Asakano-gama, a 300-year-old company, is releasing rice bowls featuring designs of Fukushima Prefecture's famous places, specialties, and tourist attractions. Starting with the Akabeko, a local folk craft of the Aizu region, the bowls are hand-painted with designs of Tsuruga-jyo Castle, Lake Inawashiro and Mount Bandai, Miharukoma, the Soma Nomaoi festival in the Hamadori region, and Iwaki's hula girls.
Clay: Hand-refined ceramic clay from Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Design: Hand-painted using the scraping technique.