Experience / Training / Vehicle Spots in Mashiko Area

  • Mooka Railway
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    Tochigi Pref. Mokashi Daimachi 2474-1
    This tourist railway operates in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture. Running mainly on weekends and holidays there are two steam locomotives that run year-round. Due to the cotton production that follows the rail-line it has been given the nickname Cotton-Way. The steam locomotives run from Tochigi's easternmost station, Motegi Station in Motegi Town, Haga County down to Shimodate Station in Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture.

    It feels so good enjoying the view of railway and it was interesting that the train has strawberrys advertisement, you can also appreciate a really nice railway view from Japan

  • Mashiko Visitor's Strawberry Farm
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    Tochigi Pref. Hagagunmashikomachi Hanawa 527-6
    The largest visitor’s strawberry farm in northern-Kanto region, this farm houses 111 greenhouses covering an area larger than Tokyo Dome. Supported by the local Japan Agricultural Cooperative farmers, families can enjoy picking strawberries from mid-December through mid-May. All you can eat freshly picked fully ripened large Tochiotome strawberries, known for their sweetness and juiciness, can be enjoyed without any time limit.
  • Igashira Kanko Strawberry Farm
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    Tochigi Moka Kamiodawa 3006
    At this tourist farm, located a five-minute drive from the Moka Interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway, you can enjoy picking Tochiotome strawberries, a brand variety of strawberry Tochigi Prefecture is famous for. There are no time limits, ensuring you can pick strawberries to your heart's content. The farm also has greenhouses with strawberries grown on raised platforms, ensuring even senior citizens who have difficulty bending over and those in wheelchairs can easily enjoy strawberry picking. There's also a money-saving set which includes entry to the Moka Igashira Onsen hot spring bathhouse.
  • Hasegawa Toen
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Mashiko 4240-3
    "A long-established kiln located opposite Mashiko no Mori, a prefectural nature park. With a motto of ""Having Fun Making Pottery,"" they offer the chance to participate in workshops painting ceramics and creating them both by hand and with a potter's wheel. Join their popular electric potter's wheel workshops to make sake cups, teacups, rice bowls, and more. For glazing you can choose between 10 colors and patterns including white, dark blue, and plum patterned. Children 6-years and up can join in by painting letters and pictures on plates and teacups."

    ロクロ体験ができます。私はぐい呑3つ.飯茶碗2つ、皿1枚を作成。そのうち、ぐい呑3つと飯茶碗1つを購入。値段は、ロクロ使用料1000円、ぐい呑800円/個、飯茶碗900円/1個でした。基本料は、ロクロの1000円と制作物を最低2つ購入すること。制作物は焼き上がったら、取りに行くか、宅配便。焼き上がりまでは1カ月から1カ月半。体験時間は基本的に午前と午後の回がありますが、ロクロがあいていれば時間の自...

  • Yokoyama Pottery Experience
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    Tochigi Pref. Hagagunmashikomachi Mashiko 3527-7
    This facility is designed for visitors to try making Mashiko ware pottery. Besides a full-fledged course using a potter’s wheel, there is also a course where even small children can make an original piece like no other in the world with their own hands. On the second floor, there is a café restaurant which serves its fare in Mashiko ware. Take some time out after the class with lunch or sweets.
  • Taiken! Soba Dojo
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    Tochigi Moka Kamiyagai 106
    "This soba noodle restaurant is located in Moka City's nature-rich Kamiyagai district. Here you can learn how to make soba noodles by hand using homegrown, homemade buckwheat flour. Noodle making classes take around an hour and 30 minutes. Participants can also take the noodles they have made using wheat flour and buckwheat flour, veritable gifts of the land, and have them prepared right on the spot to eat them. Dedicated to the motto of ""living with nature and a lifetime of learning from nature,"" staff provide courteous guidance during the classes, ensuring even those with no experience will have fun making soba noodles by hand (advance reservation required)."
  • Kominegama
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Mashiko 3169-1
    This pottery studio makes traditional Mashiko ware, which got its start in 1853. Its studio near the prefectural nature park Mashiko no Mori gives visitors the chance to try painting pottery or making it with or without a potter's wheel. The popular potter's wheel workshop takes about two hours and lets you make more than two items. Rotating the clay with the electric potter's wheel is ideal for creating well-formed pieces. The staff provides careful guidance and will let you use an apron at no extra charge, making the program great for kids and adults alike.
  • Mashiko Ceramic Art Club
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Mashiko 3288-6
    A pottery school with accommodation in Mashiko, a town known for its pottery. In a kominka (traditional Japanese house) with all the necessary equipment, it's a great place to seriously engage in pottery making. They have 30 potter's wheels and they provide as much clay as you need. Even first-timers will have fun under the staff's careful guidance. Clubs and other organizations often use the facility, as do lots of people who just want to quietly make pottery by themselves. There's also a ceramics painting program for those who don't want to make an item from scratch.
  • Tsukamoto Pottery Classroom
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Mashiko 4264
    The largest kiln producing Mashiko ware pottery is located near Mashiko no Mori, a prefectural nature park. The lushly wooded site has a pottery workshop, a gallery, and a restaurant. The workshop produces about 10,000 pots for Oginoya's Kamameshi rice pots daily which are popularly known as bento (box lunch), Yokokawa Touge-no-Kamameshi. They offer three popular pottery classes: painting ceramics, making pottery by hand, and making pottery with a genuine potter's wheel. Under the careful guidance of their staff, even beginners can participate with confidence.
  • Suzuki Blueberry Orchards
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Yamamoto 1657
    A blueberry orchard at the foot of Mt. Amamaki. They grow blueberry varieties such as high bush and rabbit eye on an open, breezy site. Berries are usually in season from mid-June to early September. Grown with care, they are free of chemical pesticides. The orchard's special is that they let you eat as you pick, so there's no time limit. They also sell packs of ripe blueberries, which many people buy to bring with them.
  • Yamani Otsuka Pottery Classroom
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Jonaizaka 88
    "A ceramics school is located in the heart of Mashiko, which is renowned for its pottery. It has a gallery, shop, and restaurant with a theme of ""See, Eat, Play, Relax, Discover, and Make Memories."" The spacious shop offers a wide range of items for you to discover, from traditional Mashiko ware to pieces by young up-and-coming artists. You can select from workshops in painting pottery or making it with or without a potter's wheel. Conducted under the careful guidance of their staff, it's an easily accessible challenge for everyone from kids to adults."
  • Kaneda Kajuen
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    Tochigi Haga-gun Hagamachi Ubagai 1726-3
    An orchard about 30 minutes from Kamino-kawa Interchange on the Kita-Kanto Expressway. Located in a tranquil rural setting, they grow safe and reliably good pears using electrolyzed water to reduce pesticide usage. Their carefully cultivated pears are fully ripened on the tree, ensuring they're soft and sweet. Their pear juice made with perfectly ripe Hosui pears and 100% pear juice gelatin dessert made with whole ripe fruit has been featured on TV and in magazines.
  • Blueberry To Satoyama To
    Travel / Tourism
    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Motonuma 453-1
  • Kodawarinonashito Rice shop furuyanoen
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tochigi Pref. Hagagunhagamachi Inageta 976
  • Ceramics Messe Mashiko/Mashiko Ceramics Art Museum
    Travel / Tourism
    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Mashiko 3021
  • Ino Ichigo Farm
    Travel / Tourism
    Tochigi Moka-shi Monoi 166-1
  • Haga Ichigo Sono
    Travel / Tourism
    Tochigi Haga-gun Hagamachi Ubagai 856-1
  • Big Dream Island
    Travel / Tourism
    Tochigi Pref. Hagagunhagamachi Nishimizunuma 270
  • Iwasaki Apple Orchard
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tochigi Haga-gun Mashikomachi Nanai 1773
  • Hososhima None Garden
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tochigi Moka Terauchi 842-6

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Most visits to Tochigi revolve around Nikko, a small city home to the spectacular, lavishly decorated Toshogu Shrine and Nikko National Park with its mountains, lakes, waterfalls, onsen, and wild monkeys. Neighboring Oku-Nikko is an extension of the fantastic scenery famous for its autumn leaves, while Tochigi’s capital, Utsunomiya, is the only place in the world where you can find oya stone beautifully exhibited in temples and the Oya History Museum.

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