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Pottery experience in Arita

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:40:19 +0000

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Arita is known as a pottery locality producing artistic porcelain. While other pottery programs offer “Pottery” making, in Arita, you will be experiencing making of “Porcelain”.
On weekdays, you can see and learn in the studio, and with a little luck, can appreciate the professionals’ working.
Beginners can also enjoy this program.

Tour price per 1 person: 6,200JPY
The price includes:
- Pottery instruction, facility/tools use, wheel use, materials, *firing fee, English speaking attendant, tax.
*You can fire only one piece with the diameter being no longer than 15cm. (Those with handles or lids are not acceptable for firing.)
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation fee to/from the facility, meals, packing service, delivery service, etc.
Pottery facility you use: Keizan gama at Arita town in Saga prefecture
Tour date: Everyday
- There may be some cases we cannot provide this program due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Available time: 9:00 – 16:00
Time required: apprx.1 – 1.5hours
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Booking limit:　2 weeks prior to the tour date.
Payment limit: Full payment must be completed 1 week before the tour date.
Payment method we accept: Paypal
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
- 7 days to 2 days prior to the tour date: 30% of the tour price
- 1 day prior to the tour date: 50% of the tour price
- Cancellation on the tour date: 100% of the tour price (No refunds)

Firing and shipping:
- The pottery you make will be dried, trimmed, and fired in 1 to 2 months. When completed, it will be shipped. Please pay the packing and the delivery fee by cash when you register the shipping.
- Due to the porcelain characteristics, it may be cracked or broken without anyone’s fail. In the event of your item crack, we will ship the cracked pieces or a similar item made by the pottery studio instead.

English: A local english speaking attendant will help you.

Pottery experience in Tajimi

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:30:37 +0000

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In this tour, you will visit Tajimi in Gifu prefucture, a very popular pottery town especially famous for the variation of glazes such as Shino and Oribe. Potters at the beginner level can enjoy this program. You will make pottery with an electric wheel, surrounded by rich green nature. The gallery next to the working space can help you expand inspiration and imagination for your works.

Tour price per 1 person: 6,400JPY
The price includes:
- Pottery instruction, facility/tools use, wheel use, materials, *firing fee, tax.
*You can fire as many as 2 pieces, the height and the diameter of which must be no longer than 28cm in total.(Those with handles or lids are not acceptable for firing.)
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation fee to/from the facility, meals, packing service, delivery service, etc.
Pottery facility you use: Kokei gama at Tajimi city in Gifu prefucture
Tour date: Everyday EXCEPT Tuesdays
- There may be some cases we cannot provide this program due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Available time: 9:00 – 12:00 / 13:00 – 17:00
Time required: apprx.1 – 1.5hours
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Booking limit: 1 week prior to the tour date.
Payment limit: Full payment must be completed 1 week before the tour date.
Payment method we accept: Paypal
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
- 7 days to 2 days prior to the tour date: 30% of the tour price
- 1 day prior to the tour date: 50% of the tour price
- Cancellation on the tour date: 100% of the tour price (No refunds)

Firing and shipping:
- The pottery you make will be dried, trimmed, and fired in 2 to 3 months. When completed, it will be shipped. Please pay the packing and the delivery fee by cash when you register the shipping.
- Due to the pottery characteristics, it may be cracked or broken without anyone’s fail. In the event of your item crack, we will ship the cracked pieces or a similar item made by the pottery studio instead.

English: Instruction will be done by a pottery staff in English; however, there might be some gaps in fluency.

Pottery experience in Bizen

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:20:44 +0000

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Bizen is famous as a pottery place of unglazed stoneware called ‘Yakishime’.
Your works will be fired in a traditional way of using straws, and the trace of the straws sometimes remains as reddish fire mark. We call this ‘Hidasuki’, and regard as one of the characteristics of Bizen ware.
This program is good for the beginners, and also as a group activity, for the pottery studio has a large capacity.

Tour price per 1 person: 2,625JPY
The price includes:
- Pottery instruction, facility/tools use, *materials(0.5kg of clay), firing fee, tax
*You can make 2 tea cups, a set of coffee cup and saucer, or a tea bowl out of 0.5kg clay.
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation fee to/from the facility, meals, packing service, delivery service, etc.
Pottery facility you use: Bishu gama at Bizen city in Okayama prefecture
Tour date: Everyday
- There may be some cases we cannot provide this program due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Available time: 9:00 – 15:00
Time required: apprx.1 – 1.5hours
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Booking limit: 1 week prior to the tour date
Payment limit: Full payment must be completed 1 week before the tour date.
Payment method we accept: Paypal
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
- 7 days to 2 days prior to the tour date: 30% of the tour price
- 1 day prior to the tour date: 50% of the tour price
- Cancellation on the tour date: 100% of the tour price (No refunds)

Firing and shipping:
- The pottery you make will be dried, trimmed, and fired in 3 to 5 months. When completed, they will be shipped. Please pay the packing and the delivery fee by cash when you register the shipping.
- Due to the pottery characteristics, it may be cracked or broken without anyone’s fail. In the event of your item crack, we will ship the cracked pieces or a similar item made by the pottery studio instead.

English: The instructor at the pottery studio will help you in English.

Pottery experience in Mashiko

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:10:36 +0000

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You will visit Mashiko, one of the most popular pottery localities in Japan, and famous for a spirit of ‘Mingei’ to enjoy making pottery with a wheel. You can fully appreciate the world of a well-known potter, Shoji Hamada by making pottery seeing Hamada’s old house next to his old Noborigama. This program is good for beginners and, with the help of English-speaking professional guide, you will enjoy hands-on fun of throwing a pot..

Tour price per 1 person: 6,500JPY
The price includes:
- Pottery instruction, facility/tools use, wheel use, materials, *firing fee, guide fee, tax.
*You can fire only 1 piece, the maximum length of which must be no longer than 23cm. (Those with handles or lids are not acceptable for firing.)
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation fee to/from the facility, meals, packing service, delivery service. etc.
Pottery facility you use: Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko in Tochigi prefecture
Tour date: Everyday EXCEPT Mondays. (If Monday is on holiday, Tuesday will be out of service)
- There may be some cases we cannot provide this program due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Available time: 10:00 – 12:00 / 13:30 – 15:30
Time required: apprx.1.5 – 2hours
- If you want to ship your works, you need to go to a gallery ‘Toko’ for delivery registration. (The gallery is about 5 to 10 minutes from the facility on foot.)
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Firing and shipping:
- The pottery you make will be dried, trimmed, and fired in 1 to 2 months. When completed, it will be shipped from a gallery ‘Toko’. Please pay the packing and the delivery fee by cash when you register the shipping.
- Since you use natural materials and the works are treated in a very high heat, one out of dozens can crack or break in the process of drying or firing. In the event of your items crack, we will ship the cracked pieces or similar items made by the pottery studio instead.

English: A licensed guide will assist you in English.