Traditional vermilion Japanese teapot of Tokoname-yaki with beautiiful patterns 220cc kyusu teapot with cherry blossoms There are six oldest kilns in Japan. Seto, Echizen, Shigaraki, Tamba, Bizen, and Tokoname. Each kiln began in the Middle Ages and their potteries are still a part of the people’s life. Though various kinds of tableware […]
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Traditional color and pattern kyusu teapots of Nambu Tekki from Iwate Prefecture 20 ounce teapot with infuser Orderly lined up small dots. The traditional pattern is so simple but it makes us feel peaceful. It’s probably because Nambu Tekki was invented as a kettle for the tea -ceremony. Before the appearance of
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Kutani ceramic kyusu with Cihbu (dot) pattern Blue dots and flowers (350ml) When you look for a flowery and colorful Japanese traditional pottery, I recommend three kilns, Arita (Imari) ware, Kiyomizu (Kyoto) ware, and Kutani ware. There are some styles of the old kiln, and they have each brightness. The blue, white or pink dot
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Beautiful black kyusu from the traditional Japanese craft OBI ami MORIMASA – Black – 300cc/ml – OBI ami Though there are various kyusu (Japanese teapot) of the traditional crafts, Tokoname ware is overwhelming famous for the kyusu which have the largest market share. The traditional teapots from Aichi Prefecture not only have a beautiful
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Beautiful purple cast iron teapot from Tohoku Arare dot pattern How’s this refined purple? There were only black teapots of Nambu Tekki since the history started. But in these days, we can choose the cast iron teapots from various colors (unfortunately, there have been just black tea kettle Tetsubins even today).
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Calm Sounds! Traditional Japanese cast iron furin from Tohoku Most classic style, temple bell design A high-quality metal makes comfortable sounds. As there are the good traditional metal crafts in Japan, Nambu Tekki which has more than 900 years history is most famous. 500km (300mile) away from Tokyo to the
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Red traditional Nambu Tekki cast iron teapot Recently, we can easily find a red cast iron teapot on the net. But is it a high-quality ironware? Every cast iron looks solid but actually not. The strongness needs a high-quality cast iron that also has other good points. You don’t have to
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Traditional Japanese tableware Edo-kiriko cut glasses <p style=”text-align: center;”><a title=”Japanese Paired Rocks Glass of Edo-Kiriko (Cut Glass) Shippo-nanako Pattern” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Paired-Edo-Kiriko-Shippo-nanako-Pattern/dp/B008QU166S?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRKC6WE3NL42JJSQ&tag=hachihachi-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B008QU166S” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><img src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NOp8yBvSL.jpg” alt=”Japanese Paired Rocks Glass of Edo-Kiriko (Cut Glass) Shippo-nanako Pattern” width=”500″ height=”279″ /></a></p> Edo-kiriko is a flashed glass with a various type of the patterns. The glassware is one of the Japanese
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Japanese guinomi sake glasses of the traditional Edo-kiriko from Amazon.com When you drink cold sake, a great glass guinomi (Japanese sake cup) would more bring out a flavor. Unlike sake cups of pottery or porcelain including Imari (Arita)-yaki, Kutani-yaki, and Hagi-yaki, it isn’t available for hot sake, of course (you can see sake cups
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Choosing Japanese chef knives The history of Japanese chef knife(hocho) is very long, it was born from Japanese sword. The kitchen knives of the brand name are forged by the smith craft workers who inherited the Japanese sword manufacturing technology. Sponsored Links Hocho has some materials, kinds and famous brands, so I would like to introduce
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