Viator
[Kyoto] Private Echizen Lacquer Painting Experience and Cycling Tour
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Overview
  • The Kawada district of Sabae City is a town of Echizen lacquerware with a history of 1500 years. Tour the roots of Echizen lacquerware on a lacquered bicycle, including the Lacquerware Shrine (Shikiyama Shrine), which enshrines the god of lacquerware, and a tour of a workshop led by a craftsman.
What to expect

Inside the lacquerware shrine, there are ceiling paintings made with maki-e and gilded gold by craftsmen. An important presence in the Kawada district that enshrines the god of lacquerware.

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