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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.
