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1 day tour in Arita

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:20:17 +0000

Highlight
This program is a combination of sightseeing and pottery making session in Arita, a well known pottery locality for artistic porcelain.
You will visit showrooms at Kakiemon and Imaemon, potteries famous for producing Living National Treasures, and some more that also possess a long tradition of exporting beautiful porcelains overseas. At the end of this tour, you will experience an activity of painting the pots.

Tour price per 1 person: 15,500JPY
The price includes:
- English speaking attendant, admission fee to the museums, lunch (drinks are not included), transportation inside Arita, painting instruction fee, facility/tools use, materials, firing fee, tax.
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation to/from Arita, drinks, packing service, delivery service, etc.
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 tour due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Rough itinerary:
10:00 Meet up with a tour attendant at Arita station and visit Kyushu Ceramic Museum.
10:10 See Kyushu Ceramic Museum.
10:50 Go on a walkabout in a district called Sarayama. Visit popular potteries including Tsuji-seiji, Koransha and Imaemon.
12:00 Have lunch
13:00 Visit Kakiemon and Gen-emon.
14:00 Enjoy pottery session of painting.
15:45 Finish the session and transfer to Arita station.
16:00 Break up at Arita station.
*The destinations may be changed due to an irregular closing.

Booking limit: 2 weeks prior to the tour date
Payment limit: Full payment must be completed 2 weeks before the tour date
Payment method we accept: Paypal
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
- 14 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

About the pottery painting session:
- The pottery session will be held at either China on the park or Keizan gama in Arita town, Saga prefecture.
- The pottery you paint will be fired in 1 to 2 months, and then shipped to you. 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 accompany and help you.

1 day tour in Tajimi

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:10:34 +0000

Highlight
This program is a combination of sightseeing and pottery making session in Mino area, a pottery locality famous for glazes such as Shino, Oribe. You will visit a pottery studios which are not usually open to tourists, and with luck, you get to watch skilled craftsmen at work, crafting pieces precisely by hand.

Tour price per 1 person: 18,700JPY
The price includes:
- English speaking attendant, pottery studios visit, lunch (drinks are not included), transportation inside Tajimi (by taxi), pottery making instruction, facility/tools use, wheel use, materials, *firing fee, tax.
*You can fire only 1 work, the diagram and the height 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 to/from Tajimi, drinks, packing service, delivery service, etc.
Tour date: Everyday EXCEPT Tuesdays
*There may be some cases we cannot provide this tour due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Minimum participants: 2 persons

Rough itinerary:
11:00 Meet up with a tour attendant at Tajimi station and transfer to Takata-Onada district.
11:15 Go on a walkabout and visit pottery studios in Takata-Onada district.
13:00 Have lunch
14:00 After lunch, visit pottery studio
14:30 Pottery making session
16:30 After the session, go to Tajimi station.
17:00 Break up at Tajimi station.

About the pottery making session:
- The pottery making session will be taken place at Kokei gama in Tajimi city, Gifu prefecture.
- Enjoy the making process using a wheel. Your works will be dried, trimmed and fired in 2 to 3 months, and then shipped to you. 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: A local English speaking attendant will accompany and help you.

1 day tour in Mashiko

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:00:52 +0000

Highlight
This program is a combination of sightseeing and pottery making session in Mashiko, a pottery locality famous for ‘Mingei’ movement. You will first visit Mashiko Reference Collection Museum and see the collections of Hamada Shoji, a Living National Treasure. Then it’s time to get down to hands on fun of pottery making. You’ll move to pottery studio where you can view Hamada’s old house and his Noborigama.
You can enjoy this program as a 1day-trip from Tokyo.

Tour price per 1 person: 17,300JPY
The price includes:
- Guide fee, admission fee for a museum, lunch (drinks are not included), transportation inside Mashiko, pottery instruction, facility/tool use, materials, *firing fee, tax.
*You can fire only 1 piece, the maximum length of which must be no longer than 18cm. (Those with handles or lids are not acceptable for firing.)
The price does NOT include:
- Transportation to/from Mashiko, drinks, packing service, delivery service, etc.
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 tour due to an irregular occasion of the facility.
Minimum participants: 2 personss

Rough itinerary:
12:00 Meet up with a guide at the bus stop in front of Mashiko Reference Collection Museum or at Mashiko train station on Moka line, and have lunch.
13:00 After lunch, walk to Mashiko Reference Collection Museum.
13:05 Visit Mashiko Reference Collection Museum.
13:50 Leave Mashiko Reference Collection Museum and walk to Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko.
14:10 Pottery making session at Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko.
15:30 Free time after the session. (If you want to ship your work, go to a gallery ‘Toko’ for delivery registration)
17:00 Take a bus to Utsunomiya station in front of Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko. Break up.

Booking limit: 2 weeks prior to the tour date.
Payment limit: Full payment must be completed 2 weeks before the tour date.
Payment method we accept: Paypal
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
- 14 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)

About the pottery making session:
- The pottery making session will be taken place at Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture.
- Enjoy the making process by hand-forming. Your works will be dried, trimmed and fired in 1 to 2 months, and then 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 item crack, we will ship the cracked pieces or a similar item made by the pottery studio instead.

English: A licensed guide will assist you in English.