Ceramics

Ceramic: The only raw material is dirt which you make into shapes and then formed into vessels by baking. You can use them as plates, tea cups and other tableware, and flower vases. For this pottery, the ceramic items retain the thick and rough feel of the dirt. Porcelain items, when compared to ceramics, have a higher quality feel to them and are thinner from being baked at a high temperature. In Japan, there is a custom of appreciating earthenware items and there are various earthenware museum in various places.

Arita

Early Imari ware and the like are famous.
Kutani

Then have a magnificent style of elegance.
Bizen

While they are not flashy, they never loose their appeal.
Shigaraki

There is a famous ornament of a tanuki (Japanese racoon-dog) with a characteristic cracked pattern.
Mino

There are various types with free expressions.
Seto

Japan's greatest ceramic and porcelain producers.
Kiyomizu

There are many elegant items that have noble qualities.
Mashiko

There are many with simplistic qualities.