Asahiyaki will share the story of osaa, its new tableware collection presented at 3daysofdesign in 2026.

Continuing to Make Tradition

— Considering the Future of Tradition through Asahiyaki’s osaa

For more than 400 years, Asahiyaki has continued to make pottery in Uji, Kyoto.

While inheriting this tradition, osaa is a new tableware collection born from dialogue with the Finnish design unit Kaksikko and chefs from Japan, Finland, and Denmark.

Is tradition simply something to be preserved?
Perhaps creating new forms of expression and value through encounters with different cultures and perspectives is also one way to carry culture into the future.

As part of the Tomorrow’s Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform’s Kotsukotsu! Doorway to Culture programme, we will present an exhibition and two talk sessions using osaa as a practical example through which to consider these questions.

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Thursday, November 12, 2026

TALK SESSION 01 | 1:30–3:00 PM

“How Do We Communicate Tradition?”
— The Design and Communication Behind osaa

How should tableware be presented within a space? How can its story be conveyed through visuals and language?

The three people responsible for the production, exhibition design, and graphic design of osaa will share their perspectives.

Speakers: Toshiyuki Matsubayashi, Kohei Suzuki, Koichi Ogawa
Capacity: 21 guests
Fee: ¥3,500, including sencha and sweets

TALK SESSION 02 | 7:00–8:30 PM

“Opening Japanese and Global Food Cultures through Tableware”
— Considering the Future of Tradition through Using osaa

A maker of tableware and a chef who uses it in practice will reflect on the making of osaa, which emerged from collaboration across countries and cultures, as well as its presentation at 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen. Together, they will consider new possibilities for tableware and food culture.

Speakers: Toshiyuki Matsubayashi, Atsushi Nakae
Coordinator: Yuko Saga
In-person capacity: 18 guests
Fee: ¥6,000, including one plate and one drink
Online via Zoom: General ¥2,000 / Students ¥1,000

Please note: All talk sessions will be conducted in Japanese.

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osaa Collection Exhibition | Free Admission

10:00 AM–7:00 PM

The exhibition is open to all visitors, whether or not you attend a talk session.

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Event Information

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
Venue: Ritsumeikan Kyomachiya Campus, Funebokocho Kaisho
391-1 Funebokocho, Shinmachi-dori, Ayanokoji-sagaru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Organiser: Tomorrow’s Kyoto Cultural Heritage Platform
Learning Platform MIRAI / Ritsumeikan Academic Center / Public Lecture

Tomorrow’s Kyoto

Carrying Kyoto’s culture 100 years into the future.

See it. Learn about it. Touch it. Use it. Taste it.

Join us for a day of reflecting on the future of tradition through the osaa collection.

Registration & Details

All talk sessions will be conducted in Japanese.

The registration page is currently under maintenance. If you would like to attend, please contact Asahiyaki. We will share the registration link as soon as the page is available again.