When organic chemist Takayuki Honda visited Okinawa Island in southern Japan a few ... great potential to use lacquer hybrids industrially,” says Honda. However, the traditional production ...

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

Narrator: Sơn mài is a traditional Vietnamese ... Artists have used lacquer for its glossy finish for thousands of years. One of its best-known applications is Japanese lacquerware -- decorative ...

The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi, a powerful metaphor for life where nothing is ever truly broken. Metallic powder is mixed with resin or lacquer to fix pieces together The ...

Enter the delicate world of maki-e artistry, where a 70-year-old craftsman intricately draws cherry blossoms with meticulous skill and patience. Maki-e, a traditional Japanese technique, involves ...