Onta Ware Tobikanna Amber Vase / 小鹿田焼 一輪挿し LCT-C4 Hibiscus flowers – symbolise renewal

Hibiscus flowers – symbolise renewal and eternal beauty

an auspicious motif for a peaceful life

making it a pleasure to use every day

a soft chime in the afternoon light

and symbolic beauty

Onta Ware Tobikanna Amber Vase / 小鹿田焼 一輪挿し LCT-C4 Hibiscus flowers – symbolise renewalTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.