Onta Ware Hakeme Sake Jug - Wasabi / 小鹿田焼 酒徳利 k9-954 One blue Kagami glass in

One blue Kagami glass in a wooden gift box

The interplay of textures and colours adds dimension and character

■ Capacity: 80 ml

6 cm height

and Kiseto’s warm yellow—are reinterpreted through the CHIPS lens to complement the rituals of modern living while honouring their origins in heugeimono aesthetics

Onta Ware Hakeme Sake Jug - Wasabi / 小鹿田焼 酒徳利 k9-954 One blue Kagami glass inTo 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.