Black Raku chawan, or tea bowls, are currently gaining global attention. The founder of the Raku family of potters created this implement at the request of Sen no Rikyū, who elevated the Japanese tea ...

Once-popular five-year-old Japanese restaurant Aburiya Raku (often known simply as Raku) has quietly closed. While the restaurant’s website and phone continue to detail takeout hours, the business ...

Raku is known as earthenware that is fired at low temperature. But few people are aware that its roots go back to the chawan (tea bowls) that Chōjirō, the first head of the Raku family, crafted for ...

The “rather serious” restaurant on La Cienega is a lovely place for grilled meat skewers, particularly those with high price tags: One tipoff that Raku hails from Sin City is its proclivity for using ...

If you keep up with the food magazines, I’m guessing you know about the original Aburiya Raku, even if you’ve never quite made it out to the place. It’s the loud, informal Japanese restaurant in Las ...

It’s no secret that Japan has an aging population, and that means that there’s a sizable market of people who either won’t learn the ins and outs of today’s advanced smartphones or are unable to ...

To me, Raku was a pleasant, modestly hip gift shop in Claremont where I could pick up high-style gift wrap, handmade greeting cards and occasionally a witty, retro-themed present. Home decor, soaps, ...

If you've ever stumbled into the weirder corners of YouTube at 3 am, chances are you've encountered him. A man with shoulder-length flowing hair, reflective sunglasses tinted like a disco ball, a ...