Quiet notes on clay and tea

An occasional journal about Japanese pottery towns, everyday tea and learning crafts slowly.

Mending a cracked bowl with kintsugi

What a beginner learns from lacquer, patience and a very small brush.

A slow weekend in Mashiko

A pottery town two hours north of Tokyo, best seen on foot and without a plan.

Brewing sencha without a thermometer

Cooler water, a shorter steep and a pot that pours quickly.