What is 'Tsugaru-nuri'? http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/fteien/imgs/b/0/b01798bf.jpg Located at the far north end of Japan’s main island of Honshu, Aomori Prefecture is the birthplace of a gorgeous style of lacquerware called Tsugaru-nuri. Nuri means coating (as in, the lacquer-making process) and Tsugaru is the name of the area where the style originated, on the western peninsula at the peak of the prefecture. The search to show off originality, prestige, and excess among the elite class during…
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