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  • Ironabeshima Kobogama Okawachi Gallery
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    Saga Pref. Imarishi Okawachichou Otsu 1175-3
    A pottery studio and shop located in Okawachiyama, mountain village of Nabeshima ware, in Okawachi-cho, Imari City. The owner has studied the colorful Iro-Nabeshima variety of Nabeshima ware for close to 30 years and here customers can purchase original pieces crafted with the masterful techniques acquired through this journey. A fun place just to come and look around, the studio’s shop is filled with beautiful small dishes decorated using pattern paper as well as free hand designs.
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  • Ichirizuka Hongyo Kiln
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    Aichi Seto-shi Ichirizukacho 27
    "About five minutes on foot from the Ichirizuka bus stop, this well-preserved Meiji period kiln has inherited the Seto technique of making pottery with a white finish from highly heat-resistant clay. There is also a ""climbing kiln"" on the mountain slope, and in 2017 the pottery production area was certified as a Japanese Heritage. The studio has lots of clay vessels waiting to be fired. You can also try your hand at making one using a potter's wheel. The program takes about an hour, making it a good place to spend some quiet time with clay."
  • SEIZAN GAMA
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    Aichi Seto-shi Nishigamacho 137
    This kiln and cafe is right near the Meitetsu bus's Omatsu stop. The unpretentious interior has a home-like atmosphere. It has Joseon Dynasty furniture that goes well in Japanese interiors. Japanese-style tableware and vases are placed on it, resulting in a settled space. There cafe gallery lets you appreciate the work at your leisure. The 5th generation owner and 6th generation son make Akazu ware, and their personalities show through. The handmade pottery is displayed with a variety of decoration and arrangements, making for a pleasant cafe experience.
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  • Kiyoshi-Gama Porcelain
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    Ehime Iyo-gun Tobecho Gohonmatsu 364
    This ceramic kiln is on prefectural route 53 in Gohonmatsu, Tobe town, Iyo district. They make the local specialty Tobe-yaki pottery, and display and sell it. This kiln is unusual in its adoption of glazing techniques adopted from Arita-yaki pottery, and they sell Tobe-yaki pottery with modern design motifs.
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  • Sukoshiya Matsuda-Gama
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    Ehime Iyo-gun Tobecho Ominami 826
    This pottery is located in Ominami, Tobe Town, Iyo County. It makes and sells Tobe-yaki vessels. Tobe-yaki Ware is a local style of pottery that is a specialty of the region. Their products are notable for cute designs painted in a variety of colors on the milky white cermamic including the classic blue as well as red and pink. In addition to tea cups, soba choko cups, and other vessels, the shop also sells children’s tableware.
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  • Kokujiyaki
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    Iwate Kuji-shi Kokujicho 31-29-1
    Located about a 55-minute drive from Kunohe Interchange on the Hachinohe Expressway, this kiln for Kokuji ware has a history of about 200 years. The glaze made from iron sand and rice husk ash using local Kuji soil is attractive for its unique elegance and simplicity. Inheriting traditional techniques, each piece is handmade using a potter's wheel. It also sells coffee cups, square plates and sake cups. In addition, the pottery experience where you can create your own pieces is popular. Many tourists visit the Kokuji Pottery Fair every May for the auctions from the kiln.
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  • Kutani Choemon
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    Ishikawa Nomi-shi Yoshimitsumachi Ho 65
    This pottery studio produces Kutani ware, one of Ishikawa Prefecture’s most well-known traditional crafts. The studio primarily makes and sells decorative art and tableware for special occasions as well as everyday meals. Established in 1879, the studio offers classical yet fresh Kutani ware which is decorated in deep, vivid indigo blues and the traditional five colors (blue, yellow, violet, ultramarine, and red) of Kutani ware.
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  • Taisetsu-gama
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    Hokkaido Asahikawa-shi Asahigaoka 2-9
    The oldest potter in Asahikawa. They continue to make pieces that show the nature of Hokkaido and the changing of the seasons. They use the Crystal Glaze technique, which was passed on to the third generation of Taisetsugama and was inspired by the idea of snow and ice. Various conditions including the composition of the glaze and the temperature of the kiln cause parts of the glaze to appear as crystal. The inconsistency of the amount of crystallization is part of the attraction. In their workshop, surrounded by vibrant colors including the fresh greens of spring or the changing autumn colors, they offer workshops in making teacups and coffee cups.
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  • Rozan Kiln
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    Ogawauchiyama, Imari city, Saga prefecture
    The history of the traditional Ironabe-shima Ware and Rozan Kiln began in the Edo period, when the Nabeshima family, lords of the Hizen Province’s Nabeshima domain decided to make a gift of pottery. The materials used to color each finished piece (Iroe-jiki) are carefully selected for their calming and beautiful traits. The traditional techniques and the workers’ response to the changing times can be seen clearly in their work. The kiln is approximately ten minutes by car from the Chikuhi Line’s Kami-Imari Station.
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  • Pottery Gallery Shimairo
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    Okinawa Pref. Urumashi Yonashirotoubaru 428-6
    Pottery Gallery Shimairo standing in a peaceful village surrounded by sugar cane fields on Miyagi Island is a pottery studio and gallery shop owned by Katsushi Shimabukuro, a pottery artist. In the studio on the first floor, the pottery’s manufacturing process can be observed up close. In a gallery on the second floor, a range of pottery from vessels and flower vases with monotone colors to plates and cups with light and gentle earthy colors are displayed and sold. A shaved ice shop next to the studio uses crockery made at Pottery Gallery Shimairo.
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  • Moriyama-gama
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    Shimane Pref. Odashi Yunotsuchouyunotsu A 3-2
    This is the kiln run by Masao Moriyama, the last apprentice of Kawai Kanjiro. Devoted to beauty and ease of use, the work here gives a sense of warmth.
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  • Tsukamoto Pottery
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    Tochigi Pref. Hagagunmashikomachi Mashiko 4264
    This pottery shop is over 150 years old. It’s famous for Mashiko ware pottery used for the containers of the popular “Touge-no-Kamameshi” train station lunch boxes. The spacious grounds of their container factory and Mashiko ware studio in Mashiko Town host a gallery and museum. Factory tours and pottery making workshops using an authentic potters’ wheel are both popular. View the work of living national treasures and famous potters at the gallery.
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  • Houkokusha Shibukusa-yaki Pottery Works
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Kamininomachi 63
    This porcelain shop is a little to the east of Kajibashi Bridge. Founded in 1841 and run by Houkokusha, to this day they continue to make hand painted Shibukusa-yaki chinaware. This is the only place Houkokusha’s products are available. Since everything is meticulously hand painted, their pieces aren’t cheap, but they’re high quality. People often give them as gifts, and Japanese people sometimes choose them as a reward for participating in the “countryside tax system. Their hallmark product is a tea bowl painted with chrysanthemums inside and out. If you hold it up to the light you can see how beautifully the patterns are rendered.
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  • Zoho-Gama
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    Gifu Pref. Tajimishi Taiheichou 6-87
    This is the studio of Koizumi Zoho, the head of a family that has served the local shrine since the Edo Period. It's five minutes by car from the either Tajimi Interchange on Chuo Expressway or the north exit of JR Tajimi Station. The quality of work they aim for is neither like inexpensive mass-produced items, nor expensive works of art, but somewhere right in the middle. They put particular energy into their rice bowls. Through the trial and error approach of their artisans, they've produced every possible shape and pattern of rice bowl imaginable. The red paint made over a thousand-day period from a pigment known as “benigara looks gorgeous and becomes more subdued as time passes.
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  • Umezatogama
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    Tokushima Naruto-shi Oasacho Otani Michi no Ue 30-1
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  • shodaiyaki sueyasugama
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    Kumamoto Arao-shi Fumoto 1712-2
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  • Koishiwara ware
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    Fukuoka Asakura-gun Toho Mura Koishiwaratsuzumi 3089-2
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  • Sehyogama Tobako
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    Saga Imari
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  • Shodai Pottery Fumoto Kiln
    Travel / Tourism
    Kumamoto Arao-shi Fu
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  • Isshingama
    Travel / Tourism
    Nagasaki Higashisonogi-gun Hasami Cho Nakaogo 670
    "Located in Hasami-cho's Nakao-go district, the kiln produces white porcelain with a variety of hand-carved patterns using more than 30 different types of ""kanna"" (a tool with a different shape)."
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