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Mumyoi-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Niigata)

mikio — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 02:54:42 +0000

A sophisticated ‘Tenmoku’ sake cup with an unique feature of a coming-up tree leaf when pouring sake!

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Utsutsugawa-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Nagasaki)

mikio — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 02:46:14 +0000

A sophisticated sake cup with a lonely ‘Shira-sagi’ (or white egret) facing to the left, in the field painted in brush stroke!

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Satsuma-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Kagoshima)

mikio — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:16:34 +0000

An amazing sake cup with a kiln ID mark and with application of ‘Shiro Dakatsu’ (or white snakeskin) glaze which is named after its look!

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Koishiwara-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Fukuoka )

mikio — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 01:50:16 +0000

A brownish sake cup with application of ‘Irabo’ (or mottled) glaze and with clear throwing mark!

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Koishiwara-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Fukuoka)

mikio — Fri, 24 May 2024 00:51:56 +0000

A beautifully gradated sake cup with bluish glaze runs and with am unique ‘Takefushi’ (or bamboo node) foot!

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Otani-Yaki Pottery’s Sake Cup (Tokushima)

mikio — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 02:02:03 +0000

A calm sake cup with a vivid contrast of outer light-brown and inner indigo blue and with a clear throwing mark!

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Oldest climbing kiln rebuild at Tanba

mikio — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 08:47:05 +0000

The oldest climbing kiln was rebuilt and open to the public at the home village of Tanba-Yaki on November 21, 2015. It is 47 meter long with 9 firing chambers which need 4 days to complete firing. The kiln is called as “Snake Kiln because it has lower height in comparison with the normal climbing kiln and it looks like a snake crawling along the hill.
Our expectation to see interesting pottery, especially sake cups fired in the kiln is extremely high.

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The biggest fireworks at my hometown !

mikio — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:34:43 +0000

Japanese enjoy fireworks all over the country in the Summer to the early fall. My hometown, Konosu had the fireworks at a flood plain along the Arakawa river a couple of weeks ago. The place is fortunately wide enough to display a biggest fireworks because it is the widest plain in Japan. So we could enjoy the biggest fireworks of 4 feet(or 1.3 meter dia.),which has been certified as the Guinness World Records.

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Pottery & Porcelain Fairs in the early summer !

mikio — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:30:30 +0000

Spring and fall are the most popular seasons for the pottery & porcelain exhibitions in Japan. However, the two big exhibitions are held in the early summer, which are ones in Sendai (Tohoku) and in Ebetsu(Hokkaido). We can enjoy national-wide pottery & porcelain ware at one spot, which is quite interesting experience.
About 130 potters in the “3rd National Yakimo (ware) Fair in Miyagi (Sendai)” and 330 potters in the“25th Ebetsu Yakimono (ware) Ichi (Fair)” displayed and sold their interesting works respectively.

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