3xSgR.jpg (JPEG Image, 476x9300 pixels) Great bento box makers: A visit to Hakoya in Ishikawa, Japan. In April, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to one of my favorite Japanese bento box makers.
Hakoya (Tatsumiya K.K.) is located in Kaga Onsen, a quiet town in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on the Japan Sea side of the main island of Honshu. Kaga Onsen is known for two things: its hot springs (‘onsen’ means hot springs in Japanese), and fine lacquerware. Founded right after the end of World War II by a refugee from burnt out Tokyo, Hakoya specializes in the manufacture of plastic dinnerware using the traditional, labor-intensive methods used for wooden lacquerware.
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