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Traditional Bizen ware and Kurashiki Bikan historical area
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Joined 2017
Bizen ware is one of six most popular potteries in Japan. Superior clay is used and put in the tunnel kiln unglazed and fired with pine wood at 1250°C for 20 days . It acquires various subdued colors. You visit the potteries and learn the process of Bizen ware. You can make your own china with the help of the potter. You also visit Kurashiki Bikan historical area.
Itinerary
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Meeting Point
At Okayama Station or your hotel in the case your hotel is near the station
Bizen ware potteries with a big tunnel kiln
Making your own china by yourself with the help of the potter
Watching various traditional Bizen ware and buying your favorite Bizen ware
Visiting Kurashiki Bikan historical area
Ending Point
At Okayama Station
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee
transportation fee (you and guide) the train fare between Kurashiki and Inbe 1680 yen round trip per person
entrance fee (you and guide) if you want to visit the museum in Kurashiki historical area
experience fee making your own Bizen ware if you want to make it about 4000 yen
lunch
Tour Important Information
If you stay in the hotel in Kurashiki, we can meet in Kurashiki.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you according to your request.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2017
About Tour Guide Yoko M.
Hello. I'm Yoko Miyake. Please call me Yoko. I'm a licensed guide. I love travelling. I have visited all the prefectures in Japan. Though Japan has many good places to visit, I hope many foreign travellers will visit my hometown Kurashiki and enjoy their stay there. Because I was born in Kurashiki, and I have lived there since then, I know a lot about Kurashiki. Of course I can show you other good places in Okayama Prefecture and near Okayama Prefecture.
Reviews
Jeanette C.
“A beautiful day on Teshima and Naoshima”
Yoko met me at Uno Port for the fast passenger ferry to Teshima. I love Teshima, such a beautiful quiet place, with small villages and terraced rice fields. There is not much in the way of public transport on Teshima, so we walked to all the sites we visited, including Les Archives Du Couer and Teshima Art Museum, taking the bus back to the port. The Teshima Art Museum is an amazing experience. It is hard to put it into words. You really need to experience it. Off the Naoshima after lunch, visiting the Noashima New Art Museum. We managed to fit in all the Art House Projects before finishing for the day. Yoko was a wonderful guide, full of knowledge about the Art Islands. I enjoyed her company and appreciated her efforts for such a wonderful day.
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Yoko M.
Thank you for a nice review. I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed Teshima and Naoshima a lot. I also had a nice time with you.
Isabella N.
“Thoughtful and easy to communicate”
Yoko-san was incredibly thoughtful and very easy to communicate with. We were trying to fit as many activities as possible into the schedule, and she handled everything with patience and clarity. Our itinerary discussions were detailed, and she also provided valuable local insights that we truly appreciated. See you again, Yoko-san.
Yoko M.
Thank you very much for a nice review. You have booked the museums and the taxi very well. So we could move very smoothly and visit many places. I am very happy that you enjoyed Naoshima and Teshima in Seto Inland Sea very much. Yoko
Keivan M.
“Great tour with a great guide”
Yoko is a great guide who is very knowledgeable about Japanese history especially in the Okayama area. As part of the tour we visited a pottery kiln inBizen Imbe, where Yoko got us a behind the scenes tour of the kiln with the owner and master potter. Then we visited Kurashiki where she explained so much interesting history of the area, the shrines, and all the powerful people who lived there. If you are interested in learning about Okayamas rich history, you have to book a tour with Yoko!!!
Yoko M.
Thank you vrry much for a nice review. I had a very nice time with you in Bizen and Kurashiki. I drink coffee served with Bizen ware every day.
$207/ per group
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