Over time, the craft spread from China to other parts of Asia and new techniques were developed, each demanding patience and ...

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.

A possible swan song for Jonathan Anderson, Loewe’s "Crafted World" exhibition is a love letter to the handmade.

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 ...

KANAZAWA–Sanae Tokita is among a new wave of young crafts artists making a significant impact here and in the wider Ishikawa ...

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.

The Kogawas take us on a tasty journey with traditional recipes from the mountainous region of Hida. This time, a tea party under the cherry blossoms with bracken-starch cake on handmade lacquerware.

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 ...

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 ...