There is nothing like the feeling of fine ceramics or rough stoneware on your lips to transport you back to Japan. Nothing beats whiling away a few hours in a sake bar tucked away in downtown Tokyo. One of the highlights is the owner's choice of guinomi, choko, katakuchi and tokkuri - the feel of different ceramics on your fingers and lips as you drink and pour for your companion adds a quintessentially Japanese element to a simple act of socialising.
We are out of boxes for our large paper shades after our boxmaker closed down. We are sourcing new ones as we write. This should only take a couple of weeks, but until then the shades are unavailable online