Begin your week with a moment of discovery. Every Monday, The AGOBAY Weekly brings you a curated glimpse into our world – new experiences, inspiring creations and stories to savour.
It’s week 15 / 2026
We are honoured to welcome Hitoshi Morimoto to our family of craft makers. A second-generation ceramic artist, he creates earthy, unglazed works from iron-rich clay around his hometown of Bizen, continuing the region’s thousand-year tradition. Among forested hills, he lives and works where he grew up, firing pieces in the ‘noborigama’ kiln his father built, within which flame and ash reveal the raw beauty of Bizen pottery. It recalls the first AGOBAY Artisan Circle in Soazza, high in the Swiss Grisons, where a small group gathered to inspire and learn from one another. At Helga Ritsch’s centuries-old atelier house, we joined Shinichiro Ogata and Shingo Oka to share tea, explore her archive and create new works together. Discover both stories in our magazine.
