Eight months after the Noto earthquake, lacquerware artisan Kodai Taya and Noto locals show visitors how the region is ...

For a unique Japanese craft experience ... a distinctive lacquerware that shows off the wood grain of hand-hewn bowls, cups, ...

Only under those conditions is urushiol, a lipid that makes up a large portion of Japanese lacquer, oxidatively polymerized by laccase. This is followed by an auto-oxidation reaction that slowly ...

Large enough to hold with both hands, the bowls are adorned with long ... master of kintsugi who has perfected the approach to maki-e (Japanese lacquer decoration). For Tsukamoto, however ...

Chan’s Japanese macro bowl (often called macrobiotic bowl) is a nutritious, flavourful dish that can be varied according to what you find in the market. She recommends using organic ingredients ...

We follow UK-born Suzanne Ross - a lacquerware artisan in Wajima - in her efforts to recover after this January's quake, and meet Chinese Tomoe Setsubai who runs a Japanese confectionery in Yokohama.

Is perfectionism always problematic? Does it make a difference whether the drive for perfection is self-directed, ...

Butadon, which features sliced pork and onions, is a quick donburi (rice bowl) to make ... buy pre-sliced pork – the kind for Japanese barbecue, not the thinly sliced meat for shabu-shabu ...

Start your morning with my Japanese Scrambled Egg Rice Bowl, a delightful fusion of fluffy tamago eggs, steamed rice, and ...

Metallic powder is mixed with resin or lacquer to fix ... in the 15th century when Japanese military commander Ashikaga Yoshimasa broke one of his beloved Chinese tea bowls and, disappointed ...