Japan's Wajima craftmakers see hope in disaster-hit region Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating ...

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.

Wajima lacquerware (Wajima-nuri) from Japan's Ishikawa prefecture is renowned for its durability and intricate decorations. Credit: Noto Sapo Wajima, one of the worst affected municipalities ...

In Japan, "satoyama" are small rural regions like this one, where people live in harmony with nature. 01:55 In this guesthouse, set up in a refurbished one-hundred-year-old farmer's residence ...

With a lacquerware supplier and design firm ... namesake originates with the avian species known as “hachidori” in Japanese. Knight’s connection and interest in Japan began at an early ...

19.2 x 11 cm. (7.6 x 4.3 in.) ...

WAJIMA, Japan — 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 ...