Kikkou Mokume traditional miso soup bowl

亀甲Kikkou refers to the shape of a turtle shell, popular for lacquered objects because turtle is known as a lucky animal.

Mokume refers to the pattern formed by the grain of a tree, popular for lacquerware and carried over into a Japanese metalworking method that produces a rolled metal with the various layers visible. This is known as Mokume-gane, which translates as "wood-grained metal" and describes metal appearance that resembles wood natural grain.

Bowls we propose here are made of high quality ABS resin with the look of traditional lacquer.