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Horiuchi, Hagi
A father-and-son kiln in Hagi's Horiuchi district within the castle-town World Heritage zone, Hadano Shigetsugama fires both artists' work and studio pieces. The gallery carries everything from premium bowls to more affordable daily ware and arranges kiln tours by advance request.
Best for Hagi-yaki by resident potters
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Senryuzan is a working Hagi-yaki kiln in Hagi City, Yamaguchi, hand-throwing tea-ceremony chawan, vases, sake cups and everyday tableware in the region's centuries-old glaze tradition, sold from its shop and shipped internationally on larger orders.
Best for Hand-thrown Hagi-yaki chawan, sake cups and everyday tableware
Senryuzan works in Hagi-yaki, the pottery tradition that traces back to Korean potters brought to Hagi, Yamaguchi, after the late-16th-century Japanese invasions of Korea, when the Mori clan's lords put them to work making tea-ceremony ware for their own use and as gifts. The style became prized alongside Raku and Karatsu as one of the wares most favored by tea practitioners, in part for its soft, porous clay and translucent glaze, which develops a fine network of crackle over years of use and gradually darkens as tea seeps into it - a slow change collectors call the "seven transformations of Hagi." At its workshop in Hagi City's Koyama-cho district, Senryuzan continues that craft today, throwing formal chawan for tea ceremony alongside vases, sake cups, coffee cups, mugs, and everyday rice bowls and dishes. The studio describes giving each piece individual, careful handling through the shaping and firing process rather than production-line output. Pieces are sold from the shop, open six days a week (closed Sundays and holidays), and through its own online store, which ships larger orders internationally - a practical route to an object whose character, in the Hagi tradition, is meant to keep changing in the buyer's own hands long after it leaves the kiln.
Hagi / Japan
Hagiyaki-ya is a shop in Hagi where most of the goods it carries are Hagi ware.
Best for Hagi ware
Hagi / Japan
Miwaseigado is a specialist Hagi-ware pottery store in the Yoshidacho district of Hagi.
Best for Hagi ware
Chinto, Hagi
Murata has made fish cake in Hagi since 1961 using the yaki-nuki baking-through method that draws on the port's Sea of Japan catch. Its lineup includes the conger-eel Murashiro, the Hagi-o block, and Hagi-komachi chikuwa, sold as singles and in gift sets.
Best for Baked-through Hagi kamaboko
Hagi
Onihagi sells Hagi-yaki tea bowls and tea ceremony utensils, made from a blend of Daido, Mitake and Mishima clays under a feldspar-and-ash glaze that the site says changes color with use, a trait known as Hagi no Nanabake. The shop is based in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where local kilns have produced Hagi ware since 1604.
Best for Hagi-yaki tea bowls and utensils
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Founded in 1969 at the foot of Mount Nichirin in southern Hagi, Ooyagama works in pottery, porcelain, and even ceramic jewelry. The kiln keeps its own gallery and shop for visitors browsing its Hagi ware.
Best for Hagi-yaki pottery and porcelain
Oi, Hagi
Set beside the Sea of Japan in Hagi's Oi district, Shokouzan makes Hagi ware for the table and for flowers, balancing tradition with a contemporary hand. The kiln opens year-round from ten to five and ships mail orders through its own online store.
Best for Contemporary Hagi-yaki tableware
Hagi / Japan
Taikeian Higuchi Pottery is a kiln in Hagi that specialises in the traditional craft of Hagi-yaki.
Best for Traditional Hagi ware
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Tenryu-gama, run by the Hattori family, produces plainly designed Hagi-yaki-plates, bowls, cups, teapots, and sake vessels-for daily use. The kiln sells directly through its online store and keeps a separate corporate site.
Best for Simple everyday Hagi-yaki
Hagi, Yamaguchi
Toukazan, the kiln of potters Matsuo Sofu and Yuko, makes Hagi-yaki cups, bowls, plates, and dinner sets across a range of traditional glazes. The workshop pairs hand-throwing with contemporary forms and sells both in its shop and online.
Best for Hagi-yaki dinnerware sets
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