Culture Wajima Lacquerware - Perfection Rey Waters Wajima City shares the process of making high quality lacquerware. With over 500 shops to chose from, you are in for an educ...
Culture Niwaka Lantern Festival 2024 Alena Eckelmann You might have heard of Kiriko in Wajima but do you know Niwaka? A procession of colorfully painted floats mark the end of su...
Culture Noto’s Kiriko Festivals Alena Eckelmann The Noto Peninsula is famous for its Kiriko Festivals. Kiriko are large lanterns that are carried around during summer festiv...
Culture Wajima Grand Festival 2024 Alena Eckelmann The Wajima Grand Festivals are the highlight of late summer in the Wajima area of the Noto Peninsula. The festive activities ...
Culture Abare Matsuri 2024 Celine Ong Abare Matsuri, or Rampage Festival, is an annual event in the town of Noto, Ishikawa. One of Japan’s most violent and fiery f...
Culture Okutsuhime Shrine Festival in Wajima 2024 Alena Eckelmann Young men dressed in women's clothes and with make-up on their faces carry a portable shrine into the ocean at Sodegahama Bea...
Culture Gojinjo Taiko Alena Eckelmann Gojinjo Daiko, a kind of Japanese drumming specific to Ishikawa Prefecture, has a tradition of 400 years.
Culture Nakagawa Kazumasa Art Museum, Matto Peter Sidell In the suburbs of Kanazawa in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Nakagawa Kazumasa Memorial Museum of Art is a small museum dedicat...
Culture A Visit to Matto Peter Sidell Not far from Kanazawa in central Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, Matto is a pleasant suburb with a handful of interesting sights.
