Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Bowl - 11 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小鉢 Option:A ■ Size (Cup): 9

■ Size (Cup): 9

Handcrafted in Japan by Masamura

It begins with a simple thought: that the native trees of Japan

One face is finished in deep black lacquer — formal

irregularities in size

Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Bowl - 11 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小鉢 Option:A ■ Size (Cup): 9To reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.