News
New Donabe Cooking Class Schedule for December
Our donabe cooking class schedule for December is now confirmed! The theme is Donabe Tori-Suki (Chicken Sukiyaki) Dinner Party. You can RSVP from t...
Thanksgiving Weekend Shop Hours
TOIRO in West Hollywood will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, and we will open again on Friday, November 24. Our hours are 11am - 6pm, c...
Michelin 2 Stars Awarded to Single Thread Farms!
Our special friends, Kyle & Katina’s Single Thread Farms in Healdsburg, California, was announced to be awarded with 2 Michelin Stars last mont...
Our Donabe Rice Cooker, Kamado-san was introduced on Goop
Our double-lid donabe rice cooker, Kamado-san was introduced along with TOIRO's owner, Naoko's comment on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop!
DONABE Cooking Class - After Hour Happy Donabe Club
We are very excited to announce our first "After Hour Private Donabe Cooking Class" at TOIRO. The theme for this kick-off event is Donabe Smoking. ...
TOIRO Shop Opens on October 10!
Our first brick-and-mortar shop is opening Tuesday, 10/10 in LA! TOIRO means "10 colors" in Japanese, so we thought that will be the perfect bir...
NOW hiring! TOIRO sales and creative opening staff
We are so excited to announce that we are opening our first brick-and-mortar shop in LA in mid September! The location is West Hollywood (we will i...
Our Kamado-san is featured on Bon Appétit magazine
Our popular double-lid donabe rice cooker, Kamado-san, is featured in a full-color full-page on the latest issue of Bon Appétit magazine! Here's th...
New Item: Swinging Shamoji Rice Paddle
Naoko has been a fan of this item and using it for many years, and now we have it available to our customers! Cute, handy, and easy to scoop. This ...
New Item: Stackable Wood Rice Boxes (Free shipping within Continental US)
Stylish wild paulownia rice storage box, made by Masuda Kiribako from Fukuoka, Japan. Rice can be kept fresh with the effects of repelling insects ...
Donabe Article on Cook's Gazette
The current issue (Issue 10) of a popular culinary web journal, Cook's Gazette, has a big feature of our donabe, Nagatani-en, and Naoko. It's a bea...
Our donabe are featured on Food & Wine Magazine
Our donabe and Iga-yaki pottery are featured on April 2017 issue of Food & Wine magazine! It's a color 8-page special feature about our friends...