{"product_id":"sake-set","title":"Sake Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJapanese Sake Set — Stoneware Flask, Warming Bowl and Cups\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSake is social before it is anything else. The ritual is built so that no one fills their own cup: the flask passes from hand to hand, each person pouring for the next. This set is made for exactly that — a \u003cem\u003etokkuri\u003c\/em\u003e flask, a run of small \u003cem\u003eochoko\u003c\/em\u003e cups and a wide warming vessel, so a table of people can drink the way sake is meant to be drunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pieces are thrown in a speckled buff stoneware, matte and slightly rough to the touch, with a single fish painted in cobalt blue riding a stylised wave across each surface. It is a rustic, hand-finished look rather than a polished porcelain one — the flecks in the clay and the small variations in the blue are part of the character, not flaws. The flask is corked and hung with a length of twine at the neck, a detail that keeps the aroma in and gives the piece its weathered, well-used feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe wide vessel is the traditional way to serve warm sake: the corked \u003cem\u003etokkuri\u003c\/em\u003e stands inside it in a bath of hot water, coming gently up to temperature the way sake has been warmed for centuries in cooler months. The small cups keep each pour modest, which is the point. Beyond sake, the set works for warm shochu or plum wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003etokkuri\u003c\/em\u003e flask holds 300 ml and stands 14 cm tall with a 4.2 cm neck; the wide warming bowl measures roughly 10 cm across and 9 cm high, sized so the corked flask stands inside it in a bath of hot water. The small cups follow the same speckled stoneware and cobalt fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the set.\u003c\/strong\u003e One stoneware sake flask (tokkuri, 300 ml), one wide warming bowl and six small cups (ochoko). \u003cem\u003eHand wash to preserve the painted detail; suitable for gentle warming in hot water, not for microwave or dishwasher.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JAPAN CLOTHING","offers":[{"title":"Full Set","offer_id":53626172801371,"sku":"14:200006154#F","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/Designsanstitre-2026-07-22T112949.984.jpg?v=1784712636","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/sake-set","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}