Arita, Kiyomizu, Kutani, and Hagi pottery and porcelain sake cup sets from Amazon.com A ceramic is a most popular drinking ware when the people drink sake in Japan. Though there are choko or guinomi cups of tin or glass, they are just for the cold sake and not for hot. On that […]
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Katakuchi sake servers of the Japanese ceramic, tin product, and cut glass Commonly, the Japanese people temporarily pour sake water in a bottle (tokkuri) or server (katakuchi) before they drink it with a cup (choko or guinomi). When they drink sake, they enjoy not only the taste of the water but also the feeling of the
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Hagi ware pottery, born for Matcha chawan cups In Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600), the long provincial war in Japan was about to end. The influential daimyos and samurais had to have the social skills for building up the good hierarchical or diplomatic relationships. What most of them could do was the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony had
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Traditional Hagi-yaki for the Japanese sake flask tokkuri and katakuchi When it comes to the Japanese ceramics, there are the various producing areas. And each of them has the characters. If you look for a sake bottle which has simple and profound charm, I recommend Hagi ware. Compared with Imari (Arita) ware or Kutani
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Japanese traditional earthware sake cups What kind of drinking ware when you taste sake? Just like a wine glass or beer cup, the kind of the sake cups (guinomi/choko) make the taste different. It is due to the materials, shapes, and even colors. Imari (Arita) ware sake cups Kutani ware sake cups Edo-kiriko glass
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Japanese pottery Hagi ware sets of yunomi (tea cups) and kyusu (teapot) Why don’t you enjoy drinking Japanese green tea while feeling the mind of “wabi” and “sabi”? They which originated from the tea ceremony express one of the Japanese cultures. The gorgeous ceramic wares Imari (Arita) or Kutani have been popular around the
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Yunomi cups of Hagi ware pottery In the early 17th century, the long Age of Civil Wars in Japan finally finished. The tea ceremony became popular among the samurai in a high status. Accordingly, they made much of the tea things including the bowls. Many daimyos ordered the potters to create their original pottery
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