September 2018
[Chobundo's Tetsubin Natsume] Natsume has been made for more than 50 years since the first generation.
[Chobundo's Tetsubin Natsume]
Chobundo was founded in 1952. Applying the traditional casting process of Yamagata Casting, which has 900 years of history, Chobundo manufactures iron kettles with thin walls and a beautiful casting surface that is simply called "Thin-walled and Gorgeous".
Natsume, which means a jujube in Japanese, is an iron kettle that shaped like a jujube. Natsume has been made for more than 50 years since the first generation.
https://www.shokunin.com/en/chobundo/
Watanabe Mokkogei received an encouragement award from The Japan Folk Crafts Museum.
Watanabe Mokkogei was founded in 1950 in Fukumitsu, Toyama Prefecture. Works on an integrated production of beautiful folk crafts of Shogawa Turnery, a traditional craft good of that region, practicing from the grain making to the lacquering. They received an encouragement award from The Japan Folk Crafts Museum.
https://www.shokunin.com/en/watanabe/chabon.html
