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 ...