| killing wood (softening of wooden plates)|A001|The material is hinoki (Japanese cypress). |
| |A002|The wooden boards are dried for several months on the roof. |
| |A003|The narrow plates are dipped into hot water to be softer. |
| |A004|The plate is bent with a roller. |
| |A005|It requires muscle power. |
| |A006|This process is completed in a moment. |
| |A007|bent plates |
| |A008|wooden forms |
| |A009|wooden holder |
| |A010|A wooden plate is attached to the wooded form. |
| |A011|The wooden form is removed. |
| |A012|The plate is fixed with the wooden holder. |
| |A013|Softening process is completed. |
| |A014|The plates are dried for several days. |
| Kabanui (sewing with cherry barks)|B001|Starting form top, wooden holder, wild cherry barks, needle. |
| |B002|The plate is attached to a wooden form and the form is removed. |
| |B003|The plate is fixed with the wooden holder again, holding the cherry bark in his mouth. |
| |B004|Holes are made on the plate with a needle. |
| |B005|The wooden plate is formed into a body by sewing the cherry bark. |
| |B006|The wooden plate is tied up with the cherry bark. |
| |B007|This process is quickly done. |
| |B008|Finish is done by binding up the cherry bark. |
| |B009| |
| |B010|This is a set of lunch box, body and lid. |
| |B011|These are steches of cherry bark. |
| fixing of bottom plate|B012|complete parts before fixing bottom plates |
| |B013|cutting a plate |
| |B014|Bottom plate fixing is completed. |
| ground coating|C001|Pigment made of Indian red and persimmon tannin is painted twice. |
| caulking|C002|The bottom plate is removed and Japanese lacquer is painted along the margin. |
| |C003|The bottom plate is attached again. |
| |C004|The Japanese lacquer is coated along the seam. |
| |C005|Caulking is completed. |
| chamfering|C006|The corners are planed off. |
| |C007|Sometimes, a plane does not work because of cross grain of the wooden plate. In such a case, a sharp knife is employed. |
| sabituke|C008|Sabi Urushi made of raw urushi and polishing powder is painted on the seams. |
| |C009|Steches are also painted. |
| ground painting|C010|Ground painting is completed. |
| urushi coating (This process requires 5 days)|C011|These are ready for urushi coating except 3 lunch boxes at the right in the middle. |
| |C012|Urushi and spatulas |
| |C013|In urushi coating, dust has to be avoided. |
| |C014|Bottom part is coated now. |
| |C015|The inside is coated. |
| |C016|Finish coating is done to the side. |
| |C017|After coating, products are dried up in the humid room. This process is conducted twice. |
| |C018|Finished. However, it requires time to make the urushi coating deep and rich, at least several months. |
| |C019|This is one after several months. |