March 17, 2016
Last year, we sold out of our limited-edition porcelain travel mug designed exclusively for Umami Mart by Studio Arhoj. We got so many emails and walk-in customers asking us – sometimes begging us – to bring it back. One customer wrote, “It is my favorite mug and I cannot find it anywhere on your website. Do you […]
November 19, 2015
Hasami Porcelain is easy to love. Simple, modular, and beautiful, this elegant line of stacking ceramic tableware comes from an area of Nagasaki, Japan that’s renowned for its pottery. We like that Hasami is both contemporary and traditional at the same time. Until recently, we’ve only offered Hasami’s earthy Brown and Black collections of mugs, […]
November 5, 2015
Heritage Mugs are one of our most popular items at Umami Mart. People dig their retro style and they love them even more when they hear their cool backstory: these mugs aren’t just vintage-looking, they’re actually vintage! Originally made in the 1960s for American consumers by family-owned Kenzan Ceramics in Toki City, Japan, they never made […]