Jim in Yamaguchi Aug 3, 2023
When you go drinking with the world's leading Japanese pottery authority, you had better make sure your grip is steady.
One of these cups cost more than my car.
Clockwise from top: Momoyama period karatsu cup, mingei cup by Hamada Shoji, Bizenyaki cup by Rosanjin.
#JapanesePottery #Ceramics #CeramicsArt #Pottery #Guinomi #ぐい呑み
Lysanne Larose CeramicsAug 2, 2023

I signed up for a three-day Zoom class with ceramic master #AkiraSatake. He was making guinomis and yunomis... and it made my hands itch for clay. I SWEAR I was listening! 😅

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Jim in Yamaguchi Mar 21, 2023

I'm christening a new #guinomi with #IppakuSuisei junmai ginjo fukurozuri.

The sake is a richly flavored one with dark chocolate and cherry notes, perfect for warming up.

The guinomi is #Hagiyaki from #Kosaian kiln, which is famous for its "seigan blue" glaze.

A beautiful pairing!

#Sake #Nihonshu #JapaneseSake #日本酒 #一白水星 #萩焼 #光彩庵 #清玩ブルー

Jim in Yamaguchi Dec 18, 2022

90 no Kuro
Abu no Tsuru Shuzo
At 90% polish, this is a pretty big departure for Miyoshi tōji, who had mostly done only ginjo class sake. The tag line is "old fashioned kara-kuchi," and it really does feel like that. It has a depth and complexity that borders on harshness, but lands just on the delicious side.

I love to see lower polishes like this!

Enjoyed from a #Hagiyaki #guinomi by Hadano Hideo and a tokkuri by Yagi Hiroyuki.

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