Hama (Yokohama) Ware is the ceramics made in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref. It became popular when a master potter from Kyoto established a kiln in Minami area in Yokohama village in the Meiji period. The defining characteristic of Hama ware is its exquisite hand-painted color designs featuring flowers, birds, and others on Satsuma biscuits. Hama Ware was very popular exported articles in the Taisho period. Although it fell into a decline during World War II, it was continued in a small scale at several kilns. In 1970, Kozan Kida, who has a leg disability, with the two of his disabled peers established a rehabilitation center for the physically disabled to help revive the traditional techniques of Hama Ware, which was renamed as Kibo Kosei Center, Kibo Kosei Association (Social and Welfare Foundation) in 1984. Since then the Center has contributed to the development and popularization of Hama Ware. In recognition of Kida’s technical excellence, he was invited to the imperial garden party and was awarded Cultural Prize of the prefecture. He has also exerted himself in training the youth. Hama Ware is still continued to make at the Kibo Kosei Center, which has the goal of developing work opportunities for people suffering physical disabilities as well as developing world-class hand-painting techniques.