Wajima (Ishikawa)

Wajima (Japanese轮 岛 市, -shi) is a city in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on the Noto Peninsula.

Statewide awareness has been called the small town by its lacquerware, Wajima - nuri and therefore also carries the title Urushi no Sato, hometown of the paint.

The region was formerly ideal for paint production, as the lacquer tree very often occurred. Nowadays, however, the raw lacquer comes mostly from China to Wajima.

Geography

Wajima is located north of Kanazawa on the Noto Peninsula in the Sea of ​​Japan. In addition to the municipality includes the island Hegura -jima and the uninhabited island group Nanatsujima, several kilometers north of the Noto Peninsula.

Attractions

Wajima has a very famous morning market ( Asa- ichi ).

The Wajima lacquer ware - Kaikan is Japan's first museum of lacquer work. You can go to the production process of Wajima - nuri on the ground and look at many types of lacquerware and buy.

Sons and daughters of the town

Traffic

  • Noto airport
  • Street: Noto- highway
  • National Road 249

Adjacent Cities and Towns

  • Suzu
  • Noto
  • Anamizu
  • Shika
Cities of Japan Sea of Japan Hegura-jima Hakui, Ishikawa Hakusan, Ishikawa Kaga (Ishikawa) Kahoku, Ishikawa Komatsu (Ishikawa) Nomi (Ishikawa)
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