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Nagoya :Private Pottery Wheel Experience & Shopping Tour
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 4h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Multiple languages
Overview
- Feel the clay transform into beautiful shapes under your hands
- Create everyday tableware like bowls or tea cups on a pottery wheel
- Enjoy creating more freely shaped pieces at your own pace
- Browse a wide range of Seto ware, from traditional to modern designs
- Travel smoothly to the studio via a pre-arranged private vehicle
Activity location
- Nagoya
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
- 日本、〒489-0811 愛知県瀬戸市山脇町12−1 | Meitetsu Owari-Seto Station has only one ticket gate, so you won't get lost. Your guide will be waiting just outside the gate; please meet them there. The guide will transport you to the workshop where the experience takes place in a dedicated vehicle. Along the way to the workshop, you can see the old-fashioned townscape.
- Seto, Aichi, Japan
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Nagoya :Private Pottery Wheel Experience & Shopping Tour
- 4h
Activity duration is 4 hours 4h - English
What's included, what's not
- Pottery experience
What's included What's included - 2 pieces you created
What's included What's included - Visit to kiln studio
What's included What's included - Private vehicle transportation
What's included What's included - Rental Aprons
What's included What's included - Firing fee
What's included What's included - Guide fee
What's included What's included - Premium paulownia box with potter's signature (for shipping)
What's included What's included - International shipping fees for pottery
What's excluded What's excluded - Personal purchases
What's excluded What's excluded - Food and beverages
What's excluded What's excluded - Transportation costs to the meeting place
What's excluded What's excluded - Tips for the guide
What's excluded What's excluded
Know before you book
- Not suitable for: Children under 6 years, People with heart problems, People with recent surgeries, Wheelchair users
What you can expect
Begin your journey at Meitetsu Owari-Seto Station, a 40-minute train ride from Nagoya, we will transport you by private vehicle to the historic studio in Seto City.
At the workshop, a skilled potter will provide direct instruction. Choose between an electric pottery wheel experience, where you’ll create everyday tableware like bowls or tea cups, or a hand-building experience, where you can enjoy creating more freely shaped pieces at your own pace.
From the 4 pieces you create, we will fire and mail 2 of the best-made pieces to you.
Your creation will undergo the subsequent processes of bisque firing and glaze firing to be completed. This typically takes 1-2 months. The finished piece will be shipped to your home via an international shipping service arranged in advance through your guide (international shipping fees are additional). Your one-of-a-kind Seto ware, crafted by your own hands, will be the ultimate travel souvenir.
Next, transfer by private car to the long-established Seto ware retailer. Browse a wide range of Seto ware, from traditional art crafts passed down through generations to modern tableware designs suited for contemporary dining, and even affordable souvenirs. If timing allows, you might even witness artisans painting pieces.
Enjoy approximately 45 minutes of free time to choose souvenirs for yourself or gifts for loved ones from the diverse collection of vessels, featuring Seto ware's uniquely beautiful glazes and the warmth of the clay.
Location
Activity location
LOB_ACTIVITIES LOB_ACTIVITIES - Nagoya
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
PEOPLE PEOPLE - 日本、〒489-0811 愛知県瀬戸市山脇町12−1 | Meitetsu Owari-Seto Station has only one ticket gate, so you won't get lost. Your guide will be waiting just outside the gate; please meet them there. The guide will transport you to the workshop where the experience takes place in a dedicated vehicle. Along the way to the workshop, you can see the old-fashioned townscape.
- Seto, Aichi, Japan