Guides

Short, photo-first guides. What to pick, and why.

Ceramic tableware

A Kutani ware yunomi teacup and a small yellow cup filled with green tea

Japanese green tea at home: the kyusu and how to use it

Rice in a bowl on the left and miso soup in a wooden bowl on the right, with chopsticks in front

Rice bowl, soup bowl, donburi: Japanese bowls and how we use them

Sake being poured from a tokkuri into small cups next to a small dish of food

Sake at home: tokkuri, ochoko, and the wooden masu

AI-generated image of a Kutani bowl with a mejiro bird

Birds in Japanese crafts: ceramics and lacquerware

Black and gold chopstick rests on a red lacquer plate

Small things that make a dining table feel set

Decor

Rows of white ceramic lucky cat figurines left as offerings at Gotokuji temple in Tokyo

Gotokuji: the Tokyo temple where the lucky cat was born

AI-generated image of a small folding screen behind a ceramic bowl

Small folding screens to display your favorite pieces

Gifts wrapped in pastel furoshiki cloth

Furoshiki: the cloth that replaces wrapping paper