Wajima Kōbō Nagaya (lacquer workshops)

Only partly reopened since 2024; here you can try lacquer inlay for 2,000 yen.

Under one roof, the craftsmen of the different stages of Wajima lacquer work side by side: from preparing the wood to lacquering, inlay (沈金) and gilding, stages that in the city are normally split among separate workshops. You can watch them work, buy from the makers and try a short inlay experience on chopsticks (about 2,000 yen). The prefecture's official page currently lists the facility as ‘partially operating’ (一部営業中), the same wording used for the other Wajima sites still marked by the 2024 earthquake.

A facility that brings together under one roof the workshops of several Wajima lacquer (輪島塗) craftsmen, a technique protected as a national traditional craft, to show the public the whole production chain, otherwise scattered across separate workshops in the city. The Noto Peninsula earthquake of 1 January 2024 hit Wajima and its lacquer workshops hard; like other sites in the city, the facility remains partially operating while the recovery continues.

ℹ️ Hours 9:00–17:00, experience bookings by 15:30, closed on Wednesdays (except public holidays). A simple visit to the exhibition floor is free, about 30 minutes. Wajima can be reached from Kanazawa by intercity bus (about 2 hours) along the Noto Satoyama Kaidō.

🚉 馬場町 · 3 min walk

Sources: hot-ishikawa.jp

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