Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Bowl - 12 cm - A / 小鹿田焼 小鉢 r220104-w and temples throughout Japan

and temples throughout Japan

■ Each purchase includes two bowls in a gift box

Shibata’s work blends classical craftsmanship with modern refinement

and the colours of autumn leaves — all presented in packaging as considered as the scents within

With a strikingly organic design

Onta Ware Tobikanna Small Bowl - 12 cm - A / 小鹿田焼 小鉢 r220104-w and temples throughout JapanTo 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.