{"id":1136,"date":"2025-03-17T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:37:20","slug":"%e9%99%b6%e8%8a%b8%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/en\/%e9%99%b6%e8%8a%b8%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96\/","title":{"rendered":"The Culture of Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A short walk from the chaos of Naha\u2019s Kokusai-dori (International Street), the asphalt turns to cobbled limestone underfoot, a visual cue that one has entered Tsuboya Yachimun Dori, the main street through Okinawa\u2019s yachimun (pottery) district. Here, pedestrians and window shoppers leisurely mill past decorative tiled walls and along sidewalks embedded with colorful pieces of glazed wares. Along one of the district\u2019s narrow, serpentine alleys, called \u201csujiguwa\u201d in the Uchin\u0101 Yamato-guchi dialect, the climbing kiln of the iconic Arakaki Family Residence, a potter\u2019s house active until 1974, rises like an earthen palace from its humble surroundings. Inside, the womb-like kiln has long been sealed shut, but the ceramic tradition it once sustained is very much alive today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was by design that the area became a hub of industry, bringing together various ceramic techniques from the region. In 1660, Shuri Castle, the center of politics, diplomacy, and culture of the Ry\u016bky\u016b Kingdom, burned to the ground, and a vast quantity of roof tiles were needed for the rebuilding effort. The rulers of the kingdom decided to consolidate the island\u2019s pottery industry in 1682, resettling all the potters in Tsuboya near the Asato River to ease the sourcing of clay and other materials and to better facilitate the shipping of finished products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surrounding city of Naha was devastated in World War II by heavy American bombing, but miraculously, Tsuboya was spared. Surviving artisans returned immediately to their studios and wood-fired kilns to produce the needed objects for daily life. But as the city\u2019s population boomed, the smoke from these traditional kilns made wood-fired yachimun production untenable. By the 1970s, artisans wanting to preserve their traditional methods relocated to the Yomitan area to the north, creating Yachimun no Sato (Yachimun Village), while the remaining workshops in Tsuboya converted to the gas and electric-fired kilns still in use today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1138\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1-1-8x12.jpg 8w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8.jpg 1938w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-903x602.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-8-360x240.jpg 360w, 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class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image by Gerard Elmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1141\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-3-977x1466.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Guide Junichi Takano of Okinawa Slow Tour says that the street and surrounding village, which was thoughtfully planned out using the principles of feng shui, began to take on its current form in 1982. A vibrant center of yachimun culture and technique, the village is now fueled by collectives of multigenerational shokunin (artisan) families committed to preserving and evolving one of Okinawa\u2019s most revered crafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About halfway down the meandering mainstreet sits the flagship store of one such pottery family: Ikutoen, a renowned producer of traditional Tsuboya-yaki (Tsuboya ware) with a 300-year history and six shops in the area. The keystone of the operation is sixth-generation master potter Tadashi Takaesu, a certified traditional craftsman of Okinawa whose ornately designed creations fill the store\u2019s shelves, their arabesque motifs and imagery of fish and sea creatures bearing his distinctive line-carving techniques. Shisa (lion) figurines, made in the unique style of previous owner and fifth-generation yachimun master Ikuo Takaesu, keep silent watch from the shelves as they, too, await purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone at Ikutoen has a senmon (specialty),\u201d says Ikutoen\u2019s sales manager, Hikarui Takaesu. \u201cWe are divided into three categories: those who manufacture, meaning the shokunin and kiln staff themselves; those who sell; and those who think of new and innovative ways to market and promote our products to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Wakana Takaesu, directing manager of Ikutoen, the days of solitary craftsmanship are in the past. Today, sales and marketing are an essential part of the business. \u201cShokunin used to be exclusively creators\u2014they didn\u2019t really market themselves,\u201d she says. \u201cNow we know we need to have people here dedicated to communicating the difficulty and wonder of making yachimun to customers. It was a big but necessary change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-3 gb-3-col-widecenter alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-1 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-a0716155\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1142\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-4-977x1466.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At Tsuboya Pottery Yachimun Hands-on Dojo, makers of all skill levels learn to craft authentic\nTsuboya ware.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-caae2b97\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1146\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1938\" height=\"1292\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG.jpg 1938w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-903x602.jpg 903w, 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https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-977x651.jpg 977w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1362x908.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1607x1071.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1938px) 100vw, 1938px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-2ac156c4\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1143\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-5-977x1466.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The climbing kiln of the Arakaki Family Residence, a potter\u2019s house active until 1974, rises like an earthen palace from its humble surroundings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A large part of Ikutoen\u2019s initiative to share the art of yachimun with the public is by way of instruction at its nearby Tsuboya Pottery Yachimun Hands-on Dojo, a red-tiled wooden building nestled amid lush greenery along the yachimun pottery promenade. Inside, fans circulate the humid air as the day\u2019s makers arrive, comprised of a mix of all experience levels, ranging from tourists seeking a do-it-yourself keepsake to aspiring shokunin looking to dedicate themselves to the craft long term. White towels yellowed by clay hang from racks above the many potter\u2019s wheels, where students create everything from simple shisa figurines to more elaborate pieces that are kilned alongside those of the masters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The yachimun dojo\u2019s supervisor, Sayuri Takayasu, believes that people\u2019s personalities reveal themselves in the things they create. \u201cYou can often see it in the face of the first shisa they make or how they carve their lines into the clay,\u201d he says. \u201cEveryone\u2019s style is unique to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steps involved in creating a vessel are few, but still it\u2019s a craft that takes a lifetime to master. The finicky elements of earth, temperature, humidity, and time make yachimun an exercise in patience and perseverance for even the most skilled practitioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process begins with rokurohiki, or throwing clay on a potter\u2019s wheel. Once the item is shaped as desired, a handmade wooden tool called a tonb\u014d, named for its resemblance to a dragonfly, is used to ensure consistent dimensions. The kezuri shavings that pile up on the tools are collected to be formed back into workable clay. Later, members of the studio will gather around the mountain of shavings and rehydrate the ribbons of clay, mixing in water like one might fold an egg into flour to make pasta. They then stomp on the slurry, like wine makers in a vat, marching in a circle to reshape it into usable material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1144\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-6-977x1466.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naha\u2019s Tsuboya district is filled with signs of its rich pottery traditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1139\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1938\" height=\"1292\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1139\" 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class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sachio Ikeno took up the baton of yachimun t\u014dgeika (ceramicist) after his brother-in-law, a master ceramicist, was diagnosed with cancer.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1145\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1292\" height=\"1938\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7.jpg 1292w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-903x1355.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-7-977x1466.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1292px) 100vw, 1292px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It requires many years of training to learn the precise techniques of yachimun pottery\u2014and takes a lifetime to master.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1140\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1938\" height=\"1292\" src=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2.jpg 1938w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-903x602.jpg 903w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-577x385.jpg 577w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-977x651.jpg 977w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-1362x908.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/living.okinawa.halekulani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/LIVING-OK_1.2-The-Culture-of-Clay-IMG-2-1607x1071.jpg 1607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1938px) 100vw, 1938px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tsuboya is the only pottery district in Okinawa that survived World War II, enabling its artisans to return to the area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most consequential step in the process of crafting a piece of yachimun is senbori, carving decorative patterns into the hard clay. One mistake and the piece can\u2019t be sold, in which case it\u2019s used for practice. It is said that these failed pieces thus give more than they take, going on to support t\u014dgeika (ceramicists) in their journey to master the form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stroll along the winding paths near the Ikutoen yachimun dojo and you\u2019ll find an artisan in every other window, hard at work in some stage of the pottery-making process. In the window of the Kobashigawa Seitojou Niougama studio sits 67-year-old Sachio Ikeno, a late-bloomer in yachimun pottery, having started training at age 47 after a career as a \u201csalaryman.\u201d \u201cMy brother-in-law was the master t\u014dgeika here,\u201d Ikeno says, recounting the sense of familial commitment that led to his mid-life reinvention as a yachimun t\u014dgeika. \u201cWhen he was diagnosed with cancer, I decided to try to carry on the practice myself. I swore to him I would try my best, and I have.\u201d He works as he talks, harrowingly moving \u2028large trays of cups and bowls onto higher shelves and transporting the massive head of a shisa sculpture from one end of the studio to the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kobashigawa Seitojou Niougama is best known for resurrecting and recreating the akae technique, a style that uses a traditional red pigment said to have been lost and rediscovered by the Kobashigawa family. This precious material knowledge is what motivates Ikeno to keep going, even on days when he would rather take a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have this wonderful culture thanks to all those generations who came before us and kept these traditions alive,\u201d Ikeno says. \u201cI feel only kansha (appreciation) each day for the gifts they left, and I hope to pass on what I can to the next generation, as best I can.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern-day makers carry on the traditional craft of yachimun in Naha\u2019s famed Tsuboya pottery district.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[405],"tags":[26,400,403],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawaii-1-2","tag-halekulani","tag-400","tag-403"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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