Highlight:
In this program, you will make pottery used in our daily lives, staying in Arita, a pottery locality famous for porcelain. You will use porcelain clay, form it with a wheel, and do the over glazed decoration. Experiencing this process would be very special especially for those who didn’t have a chance to make “porcelain” very often.
After unloading your works, you will make soba (Japanese buckwheat noodles) with the owner, and eat it, serving in your own bowl.
Tour price per 1 person: 312,500 JPY
The price includes:
- Facility/tools use
- Instruction fee (note: The pottery studio owner can not speak English, but a local English speaker will support you. Please also note that there might be some days we can not provide this program due to the potter’s schedule.)
- Materials (clay, glazes, paints etc)
- Gas and Electirc kilns use (1 time for biscuit firing, 1 time for glost firing, 1 time for decorating firing)
- Soba making experience
- Accommodation for 29 nights
The price does NOT include:
– Transportation fee to/from the pottery studio, Meals, Packing service, Delivery service, etc.
Pottery facility: Norito-gama (in Arita town, Saga prefecture) [Web / Photos]
Minimum participants: 1 person
Booking limit: 30 days prior to the tour start date
Payment limit:
- Advance payment of 10% of total tour cost must be deposited within 7 days of receiving a tentative confirmation (Refundable).
- Full payment must be completed 30 days prior to the tour start date.
Payment method we accept: Paypal, Bank transfer, International postal money order
Cancellation fee (Based on Japan time):
– 30 days to 15 days prior to the tour start date: 30% of the tour price
- 14 days to 1 day prior to the tour start date: 50% of the tour price
- Cancellation on the tour start date: 100% of the tour price (No refunds)
About firing:
– You can do the biscuit firing, glost firing and decorating firing 1 time each (3 times in total) by using either an electric kiln or a gas kiln. The gas kiln for glost firing is about 1.5 cubic meters.
- As your works will be fired together with other items, you cannot specify the firing method. Also, please understand that there may be some limitations in terms of sizes and numbers of items to be fired.
- For the firing schedule, please arrange the schedule with the studio owner in advance.
About the accommodation:
You will be billeted in a private home near the studio. The room can be locked with a key (it will be a Japanese style room) and you will use futon (a Japanese style tick) when you sleep. Also, a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet, a washing machine, a fridge and a dining space will be shared. The internet is not available.
The owner does not live in this house now, but there will be held jazz-piano lessons several times a week in that house.
About the meals:
You can use the kitchen in your room. The house owner will tell you where the nearest grocery store is.
English: The studio owner can not speak English, but a local English speaker will support you.
A Message from the Pottery Owner I aspire to make pieces from the early period of Arita porcelain, of which also fit well with modern lifestyle. On weekends, we serve Soba (Buckwheat noodles) entirely made by hand. We are looking forward to welcoming you to our studio. |
