Day Trip Tokyo Ceramic Pottery

Mashiko is a town in tochigi prefecture that is famous for its ceramics mashiko yaki.

Day trip tokyo ceramic pottery. Fancy making your own tableware on an electric wheel or shaping some ceramic figurines using traditional japanese hand building techniques. Finally take a tour of the kutani pottery kosen kiln tours of the kutani kosen pottery kiln are free and given in english by the owner of the kiln. In our last article we wrote about the capital of dumplings and jazz utsunomiya now to change tones a bit japan kuru visits a town known for its pottery and ceramics industry. Being a pottery craftsman town there is a lot of emphasis on hands on creation and local wares.

Kyoto to tokyo after breakfast we visit some local ceramics studios and meet local artisans. Tokyo this morning we will make our way to the district of harajuku. The tokyo shops that carry this emerging tableware are run by devout ceramic lovers. This time we took a day trip outside tokyo to ride a steam locomotive train widely known as sl s in japan and visited pottery related venues both of which made for a perfect outing on a warm spring day.

Part exhibition space part store kurodatoen s collection of ceramics is so expansive that they actually have two stores in tokyo. Don a samue the traditional garb of japanese craftsmen as you learn to make a hand crafted pottery item with the help of your professional instructor. Perfect for crafty guests or those traveling with kids. After this we travel onwards to tokyo where you will stay for 4 nights.

The garden first laid out in 1676 and enlarged to its present size of about 10 hectares in the early 1800s was an outer garden of kanazawa castle. Kyoto at leisure spend your free time in kyoto at leisure. Run by the kuroda family the first store was opened in ginza in 1935 by ryoji kuroda and the newer version now lives in shibuya kuroda s sons kusaomi and kazuya still man both stores carefully keeping watch over the precious ceramics they display and sell. Even if you don t want to get your hands muddy there s tons to see and learn at these traditional pottery towns.

The city is about two hours north of tokyo three hours if you take local trains and is a do able day trip from tokyo or even better part of a multi day trip combining the north western region of tochigi. We ve found three famous pottery towns that make easy day trips from nagoya osaka or tokyo. Make your own unique pottery creations as a useful souvenir of your trip to japan. I m partial to my local marco polo 1 36 13 uehara shibuya ku.

81 3 3466 1523 in the expat heavy yoyogi. The moka railway also serves as a gateway to mashiko town which is the home of japan s famous mashiko yaki pottery.