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[Fukui] Echizen Lacquerware and Washi Paper Craft Tour
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- Overview
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- Kawada is a town of Echizen lacquerware with a history of 1500 years. It is said that Echizen lacquerware began when lacquer painting was encouraged after Keitai Tenno successfully repaired his broken crown with lacquer coating.
- On this tour, we will visit two lacquer workshops in the Kawada area.
- Kinkori Lacquerware Shop is a lacquer workshop with a history of over 100 years. Kinkori Lacquerware Store is a lacquerware workshop run by brothers in Kawada, the town of Echizen lacquerware.
- In this experience, you will receive direct instruction from your brother, Masataka Kinkori, a craftsman at Kinkori Lacquerware Store, and you will be able to try your hand at lacquering a bowl.
- Next, we will visit Iwano Heizaburo Paper Mill, a Japanese paper-making workshop in the Imadate area.
- Lastly, there was a calligraphy experience with calligrapher Kason Nishiyama at an old folk house next to the workshop.
- What to expect
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- Map of destination or departure area