Potter checks products fired in huge kiln in western Japan

Potter checks products fired in huge kiln in western Japan

Noted Bizen ceramic artist Togaku Mori checks pots removed from an 85-meter-long single-chamber tunnel kiln (back) in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture (formerly known as Bizen), western Japan, on July 27, 2015. He is set to produce some 2,000 pieces from the kiln by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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