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91st Setomono Festival & Fireworks Patron of Ceramics Kato Tamikichi 250th Anniversary

Seto-City 91st Setomono Festival & Fireworks
Patron of Ceramics Kato Tamikichi 250th Anniversary

Date : 09/10/2022, 09/11/2022

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The Biggest Ceramics, Pottery & Porcelain Street Market Event in Japan - With Fireworks!

The Setomono Festival, held since 1932, sees the local pottery industry celebrating the legacy of Kato Tamikichi, hailed as “Father of Seto Pottery,”and who studied this art in Kyushu during the Edo period and brought it to the Seto region. Numerous events take place over the festival’s two days, and among them is Japan’s biggest "Seto Pottery Bargain Market," where prices are way lower than usual, drawing in several hundred thousand people from all over the country.

Over 200 merchants line the street along the margins of the Setogawa River, and besides the staggering variety of earthenware and china available, visitors will be able to experience crafts and techniques by seeing, shopping or having hands-on sessions. And on the first day of the event, a fireworks display is expected to take place, adding to the attractiveness of this massive festival!

EVENT OVERVIEW

Date	: September 10 (Saturday) and 11 (Sunday), 2022
Holding time	: Great Bargain Market -September 10 (Saturday), 2022 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM -September 11 (Sunday), 2022 from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Fireworks: From 6:30 PM to 6:45 PM -September 10 (Saturday), 2022 from 6:30 PM to 6:45 PM *: In case of inclement weather, postpones to September 11 (Sunday), 2022 from 6:00 PM to 6:15 PM
Place	: All around downtown Seto-City, with main venues surrounding Owari-Seto Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line.
Location	: 〒489-0811 12-1 Yamawaki-Town, Seto-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan (Owari-Seto Station)
Fee	: Free

Parking	: Available *: Since parking around the venue is limited, please use public transportation as best as possible.
Restrooms	: Available
Phone number	: 0561-85-2730 (Seto Marutto Museum and Tourism Association)

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.

LINK

Official Setomono Festival Web Site (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

Just a brief walk from Owari-Seto Station of the Meitetsu Seto Line (board from Sakaemachi Station in Sakae, in turn reachable from Nagoya Station using the subway Higashiyama Line bound for Sakae and Fujigaoka).
Access by car

Approx. 10 min. northwestwards from Seto-Akazu I.C. of the Tokai Loop Expressway via Route 33, or;
Approx. 15 min. southwestwards from Seto-Shinano I.C. of the Tokai Loop Expressway via Route 248, or;
Approx. 15 min. northwards from Yakusa I.C. of the Sanage Green Road (Route 6) via Route 155 (may be accessed via Nisshin Junction of the Tomei Expressway via Nagoya-Seto Road).

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Keyword: #Setomono Festival; #Fireworks; #Commemorating the Appointment as Japan Heritage; #Seto-Ware; #Seto-Yaki; #Ceramics, Porcelain, China and Earthenware

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