While taking advantage of the characteristics of each kiln, we try to create a lineup of dishes that are easy to use and look good in cooking. We will introduce each one of the utsuwa with a story, such as a tsuwa that evokes a taste and stimulates an appetite just by looking at it, and a high-quality and beautiful utsuwa that adds color to your life, along with information on the kiln.
For 1,300 years, Mino has passed down the knowledge of pottery and techniques. Mino ware is made from soil that has changed over the years due to the uplift of the bottom of Lake Tokai, which once existed. By mixing the soil and designing the soil, which can be said to be the biggest feature of Mino ware, which is not found in other production areas, various soils are changed, and the chemical changes of minerals and flames in the soil create a beautiful vessel scenery. The Mino area is one of the world's leading clay producing areas and has a wide variety of clays.
Mino ware, which accounts for 60% of the production share in Japan, is made in an area called Mino that straddles Mizunami City, Toki City, Kani City, and Tajimi City in Gifu Prefecture. There are 900 kilns of various sizes and more than 100 wholesalers scattered throughout the area. Japan's pottery, nurtured by history and culture, is integrated into people's lives as everyday art. In this area, from human national treasures, pottery artists, craft kilns, and mass production manufacturers, everything from works of art to everyday plates are made, and there are advantages of each from handmade to machine production.
At MINO DONBURI, we will deliver rice bowls with the characteristics of each kiln with the cooperation of various kilns, mainly in the Dachi district of Toki City, which is known as the largest producer of rice bowls in Japan.