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Happy to announce we have now smaller soba choko cups from Arita! You can enjoy the indigo (dami) color difference made by adjusting the amount of paint by carefully varying the pressure applied to its brush. This cup has a 120ml capacity (full in a cup), ideal for enjoying Japanese Sake! Soba choko cup is also known as a multi-use cup, we also recommend to use it as a demitasse cup, for home-made sauce, green tea (ryokucha, sencha). >> Are you interested in the small cups? >> Are you interested in all of our soba choko cup collection?

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[Online] How to Eat Japanese Soba Noodles? How to Use a Soba Choko Cup?

As we introduce Sobachoko cups on our online shop, Sobachoko cups are originally used for eating Soba noodles. However, you may have some questions; "Soba noodles?" "How do you use this cup then?" Yes, Ramen is famous, Udon is popular, but Soba is also one of our common noodles! Here is a good example to show you how to eat Japanese Soba noodles, made by Chiyoda Ward of Tokyo. Sobachoko cup also works as a multi-use container as for coffee, green tea, sake, yogurt, fruit, ice cream and can also be as a cup planter. Check our Sobachoko collection? >> http://www.jpap.club/collections/sobachoko-cups

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[Online] Sake Breweries from Kyushu Region Opening Event!

Sake breweries from Kyushu region opening event has started at JR Hakata station! You can taste selected 47 sort of sakes (¥300-¥700) from 15 different sake breweries. Illuminated with Sakura cherry blossom color! Highly recommended to get this original sobachoko cup exclusively made for this event, and collaborated with ARITA PLUS—a group of potters from Arita for creating new tableware for professionals. In a stand of ARITA PLUS, you can find your favorite from 400 sorts of sakewares! Receiving an explanation how to finish up this coelacanth motif. Got one! If you live in and around Fukuoka, drop by this event! --- 九州酒蔵びらき (きゅうしゅうさかぐらびらき)Kyushu Sakagura Biraki - in front of JR HAKATA station - 24-27 Mar. 2016 - weekday: 16:00-21:00 / weekend: 12:00-21:00

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[Online] Create Your Own Mix and Match Style!

Presentation is important for Japanese cuisine; we carefully choose tableware to create harmony between meals and the dishes we serve them on, and the season is also an important element. The beautiful table setting is made by matching varied tableware different in colors, sizes, and shapes. Based on this concept, we enjoy this mix-and-match table setting on a daily basis, and this is the easiest way you can try with our new products: blue and white plates! Blue traditional pattern on a Sobachoko cup.Blue modernized traditional patterns on a plate. Just one same color is good enough to lead you to enjoy your mix-and-match style! Or, opposite color combinations are also lovely! Small plates are perfect for condiments, pickles, olives, sauces, dips, small sweets, sugar cubes, Shoyu—Soy Sauce, and even accessories. But as you can see here, they work well as a coaster with your favorite cup! ::: + New plates 10.5cm (photo shown) and 14.5cm + Big Sobachoko multi-use cups *small cups will be available soon!

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