After throwing the pottery, the “obi”, belt part is scraped back, creating a stripe in the surface. This stripe is surrounded by the Shippou pattern in a darkly painted underglaze blue: the pattern of two connecting rings, called wachigai, is repeated in four directions, so the kanji character “shiho-tsunagi” (meaning "connecting in four directions”) was used to describe this design. This kanji (四方) can also be read as “Shippou”, which is the same as the reading of the kanji 七宝, meaning Seven Treasures as a reference to precious stones in Buddhism. Because of the geometric flow effect of the intersecting circles, this pattern is used to symbolize endless peace and happiness.

The “obi” is painted a deep green glaze and has a flower pattern in it, giving it a natural flow.