Japan Blue Checkered Pattern Soba Choko Cup with Condiment Plate Kokutani Its handcrafted

Its handcrafted

The design highlights the crisp

The vase measures 7

This vase makes a wonderful interior decoration not only for arranging flowers

By layering glazes of varying color density

Japan Blue Checkered Pattern Soba Choko Cup with Condiment Plate Kokutani Its handcraftedThis soba choko cup, used as a dipping bowl when eating soba, comes with a small condiment plate that is used to put finely cut spring onions and wasabi for the dipping sauce. The plate can also be used as a lid or a coaster as well. The finely painted design on the cup and the plate is a checkered pattern, known as ichimatsu. Its design of squares and rectangles arranged in a simple grid pattern is known as an auspicious pattern with the meanings of