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Tokoname-City Tokoname Pottery Footpath

  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath
  • Tokoname Pottery Footpath

Photogenic urban scenes of chimneys, kilns, and factories

Small teapots made of iron-rich clay, known as "shudei ware", is said to give the tea brewed in it a mellow flavor. The vermillion color and shine resulting from firing this clay has made its main medium, Tokoname ware, incredibly famous among the pottery of Japan. Today, Tokoname ware incorporates not only shudei ware but the styles of countless artists and craftsmen who have come to Tokoname City.
Tokoname ware met its heyday during the beginning of the Showa period from the mid-1920s. The pottery style is known for its small teapots as well as earthenware pots, liquor bottles, pipes, bricks, tiles, and other objects which led to a pottery manufacturing prowess which helped to shape Japan's industry.

Areas around the city with towering chimneys, kilns, and factories offer a look into the past even today. Tokoname is loved far and wide as a tourism spot for its historical industrial heritages not only to pottery aficionados but photographers and many others in search of buildings and landscapes reminiscent of yesteryear. And recently, stylish cafes, galleries, and other intriguing establishments offering interesting items have taken a stronghold over the area with a fondness held especially by ladies.

Walk through a maze-like path searching for hidden intrigue

Pottery Path

Within this city of pottery lies the Tokoname Pottery Footpath, starting at the Tokoname City Ceramics Hall just a five to ten-minute walk from Tokoname Station and curving around a hill of moderate height at the city's center.
The A Course (1.6 kilometers and around one hour to complete) takes you by brick-constructed kilns and chimneys, traditional black-walled factories, and a sloping road with walls of refuse pottery for a feeling of the past in a setting you'll only find in Tokoname. The B Course (4 kilometers and around two and a half hours to complete) lets you journey by INAX Live Museum and numerous other educational establishments.
You'll be glad to get lost in this maze of Tokoname's allure and charm.

SPOT OVERVIEW

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Location : 〒479-0836
3-8 Sakae-machi, Tokoname-shi, Aichi (Tokoname City Ceramics Hall)
Fee : Free to walk along. JPY 200 for admission to Takita Family Shipping Agency Residence (free of charge for junior high school ages and younger).

Note:
• Prices are subject to change. Check the official site, etc. for the most up-to-date information.
Opening
days / hours
: Available any time of day to walk
Parking : Pottery Footpath Parking Lot:
• Approx. 45 passenger vehicle spaces (JPY 300 per space, available for eight hrs.)

Ceramics Hall Parking Lot:
• Approx. 40 passenger vehicle spaces (JPY 500 per space, available all day. JPY 300 for mopeds and motorcycles.)

Note:
• Ichiki Bridge South Parking Lot available to buses only (advance reservation required).
Restrooms : Available
Holidays : Open every day

Note:
• Some establishments along the footpath have set days off. Contact the Tokoname Tourism Association (0569-34-8888) for details.
Phone number : 0569-34-8888

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    From Central Japan International Airport Station, take the Meitetsu Tokoname Line. Get off at Tokoname Station and walk 5 min. (Avoid rapid trains as they do not stop at Tokoname Station.)
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    5 min. from Rinku Interchange on Chitaodan Road (Centrair Line).

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