WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Labor shortages ... that have been turned into evacuation centers. Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase said Jan. 14 he will monitor the situation before deciding when ...

Mudslides destroyed buildings in a residential area in the Sosogi district of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture ... (except for some areas),” said Hiroshi Takebayashi, an associate professor of ...

Illuminations are a popular winter event all across Japan, and one of the more unusual spectacles this year is this massive light-up of rice terraces in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture. Located in the ...

To create Wajima-nuri, one of the oldest forms of lacquerware in Japan, one must painstakingly apply urushi (lacquer made from tree sap) to the object—say, a bowl or dish—let it dry ...

Wajima-nuri is a lacquerware craft from Ishikawa Prefecture, and one of the oldest traditional crafts in Japan. However, the entire region was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year ...