Iron Kitchen's biggest ever Christmas Sale

The festive season may be a bit different this year, so get your iron on, splash out and give your loved ones the gift of terrific teapots, perfect pans and classy cookware.

Iron Kitchen are now offering: 

10% off on all orders over £100 if you purchase with PROMO Code "10WNTR20" all in one transaction by 17 January 2021.

15% off on all orders over £150 if you purchase with PROMO Code "15WNTR20" all in one transaction by 17 January 2021.

20% off on all orders over £200 if you purchase with PROMO Code "20WNTR20" all in one transaction by 17 January 2021.

25% off on all orders over £250 if you purchase with PROMO Code "25WNTR20" all in one transaction by 17 January 2021.

Please write PROMO CODE when you get to the checkout to receive your 10%, 15%, 20% or 25% discount off the total amount.

And that's not all, we are also giving free delivery on all order over £70 (PROMO code FREE70).
You CANNOT use both offers, so please make sure to use the one that saves you the most money.

Happy Christmas shopping!

The Iron Kitchen Guide to Japan -No.5-

Mount Takao

If you aren't doing Fuji and you want monkeys and mountains, this is the place. If you go, you also need to visit the Takao-san Monkey Park. 

Kyoto – Kiyomisudera

The most famous temple in Japan.

Nara Deer Park

For all your feeding deer and reclining Buddha needs. 

Kamakura Giant Buddha

If you only see one Buddha, make it this Buddha (or the other one above). View on http://www.sacred-destinations.com/japan/kamakura-great-buddha

Yoyogi Park

Go for the greenery - stay for the Goths. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3034_002.html

Kinkakuji, Kyoto

Famed Golden Pavillion may be a travel cliché but it is breathtakingly beautiful. www.japan- guide.com/e/e3908.html

The Iron Kitchen guide to Japan -No.3-

Tsukiji Fish Market

Loads of fun and a must for sushi lovers. Drinking sake and Japanese beer and eating raw fish at 7 in the morning with market workers will give you a taste for the real Japan. Get there early – 4am or 5am in the morning. 

Flea markets Osaka

Osaka has shiploads of flea markets and vintage shops - we spent days and days wandering around these. 

Sumo wrestling

Tickets can be hard to come by but it's a must if you can get there. View on http://www.sumo.or.jp/en/index

Skytree

Tallest tower in the world – great views (obviously). 

Tokyo Imperial Palace

You’ll be going here anyway but here’s a link www.japan-guide.com/e/e3017.html

The Iron Kitchen guide to Japan

So you’ve bought a teapot, drunk some sencha and eaten sushi. Now it’s time to visit the place they all came from

I don’t know how many times I hear people say: “I’d love to visit Japan but it’s just so expensive/far away/difficult”. All wrong (except the far away bit – it is far away!). However, if you do want to take a trip to the country where you cast-iron teapot was born, here are a few recommendations – some known, some a little off the beaten track.

The Iwate factory

This is where Iron Kitchen’s cast-iron teapots are born and grow up. Why not take a trip to the factory and watch some masterful artisans at work?

A haven for cast-iron lovers in Tokyo

How one Tokyo shop is keeping the cast-iron traditional alive and well

A couple of month’s back, I came across this lovely article (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/01/08/food/a-cast-iron-teapot-in-tokyos-kitchenware-district/#.VyC-FGMfCN8) in the Japan Times about a small cast-iron cookware in Tokyo called Kama Asa. It’s written by designer Jasper Morrison and gives a short insight into how the Japanese are keeping the cast-iron cookware traditional alive. We hope you like it.

Iron Kitchen in the Japan Journal

Iron Kitchen founder Keiko Koga is interviewed in the latest issue of the Japan Journal in a feature entitled Selling Quality and Passion. To have a read of the report which also features comment from other high-qualityJapanese brands working out of Europe including Wagumi, IronHeart, and The Japanese Knife Company . Open up the pdf, please click here.

Iwate tea pot shoulder pads - hero style

This is Tetsujin gun riser - Iwate's local heroes. Check out the Power-Ranger type with the tea pots on his shoulders. See, these pots don't just make great tea but also fantastic defensive shoulder pads. Your Autumn/Winter 2013 wardrobe just won't be complete without a pair of teapot shoulder pads - so why not buy two?