Marushige Touki Nukuta Nabe - Pink, Size 8

Handcrafted in Mino, Japan, Nukuta Nabe is a remarkably versatile direct-flame donabe designed for flavorful everyday cooking. Its thick ceramic body retains heat beautifully, while the glazed base enhances far-infrared cooking and allows everything from rice and simmered dishes to roasting and waterless cooking.

• Color: Pink
• Size 8: approx. 25 cm diameter
• Approx. 34 cm across the handles
• Approx. 10 cm body height; 22 cm total height with lid
• Approx. weight: 3.7 kg
• Cooks up to about 4 cups of rice
• Material: Ceramic
• Ready to use without initial porridge seasoning
• Direct flame only
• Not suitable for deep frying
• Hand washing recommended; avoid dishwasher use
• Handmade variations in color, glaze, and form are natural
• Made in Japan

Product Description

A Rare Japanese Donabe Made for More Than Hot Pot

Nukuta Nabe (温たなべ) is a distinctive handcrafted donabe developed by Marushige Touki in Japan’s Mino pottery region. Unlike conventional earthenware pots, Nukuta Nabe was created with a specially developed clay body and unusually thick construction, giving it exceptional heat retention and remarkable versatility.

Each pot is individually handcrafted in Japan and produced in limited quantities, making Nukuta Nabe a difficult-to-find piece even within Japan and especially uncommon overseas.

What Makes Nukuta Nabe Special

Dry-Heat Cooking — A Rare Feature for Donabe
Traditional donabe are generally not designed to be heated while empty. Nukuta Nabe is different. Its specially developed clay body allows dry-heat cooking, so ingredients can be grilled or sautéed directly in the pot—not just simmered in liquid. This unusual capability dramatically expands what a donabe can do.

Five Cooking Methods in One Pot
Use it to cook rice, simmer, steam, grill, and sauté. From Japanese hot pot and soups to vegetables, meat, fish, and rice, Nukuta Nabe is designed as a remarkably versatile everyday cooking vessel.

Waterless Cooking
Its distinctive domed lid helps capture steam released naturally from ingredients and circulate moisture back into the pot. This makes waterless or low-water cooking possible while helping concentrate the natural flavor of the ingredients.

Exceptional Heat Retention
The substantial, thick-walled body heats gradually and retains heat beautifully. Rather than exposing food to sudden, aggressive heat, it surrounds ingredients with gentle, sustained warmth—one of the qualities that makes donabe cooking so special.

Originally Developed for Delicious Rice
At the heart of Nukuta Nabe's development was a simple goal: to make exceptionally delicious rice. Its clay body, thickness, shape and lid were carefully considered to create the ideal cooking environment for fluffy, flavorful rice.

Tested for Extreme Temperature Differences
Nukuta Nabe has undergone testing involving a 300°C temperature difference, demonstrating the unusual thermal durability of its specially developed ceramic body.

Handmade & Hard to Find

Nukuta Nabe is not mass-produced cookware. Each piece is handcrafted one by one, and production is limited by the time-intensive nature of the process. Certain sizes and patterns can sell out or require advance ordering in Japan.

Small variations in glaze, color, texture and surface character are natural results of the handmade ceramic process. Rather than imperfections, these differences give every Nukuta Nabe its own individual character.

Rarely seen outside Japan, Nukuta Nabe brings together traditional Japanese ceramic craftsmanship and unusually advanced functionality in a donabe made to be cooked with, enjoyed and kept for years.