Trend Alert: 7 Artful Japanese Butter Dishes

Noticed lately: design-worthy Japanese butter dishes (or cases, as the Japanese call them). Here are our top picks.

Above: The Porcelain Butter Dish from Japan is $65 for the small size and $72 from Plain Goods.

Above: The elegant Magewappa Butter Case won a Good Design Award in 2011 and is made of Akita cedar (currently sold out at Analogue Life). A similar Magewappa Butter Dish with Spreading Knife is $125 from Sumika Crafts.

Above: Noda Horo has been producing enamel products for more than 70 years; the 6.5-inch-long Enamel Butter Case is $55 from Monolier.

Above: The Azmaya Butter Dish is made of solid cherry wood without the use of nails or screws; $131 from Wallpaper Store.

Above: The Kakudo Butter Case by Takahashi Kougei is $124 from Nalata Nalata.

Above: Stackable Rectangular Case with Lid is $48 from Ippin Project.

Above: The white stoneware Bee House Butter Dish is $26 from Canoe.