Wooden bowls had been popular until ceramic-ware became widely used (In Kyushu, the custom of using wooden bowls has almost been lost due to the wide use of ceramic-ware, but in the Tohoku region, the culture of using many wooden bowls remained until modern times.)
また、陶磁器の普及までは木椀を使用しており（九州では陶磁器の普及により木椀を用いる習慣がほとんど失われた一方、東北地方では近代にいたるまで木椀を多用する文化が残っていた。）