Kyoto Zuikogama Higashiyama

Local culture & a special souvineer

My husband always wanted to try the pottery wheel. With Kyoto being a historical pottery center, and the home of tea ceremony, we chose the 40 min session and i chose to make a matcha bowl. My husband...

Great fun!

This was a super introduction to wheel work in the heart of beautiful Kyoto. Very worthwhile and lots of fun!

Shimizu-ku

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I was able to experience making ceramic art while under the guidance of a craftsman. If you pass through the sleeve to the Samue that you can lend, you will feel excited that you can do the same process as the real Shimizu ware yourself. The course using electric rods, an orthodox ceramic technique, is how to make a royal road that shaped while pinching your fingers on the circling clay and fine-tuning it. If you add even a little force, the shape will change in an instant, so you won't feel like it until the end. Aiming for thin, light, beautiful baking ...