross - a lacquerware artisan in Wajima - in her efforts to recover after this January's quake, and meet Chinese Tomoe Setsubai who runs a Japanese confectionery in Yokohama.