Wooden cups from Takahashikougei, Hokkaido

Takahashikougei in Hokkaido has been specializing in producing various types of wooden cups and plates. Good things about using wooden cups and plates are they are light weight, they cannot easily be damaged, they are resistant to high temperature etc. These are Cara series cups. Cara in Japanesed sounds like Kara, which means an outer shell…

Duck shaped ceramic cups and bowls (アヒルのマグやボール)

These are somehow nostalgic design for many Japanese people who are in their 40s or above. These were designed in 1980s and they were once taken out from the market, but the maker started reproducing them again few years ago with the same prices they had been originally been sold then. The mug cup is…

Ōryōki 応量器 Set of nested wooden bowls for Zen buddist monks

Ōryōki  (応量器) is a set of nested wooden bowls for zen buddist monks to eat meals. It generally consists of 5 bowls and 1 small plate and Zen buddist monks use only these bowls for having meals. It is beautiful piece of art, but it is, of course, practical bowls, which you can actually use…

Magnet wooden vase for your wall Ichirinzashi マグネット一輪挿し花壁

Small vase is called “Ichirinzashi”　which is written 一輪挿し in Japanese. The Ichirinzashi is generally big enough for a flower. This small vase can be placed on a wall with magnet. What? Magnet? It comes with a push pin, so you can push the pin on the wall and the vase sticks to the push pin…