Wajima Lacquerware Museum
輪島塗会館
This museum showcases Wajima lacquerware, valued for its durability and elegant appearance as usable art.
What it is
- Museum showcasing local style of lacquerware.
- Wajima is Japan's biggest lacquerware producer.
What to see
- Superb examples of Wajima lacquerware.
- Modern and historic tools used in creation.
- Displays detailing 124 steps of the process.
- Shop selling bowls, cups, chopsticks, dishes, and boxes.
In detail
The Wajima Lacquerware Museum showcases the city’s local style of lacquerware. Wajima is the biggest lacquerware producer in Japan, and Wajima lacquerware is particularly valued for its durability. This made it sought-after household tableware until the turn of the twentieth century. Now, it is most prized for its elegant appearance and appreciated as practical, usable art.
The museum exhibits superb examples of Wajima lacquerware as well as modern and historic tools used in its creation. Displays detail some 124 steps in the process of making Wajima lacquerware, from shaping the wooden base to decoration and final polishing.
A shop on the first floor sells a variety of Wajima lacquerware, including bowls, cups, chopsticks, dishes, and boxes.
Text: 観光庁 地域観光資源の多言語解説文データベース. Reproduced unchanged. The notes above were written from that text by Japan Gems.
Where it is
石川県輪島市河井町24部55輪島漆器会館内 Open in Google Maps
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