Art Museum Spots in Tobe Area

  • Traditional Tobe-yaki Pottery Industrial Hall
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    Ehime Pref. Iyoguntobechou Ominami 335
    This museum in Tobe Town, Iyo County, Ehime Prefecture provides information on the history of “Tobe-yaki,” one of Japan’s traditional forms of pottery. Tobe-yaki was created in 1775 under the directive of Kato Yasutoki, the feudal lord of the Ozu Domain at the time. The museum exhibits materials on Tobe-yaki’s history, unique features, and production process. In addition to precious Tobe-yaki samples, there are exhibits on other forms of pottery as well. On the second floor you’ll find individual exhibits, group exhibits, and a variety of other planned exhibits. There’s also an area where visitors can purchase their own Tobe-yaki potteries.

    砥部焼の展示を行っている施設ですが、砥部町にある多くの窯元の磁器の販売も行っています。私が訪問した際には、1万円以上を購入すれば、1割引になると掲示されていました。複数の窯元の商品を比べて、それぞれを少しずつ購入したいなら、こちらの施設で買うのも良いかもしれません。 それ以外にも、自転車の貸し出しも行っていて、1日300円というかなり安い金額で自転車を借りることができます。 窯元を巡るのであれば...

  • Mura-no-Eki Gohonmatsu
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    Ehime Iyo-gun Tobecho Gohonmatsu 36
    This gallery is located inside of a renovated kominka (old folk home) in Gohonmatsu, Tobe Town, Iyo County. It exhibits works of Tobe-yaki Ware, a local style of pottery. The gallery also sells soba choko cups and other items fired at local potteries. It provides information about each pottery and can also be used as rest stop.

    永立寺窯(えいりゅうじがま)をやっている西岡さんとそのお連れ合いがやっているお接待ギャラリーで、砥部焼伝統産業会館から徒歩10分ほどのところにある。お連れ合いの実家だった古い家を改修したものだ。砥部町観光ガイドパンフの表紙の蕎麦猪口が木の棚に整然と並べられている写真を見て、この写真の場所を見たくて行ってみた。西岡さん御夫婦とお茶を飲みながら、蕎麦猪口を眺めた。のんびり、ゆったりできた。蕎麦猪口が展...

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Stretched across the northwest corner of Shikoku island, Ehime is a nature-rich prefecture boasting beautiful coastlines and a rural center where mountains play host to 26 of the Buddhist temples that make up the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Matsuyama is home to an original post-feudal castle as well as Dogo Onsen, one of the country’s oldest natural hot springs. The northern city of Imabari marks the entrance to the Shimano Kaido, a road that crosses six spectacular bridges and several islands, forming a route between Shikoku and mainland Honshu.

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