Alisa and Claus Clausen on sat 7 aug 99
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Here is what my sister (so she is not a know-it-all) wrote to me about a =
tour in
Japan including ceramic highlights. Not too much but a bit to go on:
Forwarded:
I do not know of any tours, but there are several major ceramic
centers (Arita, Kutani) in northern Kyushu, the most southern of the
four main islands. I think the best bet is to find out how to reach them
using a guide book or information from the Internet=3B it may be best to
rent a car as I don't think the bus service to the kilns is great. I
would not recommend a tour organized by the Japan Travel Bureau (the
major tour company) because even if they are offered in English, they are
pretty =22canned.=22 Kyushu, from the little I've seen, is very =
interesting.
I would like to see more of the place myself.
Good luck
Alisa
Daniel Considine on mon 9 aug 99
Yes go to Kyushu...I've been here(Tokyo) ten years and went on a tour (to
kama=kilns) this past May and it was superb. Kyushu is unlike much of Japan
in that is is very wide open and highly agricultural as well as the birth
place of the Korean influence on traditional Japanese history.
Onda is a small village which has ten main families continuing their pottery
from over 300 years...they still grind thier clay (mined from local areas)
using water powered levers...They just got their first electric wheels
recently ( some still resist using them).
We went to Karatsu (one of the closest ports to Korea) and were abel to go
to various master potter kilns and speak with them personnaly.
dpc
>Here is what my sister (so she is not a know-it-all) wrote to me about a
tour in
>Japan including ceramic highlights. Not too much but a bit to go on:
>
>
>Forwarded:
>I do not know of any tours, but there are several major ceramic
>centers (Arita, Kutani) in northern Kyushu, the most southern of the
>four main islands. I think the best bet is to find out how to reach them
>using a guide book or information from the Internet; it may be best to
>rent a car as I don't think the bus service to the kilns is great. I
>would not recommend a tour organized by the Japan Travel Bureau (the
>major tour company) because even if they are offered in English, they are
>pretty "canned." Kyushu, from the little I've seen, is very interesting.
>I would like to see more of the place myself.
>
>
>Good luck
>Alisa
>
>
Daniel P. CONSIDINE, PhD
Waseda University
102 Century Mansion
4-23-11 Irumagawa
Sayama city 350-1305, Japan
Phone/Fax +81 42-954-2401
Cellular 090-8105-8750
Richard mahaffey on mon 9 aug 99
You can get information ini English from the Japanese Tourist (it might be
Travel) information centers. There is infromation available in English.
There are TIC offices in San Francisco, and New York. Phone the nearest
counsilate or EMbassy to you adn ask for the phone number. They have info
all kinds of other interesting things in Japan, esp. other crafts.
Good luck
Rick Mahaffey
Tacoma, Washington , USA
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