Onta Ware Tobikanna and Hakeme Small Plate - 12.5 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Nousaku Chime giving it a distinctive flavour

giving it a distinctive flavour profile

once described the harmony between Chinese influence and Japanese sensibility as “softening the boundary between Wa and Kan

4 cm Diameter x 7

Created to mark KOBEI Kiln’s 222nd anniversary in 2026

Onta Ware Tobikanna and Hakeme Small Plate - 12.5 cm - 4 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Nousaku Chime giving it a distinctive flavourTo 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.