Yamanaka Lacquerware

Kaga City / Throughout the year

These traditional handicrafts boast four centuries of history. Yamanaka lacquerware is perhaps best known for outstanding turned wooden bowls, given a lacquer finish that makes the most of the wood grain. The Yamanaka area's exceptional wood-turning techniques include producing thin-walled items and decorative carving, and the area produces some of Japan's largest quantities of lacquerware.