Japanese Wood Cara Cup

Open until 5pmIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Woodland Mod when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Egg-shaped, wooden cups that fit gently in your hands. Each cup is carved from a single piece of wood, making the grain continuous and smooth to the touch. "Cara" is a series of egg-shaped tableware making the most of the warmth of wood as a material and thin-wood-curving techniques. Founded in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, in 1965 by Shoichi Takahashi, a lathe worker. Takahashi Kougei launched in the 1980's the production of wood cups and sugar pots using lathes, becoming the founder of the Asahikawa gr