Black Raku chawan, or tea bowls, are currently gaining global attention. The founder of the Raku family of potters created this implement at the request of Sen no Rikyū, who elevated the Japanese tea ...

Raku is known as earthenware that is fired at low temperature. But few people are aware that its roots go back to the chawan (tea bowls) that Chōjirō, the first head of the Raku family, crafted for ...

Once-popular five-year-old Japanese restaurant Aburiya Raku (often known simply as Raku) has quietly closed. While the restaurant’s website and phone continue to detail takeout hours, the business ...

The “rather serious” restaurant on La Cienega is a lovely place for grilled meat skewers, particularly those with high price tags: One tipoff that Raku hails from Sin City is its proclivity for using ...

If you keep up with the food magazines, I’m guessing you know about the original Aburiya Raku, even if you’ve never quite made it out to the place. It’s the loud, informal Japanese restaurant in Las ...

When you're thrifting for ceramic art to incorporate into your home, one type of pottery stands out among the rest: raku pottery. If you've never heard of it, raku pottery refers to an ancient ...

Japan’s rich history of ceramic artistry developed in large part alongside the culture of drinking tea. Chanoyu (literally, “hot water for tea”), or the practice of preparing and serving matcha, ...