Japanese Pottery Articles
Regions and kilns, techniques, how to choose and care for your pieces. Articles to start your journey into Japanese pottery.
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Japanese Pottery Christmas Gifts: One-of-a-Kind Artisan Pieces for Every Day
Choose Japanese pottery as a Christmas gift, and unlike consumables or ornaments, it is used at the table e...
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What to Give Someone Who Has Everything: A Piece That Gets Used
The person who has everything is not short of things, only of things they would notice. Consumables run out...
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Oiso Utsuwa no Hi 2026 | A Seaside Town Pottery Walk
Oiso Utsuwa no Hi runs from October 23 to 25, 2026, in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The event has no single v...
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Tomoshibito no Tsudoi 2026 | Two Days of Juried Artisans
Tomoshibito no Tsudoi takes place on November 14 and 15, 2026, at Daisen Park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. I...
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Iga Pottery Festival 2026: 30 Booths, and the Home of the Donabe
The Iga Pottery Festival runs 19-21 September 2026 at Ayama Daiichi Sports Park in Iga, Mie Prefecture. The...
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Koishiwara Folk Pottery Village Festival 2026: Free Shuttle and Traffic
The Koishiwara Autumn Folk Pottery Village Festival runs from 10 to 12 October 2026 in Toho Village, Asakur...
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Japanese Housewarming Gifts: What Lands Well, and What to Avoid
The most common mistake with a housewarming gift is taking away space. Someone who has just moved in is sti...
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Japanese Wedding Gift | A Pair, or One Piece They Share
A wedding gift in ceramic pays off not on the day you hand it over, but in the memory it leaves over the ye...
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Japanese Pottery Patterns: What the Motifs Actually Mean
Etsuke (ceramic painting) elevates Japanese pottery into functional fine art through exquisite line work an...
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Kintsugi: How to Repair Pottery With Gold (and Why)
Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with natural Urushi lacquer and dusting...
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Japandi Ceramics: Japanese Pottery in Minimal Interiors
A single Bizen vase on a wooden shelf changes the weight of a room. Japanese ceramics belong in minimalist ...
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Crazing (Kannyu): Cracks in Glaze That Aren't Damage
Crazing — the fine network of cracks running across a glaze — is one of japanese ceramics’ most beautiful p...
