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Nestled among lush, peaceful mountains, where lotus flowers bloom beautifully in summer, lies the USUKIYAKI studio.

Here, you can savour dishes made with fresh seasonal vegetables and desserts filled with the sweetness of seasonal fruit, all served on USUKIYAKI’s beautiful tableware.

A lovely place to pause and enjoy the flavours of the season on your next journey to Japan.🪷

Sugahara’s artisans work with sensitivity and attentiveness, responding to how the glass moves, softens, stretches, and settles in that exact moment. Craftspeople are not merely executing designs — they are deeply involved in creation itself, listening to the glass as it glows and transforms, and capturing the precise moment when its form feels right.

Designed to highlight the beauty of rising bubbles, delicate air beads are scattered within the glass, catching the light as ch*****ne is poured. Its tall, slender form also works beautifully as a single-stem vase, letting you enjoy the gentle dialogue between bubbles captured in glass and bubbles rising in ch*****ne.

The story of Mikawachi ware (三河内焼き) began in 1598 in the hills above Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県佐世保市). For generations, its porcelain was created for the lords of the Hirado domain and as prestigious presentation pieces, rather than for ordinary commercial production.

The expectation was always exceptional craftsmanship, and this freedom to work without prioritising speed or cost shaped Mikawachi ware into something extraordinarily delicate and precise—porcelain that can feel closer to drawing or sculpture than everyday pottery.

Hirado Kosho Danemon Kiln (平戸洸祥団右ヱ衛門窯) has inherited this tradition through the Nakazato family, with the current head, Nakazato Taiyo（中里太陽）, representing the eighteenth generation. For the family, preserving the kiln is not simply about reproducing old designs, but about protecting the skills, patience and way of thinking passed down over centuries, while allowing this historic craftsmanship to remain meaningful in modern life.

The story of Mikawachi ware (三河内焼き) began in 1598 in the hills above Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県佐世保).

For generations, its porcelain was created for the lords of the Hirado domain and as prestigious presentation pieces, rather than for ordinary commercial production. The expectation was always exceptional craftsmanship, and this freedom to work without prioritising speed or cost shaped Mikawachi ware into something extraordinarily delicate and precise—porcelain that can feel closer to drawing or sculpture than everyday pottery.

Hirado Kosho Danemon Kiln (平戸洸祥団右ヱ衛門窯) has inherited this tradition through the Nakazato family, with the current head, Nakazato Taiyo, representing the eighteenth generation. For the family, preserving the kiln is not simply about reproducing old designs, but about protecting the skills, patience and way of thinking passed down over centuries, while allowing this historic craftsmanship to remain meaningful in modern life.

To all the bread lovers out there 🥐

These lamps were created by Yukiko Morita, an artist with a deep love for bread, and they’re made from real bread.
The project began with a simple feeling: she couldn’t bear to see the bread she loves go to waste.
Each lamp gives a loaf that would have been thrown away a warm new glow.

Bizen ceramic artist Kazuya Ishida (石田和也) brings a fresh perspective to the traditions of his hometown, shaped by his time working with potters in Japan and England.
His original Raho spiral technique creates twisting forms inspired by shells, glaciers and layers of stone.

Rooted in the land, his work shows how Bizen ceramics continue to evolve.

🎐…🍃🎐

Kousaido (香彩堂) The Natural Japanese Woodland series uses only essential oils, wood powders, and rare resins — no dyes, no synthetic fragrance — to capture what Kousaido calls the feeling of breathing deeply in a forest.

Five trees, each from a specific region of Japan, each rendered as faithfully as incense can manage.