Experience Hall / Accommodation Experience (Training) Facility Spots in Shiga Area

  • Shigaraki Togeimura
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    3.5
    37 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichounagano 1131
    A Shigaraki ware pottery studio located in Nagano Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. The studio displays and sells tanuki raccoon dog figurines and other Shigaraki ware items. The studio also holds ceramics classes such as handmade pottery, pottery making using an electric potter’s wheel, ceramics painting, and tanuki figurine making (reservation required). The studio’s café, which operates out of a remodeled climbing kiln, serves sweets as well as an Omi beef barbecue course (reservation required).

    I travelled to Japan from the US recently with a group who had an interest in ceramics. We took a one day tour of Shigaraki with Seita from Yutours. I often prefer to travel independently, but in...

  • Shigaraki Ogama
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichounagano 947
    This experience workshop is located in Koka City, Shiga Prefecture. In addition to exhibiting and selling Shigaraki Ware made by artists in Shigaraki, there are hands-on workshops where visitors can make their own pottery. There is also a cafe where visitors can relax and enjoy tea and coffee in Shigaraki Ware cups.

    新宮神社の左側の道はろくろ坂と命名されておりその坂を登って暫く行くと大きな登り釜が眼に飛び込んで来ます。そこの敷地にカフェと信楽焼のギャラリーが有ります。ギャラリーにはこの季節ならではの信楽焼のお雛様が数種類展示されていました。ギャラリーは1階と2階に有りますが、2階はカップ等実用的な陶器が展示されていました。カフェはこの時期、コーヒー、紅茶の飲み物のみでした が、ケーキが用意されているときもある...

  • Kurokabe Glass Trial Class
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Motohamachou 11-21
    An activity facility located in Kurokabe Square, a mall in Motohama-cho, Nagahama City which contains glassware shops and galleries. The facility holds classes on a variety of glassware production methods, and visitors can try glass blowing, stained glass making, creating glass accessories using a blowtorch, and using glass frosting techniques to decorate glass with designs and phrases of their choice.

    3000円でガラスのコップやお皿が作れます。 場所は北国街道から少し路地を入った所で初めての方は分かりにくいと思います。ガラス館で尋ねると教えて頂けます。 休日は予め予約をされた方がよいと思います。 全国様々な場所で同じ様な体験ありますが、こちらは比較的丁寧に教えて頂けます。 とは言っても殆どお店の方が作っている様なものですが(笑)。 所要時間は15分弱ですが、お店に行った順番みたいです。窯が2つ...

  • Tanuki-mura
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Koukashi Shigarakichoumaki 1293-2
    A commercial complex dedicated to Shigaraki ware situated along Prefectural Route 16 in Maki Shigaraki-cho, Koka City. The facility displays and sells tableware, flower vases, and other Shigaraki ware pieces and also offers ceramics classes. In addition, there’s a climbing kiln, restaurant, gift shop, and shop which sells Asamiya tea. The symbol of the facility, the “Largest Tanuki Statue in Japan,” is a popular photo spot.
  • Mizu no Megumi-kan Aqua Biwa
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Otsushi Kurodu 4-2-2
    An interactive learning facility situated along the Sekisho-no-michi in Kurozu, Otsu City. The facility’s exhibits focus on Lake Biwa and the Yodo River, looking at their history, connection to the lives of people through river management and irrigation, and the environment in which the many animals found here live. Here visitors can enjoy hands-on learning through models, videos, quizzes, and an artificial rain room which recreates the 600 millimeters per hour of rainfall recorded as the largest in the world.

    大津市南郷に近くにある「水のめぐみ館アクア琵琶」は、国土交通省琵琶湖河川事務所が運営する琵琶湖の治水や利水、水環境などについて学べる施設です。 建物は本館と雨たいけん室で構成され本館では琵琶湖の水位管理や水害の歴史、先端技術である瀬田川流域の砂防の歴史など、雨たいけん室では人工的につくり出された世界最大級の雨を体験することができます。 入館料は楽しむことができます。残念ですが、新型コロナウイルス感...

  • Kurokabe Music Box Shop
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Nagahama-shi Motohamacho 12-38

    黒壁ガラス館の隣りにあります。建物自体もこじんまりとしたかわいさがありました。おじさん一人でそんな気分にはなりませんが、店内では製作体験もできるそうなので、時間がある方はいい記念になるのではないでしょうか。

  • Aikyo-no-Mori
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    4.5
    2 Reviews
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    Shiga Pref. Higashioumishi Wanamichou 1563
    A campground and training center located in Wanami-cho, Higashiomi City. The facility has a training room with fireplace and cooking facilities, bungalows, campground, barbecue ground, and plaza with playground. Classes such as making crafts, brick oven pizzas, ice cream, and butter are held in the facility’s activity hut.

    永源寺ダムを超えてしばらく池田牧場の看板がある所を山手に上がって行くとあるキャンプ場です。木立の中のキャンプ場でバーベキュー広場やバンガロー、遊具も揃っています。少し奥に車で走ると道の駅があるのでそちらで地元食材も買えますし、清流が癒されます。

  • Mizuguki-yaki Togei no Sato
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Oumihachimanshi Nakanoshouchou 620
    A ceramics classroom facility located in Nakanosho-cho, Omihachiman City. The facility holds ceramics classes using electric and manual potter’s wheels as well as ceramics painting classes. The adjoining café and restaurant serves local Omihachiman cuisine and Omi beef shabushabu and sukiyaki; there’s also an outdoor terrace where diners can enjoy Japanese-style barbecue.
  • Kurokabe Glass Studio
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Motohamachou 12-38
    A glass studio located in Kurokabe Square, a facility situated in a corner of Motohama-cho, Nagahama City occupied by glass galleries, shops, classrooms, and restaurants. The studio is adjoined by a shop, and visitors can watch the glassmaking process up close as well as purchase the studio’s own glass pieces.
  • Omiamagonosato
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Shiga Pref. Takashimashi Shishigase 952-1
  • Oumijoufudentousangyoukaikanmamanomise
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Echigunaishouchou Echigawa 13-7
  • Yogosho Theater yakichi
    Travel / Tourism
    Shiga Pref. Nagahamashi Yogochousakaguchi

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Visitors to Shiga prefecture are almost always hopping east across the prefectural border from Kyoto, and they are almost certainly Lake Biwa-bound. Covering an area of 670 square kilometers, Lake Biwa makes up the bulk of Shiga prefecture, with beautiful lakeside paths that offer myriad walking and cycling opportunities, connecting a string of museums, shrines, and picturesque views that finally lead you to Hikone Castle on the eastern side of the lake.

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