This Saturday’s tour is sold out but some tickets are available for Saturday 11th & Saturday 25th April and in May.

When organic chemist Takayuki Honda visited Okinawa Island in southern Japan a few years ago, he purchased a small dish coated with the glossy vermilion lacquer that’s characteristic of the region.

SINGAPORE — The complex Japanese lacquering technique known as maki-e is often found on luxury pens, but only a few companies have applied it to watch dials. Nevertheless, this year Vacheron ...

Using resin sourced from grasses, trees and other non-edible plants, Japanese technology giant NEC Corp. has developed a bioplastic that features the famous "urushi black" hue of the country's ...

Japanese artisans have used lacquer since the Jomon period, which spans approximately 15,000 to 2,300 years ago. At first, people relied on it mainly as an antiseptic or adhesive. Over time, however, ...

The title of the Smart Museum’s latest exhibit showcasing Japanese lacquer boxes is aptly called “Symbol and Substance.” The boxes in this sumptuous collection are varied and many in number (56 to be ...

Closing out the week, the Fine Japanese and Korean Art sale on September 17, will offer a range of works spanning from rare ceramics to finely crafted lacquer boxes. The top lot in the sale is A Rare ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Having visited Vietnam as a tourist, Ando Saeko, a Japanese woman spent a month in HCM City before travelling to Hanoi to explore Vietnamese culture. VietNamNet Bridge – Having ...