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Shiojiri / Craft & Ateliers

Motoyama Lacquerware

Shiojiri · Japan

Kiso lacquerware tableware and furniture with an on-site urushi museum

What you’ll find

What Motoyama Lacquerware is known for

Motoyama Shikkiten produces Kiso lacquerware in Shiojiri's Kiso-Hirasawa district, working the craft from raw material through final coating for tableware, furniture, and commercial fixtures such as soba-restaurant tools. The shop operates an attached Urushi Craft Museum and takes custom orders plus lacquerware repair and restoration.