{"title":"Hirota Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been making glass in Tokyo since 1899. The workshop was founded at the point where European glassmaking, newly arrived in Japan, met Japanese design, and its archive of drawings and forms has stayed inside the company ever since. Pieces are hand-blown, and the workshop also practices Edo kiriko cutting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Heritage line is drawn from that archive. Forms that were in production a century ago are reissued rather than reinvented, so a motif is carried in the shape of the glass itself instead of applied to the surface. The soy sauce dispensers show it plainly: a hexagonal kikkō body, a four-lobed sakura base, a fluted kikumon base, each with a ground-glass stopper whose lip returns stray drops to the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld forms, kept in circulation rather than kept in a case.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-kikko","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Tortoiseshell","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been making glass in Tokyo since 1899, more than a hundred and twenty-five years of continuous work. Their original design archive dates back to the founding, and this dispenser is one of the forms reissued from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottle’s hexagonal silhouette is the traditional \u003cem\u003ekikkō\u003c\/em\u003e (tortoiseshell) motif, long associated with longevity in Japanese design, carried in the shape of the glass itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two things that matter most on a soy sauce dispenser are the pour and the cleanup. This one gets both right. The ground-glass stopper’s lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so nothing lands on the tablecloth. The build is glass only, two pieces held closed by the ground-glass fit itself. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Nothing to gunk up, nothing to work around when it's time to wash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts natural use is soy sauce, but the same shape holds olive oil, balsamic vinegar, or lemon juice just as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip returns stray drops to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHexagonal silhouette, the traditional \u003cem\u003ekikkō\u003c\/em\u003e (tortoiseshell) motif carried in the shape of the glass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSuits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKodai-iro\u003c\/em\u003e (the color of Japan's classical era), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHirota's swallow mark pressed subtly into the top of the stopper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA small object made to last. From a maker made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597293510742,"sku":"600-AM","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-tortoiseshell-3340092.png?v=1787542330"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-sakura","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Cherry Blossom","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass sits at a specific meeting point. European glassmaking arrived in Japan in the late nineteenth century, and Hirota, founded in Tokyo in 1899, was one of the workshops where that new craft blended with Japanese design into something distinct. This dispenser is a reissue from Hirota's historical archive, a form born of that meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottle’s four-lobed base is the sakura (cherry blossom) motif, carried in the shape of the glass itself. In Japanese design, sakura is long associated with the arrival of spring and with mono no aware, the quiet beauty of things that pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome designs survive because they solve a problem quietly and well. This one is one of them. The ground-glass stopper catches stray drops on its lip and returns them to the body, so soy sauce doesn't run down the outside. The whole vessel is two pieces of glass. No rubber, no plastic, no screws to work around at the sink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeant for soy sauce, but the shape happily takes olive oil, balsamic vinegar, or lemon juice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip returns stray drops to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eFour-lobed base, the sakura (cherry blossom) motif carried in the shape of the glass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSuits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKodai-iro \u003c\/em\u003e(the color of Japan's classical era), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHirota's swallow mark pressed subtly into the top of the stopper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA small object for the meals worth being present for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597296197718,"sku":"670-AM","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-cherry-blossom-6251603.png?v=1787542328"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-kikumon","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Chrysanthemum","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been working glass in Tokyo since 1899, and the workshop still practices the hand traditions that shaped its early years. Hand-blown vessels, Edo kiriko cutting, and forms drawn from the maker's own historical archive. This dispenser is one of those forms, reissued from the archive and made in the same hand-blown method Hirota has used from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bottle's fluted base is the \u003cem\u003ekikumon\u003c\/em\u003e (chrysanthemum) motif, carried in the shape of the glass itself. In Japanese design, the chrysanthemum is long associated with autumn and longevity, blooming after most other flowers have faded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsider what a good dispenser doesn't do. It doesn't drip on the tablecloth. It doesn't hide gunk in a rubber gasket. It doesn't fall apart because a plastic thread stripped. This one is glass only. Body and ground-glass stopper, held closed by their fit. The pour returns any stray drop to the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoy sauce, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice. The shape holds each just as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip returns stray drops to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFluted base, the \u003cem\u003ekikumon\u003c\/em\u003e (chrysanthemum) motif carried in the shape of the glass\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmber “ancient-glass” color (\u003cem\u003ekodai-iro\u003c\/em\u003e), a soft yellow-green traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHirota's swallow mark pressed subtly into the top of the stopper\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small object that stays. Meal after meal, season after season.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597296558166,"sku":"603-OA","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-chrysanthemum-2593599.png?v=1787542330"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-round","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Small Round","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 1899, Hirota Glass has kept its design archive within the company: a collection of drawings and forms passed down from the maker's founding in Tokyo. This small dispenser is one of the shapes reissued from that archive, made in the same hand-blown tradition Hirota has practiced for over a hundred and twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA simple round form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line. The 50 ml size opens quiet possibilities: one at each place setting so each person pours their own, two or three side by side with different condiments, or a smaller pour of something used sparingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo things about this bottle: the pour, and the build. The ground-glass stopper's lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so there's no sticky ring left on the tablecloth. The build is just two pieces of glass, held closed by the fit of the ground-glass itself. No screws, no rubber gaskets, no plastic. When it's time to wash, there's nothing to work around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 ml round form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKodai-iro\u003c\/em\u003e (the color of Japan's classical era), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow it lives on your table is really up to you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597296623702,"sku":"633-OA","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-round-5998473.png?v=1787542327"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-octagon","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Small Octagon","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been making glass in Tokyo since 1899. The workshop still reissues shapes from its own historical catalogue, keeping older forms in circulation for the table. This octagonal dispenser is one of those reissues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn octagonal form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line. Its eight flat facets catch light differently as the bottle turns on the table. At 50 ml, the small size opens quiet possibilities: a single condiment at each place setting, a lineup of shapes across the table, or a smaller pour for something used sparingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall doesn't mean simple. The ground-glass stopper's lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so nothing puddles on the tabletop. The whole bottle is two pieces of glass, held closed by the fit of the ground-glass itself. No plastic gasket, no metal cap, no screws. When it's time to wash, the two pieces come apart in seconds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 ml octagonal form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKodai-iro\u003c\/em\u003e (the color of Japan's classical era), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEight facets, one clear job.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597296656470,"sku":"632-OA","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-octagon-2872828.png?v=1787542329"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-rectangle","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispenser — Small Rectangle","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been making glass in Tokyo since 1899. The workshop’s approach to its historical archive is less preservation than translation, keeping older forms in circulation on modern tables. This dispenser is one of the shapes drawn from that archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rectangular form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line. Its flat sides give it a more geometric feel than the round or the octagon, and let it sit closer to its neighbors on a crowded table. At 50 ml, this size lends itself to a few uses on the table: one at each place setting, two or three lined up with different condiments, or a smaller pour of something used sparingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pour is quiet. The build is quiet too. The ground-glass stopper's lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so nothing lands on the tablecloth. The bottle is two pieces of glass held closed by the fit of the ground-glass itself. No plastic, no rubber, no screws to strip. Nothing hidden, nothing to gunk up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-glass stopper. The lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body, so it doesn't leave sticky rings on the table\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo glass parts only. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart, easy to clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e50 ml rectangular form, one of three shapes in Hirota's small dispenser line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFits any small-pour condiment: soy sauce, olive oil, balsamic, lemon juice, vinegar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eKodai-iro\u003c\/em\u003e (the color of Japan's classical era), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple lines from a hundred-year archive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hirota Glass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597296689238,"sku":"631-OA","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2330\/8397\/files\/hirota-heritage-glass-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-rectangle-1667040.png?v=1787542329"},{"product_id":"hirota-soy-sauce-dispenser-small-trio","title":"Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispensers — Small Trio","description":"\u003cp\u003eHirota Glass has been making glass in Tokyo since 1899, and their small dispenser line comes in three shapes: round, octagon, and rectangle. 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Six glass parts across the set, and every one comes apart in seconds for washing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree Hirota Heritage Glass Soy Sauce Dispensers, one of each shape: Round, Octagon, Rectangle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach holds 50 ml, made in Tokyo by Hirota Glass, glassmakers since 1899\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround-glass stopper on each. The lip catches stray drops and returns them to the body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo glass parts per bottle. No plastic, no rubber, no screws. Easy to take apart and clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKodai-iro (ancient color), a very subtle amber warmth traditional to Hirota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA small saving compared to buying the three separately\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of each shape. 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