Hida Shunkei is a lacquerware brushed with clear amber urushi so the grain of the wood shows through; it is a nationally designated traditional craft. Furniture makers such as Nissin Mokko, founded in 1946, still make solid-wood chairs and tables in Takayama. 3 places, chosen by Rin and checked by the editors.
Sanmachi
A house of wood on the morning-market street by the Miyagawa: its own wooden tableware and small things downstairs, furniture by the maker Shirakawa upstairs. Closed Tuesdays.
RinChoose a chair by sitting in it.
Oshinmachi
A maker of Hida Shunkei lacquerware on the approach to Sakurayama Hachiman shrine, all brushed by hand: bento boxes and tiered boxes, and clocks and tumblers too. Closed Sundays.
RinChoose Shunkei by the grain.
Kiryucho
The gallery of furniture maker Nissin Mokko, founded in 1946, on two floors of its head office. Closed on public holidays, and on Sundays from December to February.
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