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The Perfect Gamble Premiere - NYC

Yaki Reisner arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Saban Films' 'The Perfect Gamble' held at the Harmony Gold Theater on November 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Kay Qiao/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Perfect Gamble Premiere - NYC

Yaki Reisner arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Saban Films' 'The Perfect Gamble' held at the Harmony Gold Theater on November 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Kay Qiao/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese pottery artist fires huge kiln

OKAYAMA, Japan - Togaku Mori, a "Bizen-yaki" pottery artist, stands by his huge kiln following initial firing in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015. Having some 2,000 pots inside, the 85-meter-long kiln is fired night and day for 90 days.

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Inn in Dogo Onsen with sliding doors of water plant design

MATSUYAMA, Japan - An inn in the Dogo Onsen hot springs resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, unveils a room with sliding doors of a water plant design used for Arita-yaki porcelain on April 8, 2014, before the opening of the Dogo Onsenart 2014 art festival on April 10.

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'Fujisan Yogan-yaki Bento' at train boxed lunch event

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows boxed bento lunches from JR Shinfuji Station in Shizuoka Prefecture featuring meat cooked on a plate made of lava from Mt. Fuji. An event showcasing "ekiben" train station box lunches from across Japan was held at Hanshin department store in Osaka.

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Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2013, shows the painting process for "Kutani-yaki" porcelain by Ruri Takeuchi at a Kutani-yaki craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Ruri Takeuchi paints a plate on Feb. 26, 2013, at a "Kutani-yaki" craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Tokyo Olympics: Judo

Supporters of Japanese judoka Hifumi Abe and his sister Uta watch TV at a "okonomi-yaki" restaurant in Kobe, western Japan, as the siblings compete at the Tokyo Olympics on July 25, 2021. Both of them won gold the same day.

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Tram operator issues 200 ceramic tickets in Okayama, west Japan

Okayama Electric Tramway Co. in Okayama, western Japan, shows one of 200 train tickets made of traditional Bizen-yaki pottery put on sale on June 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wakakusayama Yaki festival in Nara

The annual Wakakusayama Yaki (Burning Mt. Wakakusa) festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2015. Kofukuji Temple's five-story pagoda (foreground) is seen against the fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wakakusayama Yaki festival in Nara

The annual Wakakusayama Yaki (Burning Mt. Wakakusa) festival is held in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2015. The Suzaku Gate of Nara Palace Site is seen at the right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Mashiko-yaki potters help recover Cambodian ceramic industry

Japanese shoppers look at made-in-Cambodia tableware at a shop in Shibuya Ward, central Tokyo on June 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cool Japan Fund to invest 100 million yen in Paris-based firm

Traditional craft products from various regions in Japan, such as "Arita-yaki" porcelain (R) from southwestern Japan's Saga Prefecture and "Boshu uchiwa" paper fans (upper C) from eastern Japan's Chiba Prefecture, that are promoted and sold by Paris-based company SAS ENIS in the French capital are shown on Nov. 12, 2015, in Tokyo. Cool Japan Fund Inc., a public-private fund aimed at boosting overseas demand for Japanese products and services, announced the same day it will invest about 100 million yen in the company to establish a platform for regional Japanese companies to take on the European market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese "raku" pottery exhibition held at Moscow museum

Visitors look at a Japanese ceramic tea bowl made with the traditional "raku-yaki" pottery technique displayed at an exhibition titled "Raku: The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl" at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow on Oct. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese porcelain cases displayed at cosmetics trade fair in Paris

Visitors view Japanese porcelain cases for cosmetics, including famed Arita-yaki pottery products, on display at a cosmetics trade fair in Paris on Oct. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food event held in Kyoto for people in need of help for swallowing

Traditional Kyoto cuisine specially cooked for people with swallowing disorders is served on "Kiyomizu-yaki" ceramic dishes at an event organized by a group comprising doctors, potters and Japanese sweets chefs at the Kyoto International Conference Center in the western Japanese city on Sept. 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food event held in Kyoto for people needing help for swallowing

Participants taste traditional Kyoto cuisine specially cooked for people with swallowing disorders and served on "Kiyomizu-yaki" ceramic dishes. The event was organized by a group comprising doctors, potters and Japanese sweets chefs at the Kyoto International Conference Center in the western Japanese city on Sept. 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese craftsmanship finds new market via musical instruments

Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2015, shows two trumpets featuring bells made with "Kutani-yaki" ceramics under the sponsorship of the Nomi city office in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit "Kutani-yaki" pottery training center

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Kutani Pottery in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 17, 2015, after attending a national tree-planting ceremony in neighboring Komatsu. The institute is a venue for young artists to learn the local traditional pottery technique. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mashiko-yaki pottery exhibition

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2020, shows an exhibition of Shoji Hamada, a late Mashiko-yaki pottery artist, being held at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art through Nov. 8. The exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of Hamada's visit from 1920 to Britain where he built an Eastern-style climbing kiln.

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Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Items of Japan's traditional "Mashiko-Yaki" style of pottery are displayed at an international trade show in London on Jan. 15, 2017. Distributors of Mashiko-Yaki are seeking to cultivate a market abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese traditional crafts at exhibition in London

Items of Japan's traditional "Mashiko-Yaki" style of pottery are displayed at an international trade show in London on Jan. 15, 2017. Distributors of Mashiko-Yaki are seeking to cultivate a market abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo