This product is a lacquered sake cup. It is made of robust cherry wood and coated with Japanese black lacquer to ensure its durability. The design is created with the maki-e technique using tin. Each product is handcrafted individually, and no two pieces are the same.

Wisteria (fuji) is a plant in the legume family that blooms in April and May every year. Pale purple is also known as “wisteria” because of the color of its flowers. Wisteria flowers also feature in the family crests of many Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples as the Japanese word for wisteria shares the same pronunciation with that for “immortality” (fuji).This product features a wisteria flowers inspired by the wisteria flowers that bloom in Niigata.