Mashiko prospered as the typical pottery town of Japan has become one of the most famous pottery town along with Hagi, and Oribe. Currently there are 250 potteries and more than 50 pottery stores. And the town produced a lot of famous artists such as Shoji Hamada who was the first living national treasure of Japan, and Tatsuzo Shimaoka who was also a living national treasure.
JR Utsunomiya Station at the Shinkansen ticket gate.
The tour will visit the pottery Iwashita which has two climbing klin and provides an experiencing to make potteries, a museum of ceramic ware, an old house of ShojiHamada.
And also visit an indigo dyeing studio which shows a typical textile and dyeing technique, and Japanese sake brewery.
And to visit the biggest pottery in Mashiko town which has a plant, a memorial museum and shop which sell many products from artists.
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You may know many kinds of artistic and daily use potteries and ceramic ware, and its process. In the museum, you can enjoy many works of art which was made by living national treasures or big artists. The indigo dyeing studio one of the historic Japanese dyeing technique shows beautiful works, its process and weaving process at the loom.
Guide fee
Admission fee, transportation cost, lunch, dinner, etc. All the expenses incurred during tour will be borne by the client.
・ If you fix a plan from Tokyo in the morning, it is convenient to take these train as follows.
From JR Tokyo Station, take the JR Shinkansen Yamabiko #127 for Sendai (8:08), arrive at JR Utsunomiya Station (9:01).
The transportation fee is ¥4410 ( for a round trip is ¥8820)
・A bus fare from the Utsunomiya Station to Mashiko is ¥1150 (for a round trip is ¥2300).
・Restaurants and fast food shops are available.
・The price include tax and the guide's travel cost between his/her home and the site of the assignment.
・ Admission fees for each museums are not included in the price.
・ All the expenses incurred during work will be borne by the client.
・ If you like to ride bicycle, rental fee is not included.
・ It is possible to take one day trip from Tokyo, and there are many accommodations.
・ If you fix a plan from Tokyo in the morning, it is convenient to take these train as follows.
From JR Tokyo Station, take the JR Shinkansen Yamabiko #127 for Sendai (8:08), arrive at JR Utsunomiya Station (9:01).
The transportation fee is ¥4410 ( for a round trip is ¥8820)
・A bus fare from the Utsunomiya Station to Mashiko is ¥1150 (for a round trip is ¥2300).
・Restaurants and fast food shops are available.
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We are glad to have Akio as our guide to show us the nice and interesting places in Tokyo. Akio is very patient and never rush us. He told us some history and what is interesting about the places we saw. Without Akio, it would be very difficult for us to go around the subway stations in Tokyo. Thank you Akio.
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