Lacquer bowls that grow more beautiful with use, from Japan’s top lacquer-producing region

Themoreoneuses"Jobojinuri"lacquerware,thericheritslusterbecomesThislacquerwarehasbeencraftedinJobojiforover1,000years,atownrenownedforproducingdomesticlacquerItsoriginstracebacktoJinkiera5(728)whenmonksatTendaijiTempleinJobojibeganmakingtheirownutensilsKnownas"Oyamashikki"initsearlydays,itlaidthefoundationforJobojilacquerware,fosteringadistinctlacquerculture

Approximately98%oflacquerusedinJapanisimportedfromChina,withonlyabout2%beingdomesticallysourcedJobojiproducesaround60%ofJapan’sdomesticlacquerThesimpleyetelegantlacquerware,featuringthecalmshineuniquetodomesticlacquer,becomesmorevibrantwithcontinueduseTamenuri,atechniquewheretranslucentlacquerisappliedoverredlacquer,graduallydevelopsarichamberhueovertime,addingtoitscharmToday,tensofthousandsoflacquertreesareplanted,andthisarearemainstheonlyregionwherelacquerwarecanbeproducedfromrawmaterialstofinishedproductsItpreservesandpassesdownthetraditionsoflacquertappingartisansandlacquercraftsmen