We have unique and traditional pottery towns in Japan. You will find favorite places to visit from the following list.
Mashiko
Mashiko Ware: Characteristics Mashiko Ware centers on the concept of “Functional Beauty” It is said that Mashiko Ware began at the end of the Edo Era when Keisaburo Otsuka, who trained in Kasama, built a kiln. From that point onwards,…
Mashiko – Potter
Hamada Shoji (1894-1978) Hamada was a ceramicist who advocated the folk arts movement. He once wrote, “I found my way in Kyoto, began in Great Britain, learned in Okinawa and graduated in Mashiko”. In 1955, he was designated as the…
Mashiko – Photos
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Mashiko – Travel
Basic Information / Articles – Wikipedia – Wikitravel – About.com – iGuide – The Japan Times – Frommer’s – e-YAKIMONO.NET – Japan National Tourism Organization – Mashiko Town Tourist Association (Japanese) – Photos on flickr
Mino
Mino Ware: Characteristics Kizeto (Yellow Seto) This is a yellow pottery created in Mino during the Momoyama Era. Tableware such as pots and bowls, vases, incense burners and containers were created in this style with tableware being especially common. The…
Mino – History
THE BEGINNING OF MINO KILNS In Tounou, the southwestern area in Gifu Prefecture, the manufacture of pottery through kilns started from the early Kofun, or Tumulus, Era of the 7th century; such pottery was called Sue Ware, or Sue-ki, and…
Mino – Potter
Kato Takuo (born 1918) Takuo Kato, who was the eldest son in a family for the venerable Koubei Kilns, was attracted by Persian ceramics on a trip to Iran while he was a student in Finland during the postwar period.…
Mino – Photos
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Mino – Travel
Basic Information / Articles – Wikipedia (Tajimi / Toki) – Wikitravel (Tajimi) – iGuide (Tajimi) – e-YAKIMONO.NET – Tajimi City Tourist Association (Japanese)