Japan, China and Korea have a long history of creating beautiful table goods, from rustic stoneware to delicate ceramics, sleek lacquered items to whimsical serveware and utensils. This tableware is ...

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TOKYO, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Musubi Lab LLC has opened "MUSUBI KILN," an online shop and media portal which opens up a new dining experience for overseas customers by introducing traditional ...

In Japan, ceramics have had a long tradition, and as such, it has developed a distinctively intricate and elegant beauty that the world has come to love. But ceramics and pottery are not just confined ...

The Japanese often say, “Me de taberu” (“You eat with your eyes”), something I truly understood the first time I stayed at a ryokan, a traditional Japanese-style inn. It was there that I was served a ...

A master forger of nambu tetsu, or traditional cast iron, Nobuho Miya works from his Kamasada ironware studio, founded by one of his ancestors in the Meiji era. His work has been exhibited worldwide, ...

Washoku, the “traditional dietary culture of the Japanese,” was recently inscribed on the UNESCO list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. Iwamura Nobuko, a researcher into food and family ...

MUSUBI KILN, opened on June 1 , introduces beautiful tableware such as brightly and vibrantly colored Kutani ware, Yamanaka lacquerware with beautiful wood grain, and Tobe ware which features a bold ...