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Kumamon visits quake-hit city in Ishikawa Pref.

Kumamon, the official mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, makes chopsticks using a Wajima-nuri lacquerware technique at a facility in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit hard by the Jan. 1, 2024, massive earthquake, on Aug. 9, 2025. Kumamon is visiting various Ishikawa Prefecture cities to give encouragement to people affected by the disaster.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

"Wajima-nuri" lacquerware items lie scattered in a shop in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2024, following a strong earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Lacquer medal case, pin badges eyed for 2020 Olympics

KANAZAWA, Japan - The city government of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and the local "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware industry have jointly crafted a medal case and pin badges, as seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2014, for possible use as official goods at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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'Wajima-nuri' lacquerware for Kanazawa Station

KANAZAWA, Japan - "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware is seen in this undated photo. The item is one of 300 traditional arts and crafts in 31 categories to be on display at JR Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. The Hokuriku Shinkansen's Nagano-Kanazawa section is scheduled to begin operating in spring 2015.

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Japan lacquer artisan pushes boundaries as he targets overseas market

Photo taken Sept. 2, 2016 in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture shows Taiichi Kirimoto, a Japanese lacquerware artisan, with a table and wall panels (in the back) that he produced using "wajima-nuri" varnishing techniques. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese craftsmanship finds new market via musical instruments

Hirochika Yatsui, a skilled craftsman with 60 years of experience in making the famous "Wajima-nuri" style of Japanese lacquerware, shows off a violin painted with lacquer on July 31, 2015, in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lacquer medal case, pin badges eyed for 2020 Olympics

KANAZAWA, Japan - The city government of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and the local "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware industry have jointly crafted a medal case and pin badges, as seen in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2014, for possible use as official goods at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Kyodo)