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From October 16 to 30, 2026, the Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design is holding the sixth "Coffees and Pottery" exhibition-sale, a spin-off focused on plates with 23 Kyoto-based artists and workshops, free admission, and a special online shop page.
As part of Noble Traders' 50th anniversary celebrations, tableware specialty store Le-noble is holding a factory tour of Okura Art China in Yokohama on November 20, 2026, for its members, with a look at the production process, artisan painting, and a special exhibition room.
On January 25 and 26, 2027, the Toguri Museum of Art and Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel in Shibuya hold a two-day special event combining a private viewing of Koimari porcelain with a Japanese course meal at the Sukiya restaurant, priced at ¥22,000 per person.
The AMUSE series of porcelain serving trays from Hakusan Porcelain, a pottery maker in Hasami, Nagasaki Prefecture, has won the 2026 Good Design Award. The flat trays come in two sizes and five colors.
The 70th Takatori Ware Pottery Festival takes place in Nogata City from October 23 to 25, 2026, with a tea ceremony utensils theme, 20% off all items, and a speed lottery at each kiln.
From October 21 to 27, 2026, Kotokoto Stage 81 on the 8th floor of Hankyu Umeda Main Store hosts a bonsai and pottery collaboration between THE ETORA BONSAI and the Tokyo kiln Kikko-gama, featuring bonsai for sale and an original bonsai-making experience where visitors choose their own plant and pot.
From October 26, 2026, Restaurant Cathedréclat at Hotel Indigo Nagasaki Glover Street serves "Nagasaki Sashishabu" for ¥6,600, offering seasonal seafood from waters off Nagasaki first as sashimi and then as shabu-shabu in an ago (flying fish) and mushroom dashi prepared at the table.
MOSS KOGEI Kyoto 2026, a new craft festival gathering about 30 craft artists, will be held at Shozan Resort Kyoto in Takagamine on October 17 and 18, 2026, with exhibitions, sales, tea ceremonies, workshops, and talks.
HAKUSAN SHOP Hakusan Porcelain Tokyo Showroom in Minami-Aoyama marks its 23rd anniversary with a campaign from Saturday, October 31 to Monday, November 16, 2026. The new MARONA and IROHANI series are unveiled and put on advance sale, alongside a PRESSURE CASTING special exhibition.
From October 14 to 19, 2026, Saga Tamaya in Saga City will hold a memorial exhibition for the late Living National Treasure Manji Inoue, showing works by him, his son Yasunori, and his grandson Yuki. A limited cafe serving sweets and tea on Manji Inoue Kiln tableware and a gold exhibition are held at the same venue.
French ceramic artist Elise Gettliffe is holding her first solo exhibition in about two years at R.ALAGAN store & gallery in Tokyo's Jingumae from October 16 to 18, 2026, showing new work from a roughly three-month residency in Shigaraki, Shiga.
Shibuya Loft is holding "Good Lucky Market", a collection of about 170 lucky charms such as daruma, maneki-neko and sea bream items, from October 6 to November 4, 2026, on the 3rd floor Cook & Dine section.
From October 28 to November 3, the 1st floor Promotion Space 11 at Hankyu Umeda Main Store hosts CROSSLINKING Japanese Creators, featuring HERMNANT's Nishijin hikihaku bags, Bunshogama tableware, and Awahino kettle-roasted tea. A sencha tea ceremony workshop with all three brands is held ahead of the event on October 24.
From October 10 to 12, 2026, HIBIYA CENTRAL MARKET in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya holds a special event with an autumn wine festival, limited-time food from guest vendors, a ceramics exhibition, and an eyewear pop-up.
Museum "Eki" KYOTO will host Kaj Franck Retrospective – Timeless Finland Design from November 3 to December 20, 2026, presenting glassware and ceramics mainly from the Helsinki Architecture & Design Museum collection.
From October 31 to November 3, 2026, the new event Open Hasami 2026 takes visitors around Hasami Town in Nagasaki to see kilns, workshops, food and culture that usually stay out of view.
Sonic the Hedgehog Arita Ware "Infinite Blue," limited to 50 pieces worldwide at 1,000,000 yen each (tax included), goes on sale from October 9, 2026, with an on-site sale at SONIC the Exhibition in Ikebukuro PARCO and an online lottery.
From October 28 to November 30, 2026, Yamaguchi-based plus KAMERIYA will hold a limited-time pop-up shop at GINZA SIX, offering autumn sweets made with Japanese chestnuts, original blended teas, and tea utensils by Yamaguchi makers.
Royal Copenhagen's Shin-Marunouchi Building store in Tokyo is holding a first-anniversary campaign from October 1 to 29, 2026, featuring store-exclusive items, a hand-painted name service and a special display of the Flora Danica collection.
BREWCRAFT's patent-pending Café au Lait Barista Kyusu, a Tokoname ware teapot with a two-stage filter, went on pre-sale on Makuake on September 30, 2026 and makes café au lait in just 3 minutes.
Seishin Tougei is releasing a miniature moss bonsai growing kit shaped like a matcha bowl, available in three glaze colors, on September 14, 2026. Priced at ¥1,600 before tax, it lets you enjoy a tea bowl's texture and craftsmanship alongside a small patch of real moss.
London Pottery, the British teapot brand, is adding two new UK-inspired designs, Tea Party and Big Ben, to its popular knit tote bag, going on sale from September 11, 2026 at the official Japan distributor's online store.
JTOPIA, one of Japan's largest online marketplaces for luxury traditional crafts, has begun selling pieces from two celebrated Arita ware kilns — Kakiemon-style specialist Jingama and yohen-technique kiln Shinemongama — at ONE OFF TOKYO, a select shop inside Daimaru Tokyo directly connected to Tokyo Station.
Kintsugi artisan Sho Takeshita's brand ANYTSUGI has released the Simple Kintsugi Kit -kumo-, a lacquer-free kit that lets people repair broken tableware in a single day and use the mended pieces as food-safe dishware afterward.
IEGNIM in Tokyo's Yoyogi-Uehara area hosts a solo exhibition by Takatori Hassengama potter Yuko Takatori from September 12 to 23, 2026, showcasing works rooted in Takatori ware's 400-year "kirei-sabi" tradition, alongside a wagashi-making workshop with the artist on September 22.
Hiroshima Andersen's fourth-floor Copenhagen Room presents a Tobe ware exhibition from September 8 (Tue) to 14 (Mon), 2026, featuring traditional and contemporary pieces, limited-edition original designs tied to Andersen's long history with the craft, and a hands-on painting workshop led by a certified traditional craftsperson.
The cultural tourism facility Kaga Iryokuen in Yamanaka Onsen presents Kutani ware artist Chika Yoshigai's first solo exhibition from August 19, followed by ceramic artist Chihiro Fujisaki's exhibition from September 19, 2026.
A new 21cm size of "Oseiron," a cooking vessel that pairs an Arita ware clay pot with a natural cedar steamer, has been released by livareit Co., Ltd., following an earlier 15cm version funded through Makuake. The steamer can be removed for use as a standalone clay pot, and an optional ceramic lid is now available for the first time.
Ubusuna no Sato TOMIMOTO, a renovated kominka hotel in Nara's Ikaruga–Horyuji area and the birthplace of ceramic artist and first Living National Treasure Tomimoto Kenkichi, marks the World Heritage registration of the Asuka-Fujiwara Imperial Capitals with a special kaiseki plan themed on ancient Yamato history, available from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027.
AITO, the exclusive Japan distributor for Germany's Villeroy & Boch, is adding rimmed plates to the brand's Manufacture Rock and Manufacture Rock Blanc tableware lines from August 25, 2026, with a limited-quantity autumn recipe gift for buyers.
Nagato Yumoto Onsen in Yamaguchi Prefecture hosts the 7th "Utsuwa no Aki" from October 2 to November 3, 2026, spreading works from five Fukagawa Hagi ware kilns and eight artists across the hot spring town, this year themed around a collaboration with wagashi confectionery, with free admission.
Starting September 21, 2026, HOSHINOYA Okinawa offers a lineup of autumn programs — from a traditional Ryukyu performing arts evening and a healing scent-sachet workshop to a purple sweet potato dessert course and a yachimun pottery afternoon tea — inviting guests to savor the beauty of Ryukyu culture and the flavors of the season.
Two new pieces are joining Lisa Larson's "Nippon no Lisa Neko" series — the mountain-themed "Mata Tabi no Neko - Yama" and water-themed "Mata Tabi no Neko - Mizu" — marking the traveling cats' first appearance in Shigaraki ware, now available at the Tonkachi Store.
MONV.MitsuMame Omoya in Kyoto's Nijo area opens "Bizen and Bitchu Celadon by Iwatani Kiln of Okayama" from September 5 to October 4, 2026, the first show in a fall and winter lineup exploring pottery, woodwork, and textiles.
The Tokyo Art Dealers Association is holding Tobi Art Fair 2026 from October 16 to 18, 2026 at Tokyo Art Club, where 118 of Japan's leading art dealers will exhibit more than 2,000 works spanning antiques, tea ceremony utensils, swords, and modern and contemporary art, with advance tickets going on sale July 29.
Le-noble is hosting a limited-time promotion built around GINORI 1735, the storied Italian ceramics house, starting in Ginza on July 10, 2026 and moving on to Kyoto and Kobe, with the artist-designed Il Viaggio di Nettuno collection alongside classic lines such as Vecchio Ginori White.
On August 1, 2026, Tsuchiura Kameki House will host a film screening and talk session exploring the theme of "white" across white porcelain, overglaze enamel porcelain, and textile dyeing, bringing together three leading craftspeople including Living National Treasure Imaizumi Imaemon XIV.
From July 4 to September 27, 2026, the Bizen City Museum of Art in Okayama presents "Teacup Merry-Go-Round," a display of around 100 pieces of European tea ware and decorative art that traces a century of modern design, complete with a Wedgwood-inspired café menu and a limited-time coaster gift.
Hotel Indigo Nagasaki Glover Street is offering a 3-night, 4-day luxury stay plan starting July 22, 2026, featuring visits to 潜龍酒造, a historic sake brewery, and 三川内焼 pottery kilns, with a special dinner at Restaurant Cathedréclat.
Discover why rainy days are the best time to visit Matsue, Shimane. From hydrangea temples to matcha teahouses, love-fortune ponds, and folk-craft pottery, four chapters of a unique retreat await you.
A new series called KOKON SHODAI has been launched, connecting the 400-year-old Shodai-yaki pottery tradition of Kumamoto with regional food culture and everyday life.
To celebrate its third anniversary on June 21, 2026, The Ritz-Carlton, Fukuoka is hosting two exclusive dining events and releasing a limited-edition Arita porcelain tumbler crafted in Kyushu's traditional style.
A range of exhibitions and events is scheduled at Shibuya Hikarie's Creative Space 8/ in June 2026, including a pottery pop-up shop featuring works by 48 artists centered on Mashiko ware and a contemporary printmaking show.
A three-day event featuring pottery by local Okayama artists — including Bizen ware — along with sweets tastings and gift wrapping will be held at Sunste Okayama from June 5 to 7, 2026.
Swedish ceramicist Lisa Larson's beloved Moonlight Mia ceramic cat is back in stock at Tonkachi Store for the first time in over a year and a half, available in limited quantities.
A special exhibition drawn from the Gifu Prefectural Museum of Modern Ceramic Art's collection opens at Bizen City Museum of Art on July 4, 2026, featuring masterpieces of European teaware, coffeeware, and decorative ceramics from Meissen, Sèvres, Royal Copenhagen, Arabia, and more.
The Hasami Pottery Festival 2026 runs from April 29 to May 5 at Yakimono Park in Hasami Town, Nagasaki, with about 150 vendors offering Hasami ware at discounted prices along with hands-on pottery experiences.
A canned shochu highball and a hand-crafted ceramic cup, born from a collaboration between Amakusa Shuzo and JAPAN MADE PROJECT, are now available in limited quantities at select stores.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is hosting a major retrospective of British ceramicist Lucie Rie (1902–1995) — the first such exhibition in Japan in approximately ten years — running from July 4 to September 13, 2026.
A new Shigaraki ware coffee kyusu called KOGA is now accepting pre-orders on Makuake. Its lid-hole-free sealed design traps aroma during brewing and releases it the moment the lid is opened.
Tonkachi Store has unveiled a new special feature called "FLOWERS of ROMANCE," spotlighting ceramic vases by Swedish ceramicist Marianne Hallberg — from one-of-a-kind studio originals to the Japan Series crafted in Seto and Ureshino.
Kaga Iryokuen in Yamanaka Onsen presents "Motome Takayuki Exhibition," showcasing around 60 pieces of Kutani ware inspired by flora and white animals, on view from March 11 to April 13, 2026.
The inaugural Arita MONO・NO・SU Table Coordinate Contest 2026 is coming to Arita Town, Saga Prefecture, with applications opening on April 1, 2026. The contest pairs table coordinators 1-on-1 with local Arita ware kilns in a hands-on collaborative format.
Starting February 25, a new tableware series combining upcycled Arita ware technology with paper resources pulp is on sale at stores in Saga, Aizuwakamatsu, and Harajuku, as well as online.
A new series of Hagiyaki pottery called "Urara" is set to arrive on March 1, featuring handcrafted pieces with soft pink-to-milky-white tones and flower petal-shaped rims that bring a sense of spring to the table.
An exhibition featuring four rising craft artists specializing in lacquerware, metalwork, and ceramics opens at Seiko House Hall in Ginza from March 19 to 29, 2026.
To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Kyoto Ceramics Cooperative Federation and Tachikichi are hosting an online exhibition featuring traditional sake and tea vessels fired in Kyoto climbing kilns, available from February 18 to March 18, 2026.
The Kutani Ware Kiln Site Exhibition Hall is hosting a winter exhibition tracing the development of red akae saibyo fine-line decoration in Kaga Kutani pottery, running through July 6, 2026.
Japanese furniture and interior brand AREA collaborates with OBI PORCELAIN to create contemporary Hinamatsuri dolls that blend traditional craftsmanship with modern aesthetics.
The Kyoto Pottery Cooperative Association celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special exhibition at Kyoto Ceramic Center, showcasing sake and tea vessels created by Kyo-yaki and Kiyomizu-yaki artisans and fired in a historic climbing kiln in Uji, from January 30 to February 11, 2026.
From February 19 to March 1, 2026, Wako in Ginza will showcase works by four internationally active ceramic artists based in Japan, featuring tea ceramics, flower vases, and unique sculptures.
TERAS, a brand specializing in traditional Japanese Sashiko and Boro crafts, is hosting an art exhibition and limited-time pop-up shop at Toko Pottery Gallery in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture from February 7 to March 11, 2026.
The 3rd Modern Master Ceramics Exhibition is being held at Hanshin Umeda Main Store's Art Gallery from January 21 to 27, 2026, featuring approximately 50 works by Japan's most prestigious ceramic artists.
A new cultural complex featuring pottery galleries and traditional Okinawan soba restaurants opened on January 20, 2026, in Yomitan Village, celebrating the area's rich craft heritage and local cuisine.
A new market specializing in tableware launches at Expo'70 Commemorative Park on April 11-12, 2026. The event features artisan creators from across Japan, offering a curated experience focused on pottery, ceramics, and wooden tableware.
Chugai Toen in Seto City will hold its 37th annual Zodiac Memorial Service on February 11, 2026, offering thanks to zodiac figurines that have completed their role and returning them to the earth.
GREEN SPRINGS in Tachikawa hosts a pottery market featuring over 30 artisans from the Kanto region, with special exhibitions from Auberge TOKITO and talk events on November 28-30, 2025.
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