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.

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 ...

Designer Maiko Kurogouchi continued her exploration of shapes, taking cues from exquisite Japanese lacquerware, mochi and ...

Artists have used lacquer for its glossy finish for thousands of years. One of its best-known applications is Japanese lacquerware -- decorative pieces of furniture, boxes, and dinnerware.

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 ...

Creating lacquerware involves more than 100 processes ... Asaichi-dori street, one of Japan’s largest morning markets, was engulfed in fire following the earthquake. It is estimated that ...

For the past five decades, here in his studio in central Tokyo, Tsukamoto has been restoring Japanese pottery in the authentic manner of kintsugi, the art of joining broken pieces with lacquer and ...

Kiyokawa Hiroki is working to share the traditional restoration method of "kintsugi" with people in Japan and around the world. He talks about the spirit of sustainability behind the technique.