Onta Ware Pottery Round Sake Jug - Caramel / 小鹿田焼 徳利 junichi one white glass and one

one white glass and one pink glass are included in a gift box

rhythmic sound of karausu / 唐臼 — traditional water-powered wooden mills — echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay

atmospheric gradations

leaving behind quiet traces of the firing process

and cultural significance have earned it a prominent place among the country's renowned pottery styles

Onta Ware Pottery Round Sake Jug - Caramel / 小鹿田焼 徳利 junichi one white glass and oneTo 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.