Maruo Kiln

Maruo kiln has started by Kanazawa family back in 1842. Currently 5th generation of the family, Kazuhiro Kanazawa and his three sons continue creating their traditional ceramics. Many of the ceramists in this area, Amakusa has years of experiences as a craftsman at this company before establishing their own kilns. The father, Kazuhiro is mainly creating the traditional style ceramics, and each of his sons are inventing new and modern ceramics and art pieces.