Onta Ware Pottery Sake Jug - Caramel / 小鹿田焼 徳利 HANA KAGAMI create a picturesque backdrop against

create a picturesque backdrop against a serene blue sky

or any contemplative drink

this teacup presents a minimalist black silhouette

It represents limitless imagination

yet timeless

Onta Ware Pottery Sake Jug - Caramel / 小鹿田焼 徳利 HANA KAGAMI create a picturesque backdrop againstTo 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.