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Side-by-side comparison of aged and new tetsubin interior — rust care guide

How to Fix Rust in Your Cast Iron Teapot

Left: a well-used iron teapot with years of mineral scale (yuaka). Right: a new iron teapot showing the bare iron surface and "kamayaki" oxide layer. You open the lid and...

How to Fix Rust in Your Cast Iron Teapot

Left: a well-used iron teapot with years of mineral scale (yuaka). Right: a new iron teapot showing the bare iron surface and "kamayaki" oxide layer. You open the lid and...

Plain black Joboji lacquerware bowl on a European kitchen table — true luxury is purity of material

Urushi authentique du Japon : la laque Joboji, ...

Home to 70% of Japan's rare domestic urushi. Explore the history of Joboji Lacquerware, a craft born from the forests of Iwate 1,300 years ago.

Urushi authentique du Japon : la laque Joboji, ...

Home to 70% of Japan's rare domestic urushi. Explore the history of Joboji Lacquerware, a craft born from the forests of Iwate 1,300 years ago.

Nanbu ironware tetsubin cast iron kettle with arare pattern from Kamasada workshop, Iwate Prefecture Japan

Nanbu Ironware: The Complete Guide to Japanese ...

A Kamasada tetsubin with the iconic arare (hailstone) pattern — handcast in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. There is a particular stillness in watching water come to a boil inside a cast...

Nanbu Ironware: The Complete Guide to Japanese ...

A Kamasada tetsubin with the iconic arare (hailstone) pattern — handcast in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. There is a particular stillness in watching water come to a boil inside a cast...