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Using Japanese Ceramics
Traditional ceramics, potteries, porcelains in Japan
In Japan, we have an idea that dishes are the part of a dinner, and an important element of brightening up a dinner. Japanese dishes have different shapes, designs, concepts from European ones, so to think about unique usages of Japanese ceramics will put a fresh sense into your dinner, and get it more enjoyable.
On another front, there are plenty of artistic crafts for displaying as objects of art in Japanese potteries and porcelains. Just put one seasonal flower in a small vase of Bizen Yaki (Bizen, Okayama Prefecture), it will give a superior peace and quiet for you and your room.
Plate
For displaying plates, we recommend displaying plates of Arita Yaki / Imari Yaki (Arita, Saga Prefecture, Imari, Saga Prefecture), which are gorgeous and sophisticated. For examples, Kakiemon, Kinrande, Nabeshima
Also for using plates, a number of potteries exist in Arita Yaki / Imari Yaki (Arita, Saga Prefecture, Imari, Saga Prefecture), and making unique products for daily lives. It is very enjoyable to find your favorite pottery in Arita or Imari.
Oribe Style has unique designs and shapes plates and other wares, so it is worth making a lot of application to your dinner.
Meimei Zara, a set of five small plates using for serving foods, can be used easily, and you will see Japanese sense of fun in them.
Bowl
Putting dishes on a little large bowl or an unique shape's bowl gives us a new sense of fun. Bowls of Kyo Yaki (Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture) is adorable, and bowls of Oribe Style is amusing.
Chyawan is a standard rice bowl. Donburi is a little large rice bowl. Usually Japanese people use ceramics for rice bowls, and lacquer wares, Wan, for miso soup, because lacquer wares are superior to ceramics at the point of heat insulating properties.
Cup
A standard cup for drinking green tea is called Yunomi, and a little bit fine type is called Senchawan. Senchawan is usually put on Chataku made by wood or lacquer. A type of being used in Sado is called Macha Chawan.
Sake cup has also a variety of designs and types. Ochoko is the smallest one, and Guinomi is a little big one.
For examples, Mino Yaki Yunomi, Arita Yaki Senchawan, Hagi Yaki Macha Chawan, Kyo Yaki Ochoko, Oribe Guinomi, Mashiko Yaki Guinomi
Pot
Pots for green tea is called Kyusu, and pots for Sake is called Tokkuri.
For examples, Tokoname Kyusu, Oribe Tokkuri, Arita Yaki Sometsuke Tokkuri, Karatsu Tokkuri, Kyo Yaki Tokkuri