Noted potter Hamada's climbing kiln gets initial firing

Tomoo Hamada, head of a pottery house in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, fires a climbing kiln on Feb. 7, 2015, to mark the 120th anniversary of the late potter Shoji Hamada's birth. It was the first such firing in some 40 years there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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