
Mashiko Pottery Travel Guide by Angus Miyaji
About this Mashiko Pottery Travel Guide
This Mashiko pottery travel guide is designed to offer ideas for people interested in Mashiko pottery on how to enjoy Mashiko.
Who is this travel guide for?
This Mashiko pottery travel guide is aimed towards Japanese pottery enthusiast. Activities on this page can be experienced very easily.
Total budget?
Each activity is Free – ¥5,000 per person

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Hamada family's studio and museum
Entrance fee: 800yen
(Location: Google Map)
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Admire the art of Pottery
Next to the museum is Hamada Shoji’s original house (open to the public) a kiln and residence for overseas potters so if you are lucky you might be able to see potters using the kiln.
Entrance fee: 600 yen
(Seniors: 300 yen, Children: 300 yen)
(Location: Google Map)
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Make your own pottery
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Pottery shopping
There are many shops on the main street of Mashiko (Jyonaizaka street) that sell Mashiko pottery, so make sure to walk around the center of town when you are there. Also, there is a weekend morning market that sells small items at discounted prices as well as the two large pottery fairs a year that attracts tens of thousands of shoppers from Japan and overseas.(Currently the weekend market and pottery fairs are on hold due to COVID)
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Drink sake with Mashiko cups
After learning about Mashiko pottery and making your own, it’s now time to taste the award winning local sake with sake cups made by local Mashiko potters. Head over to Tonoike sake brewery to take an English tour of the brewery and taste their amazing sake.
(Location: Google Map)
Japanese

Soma
Lunch: 1,200-3,000 per person
Dinner: 2,000-5,000 per person
English-No (But welcoming)
Location : Google Map
Western / Other

Curry Kitchen Yamani
Lunch : 1,000-2,000JPY
English-No (But easy to understand menu with photos)
Location : Google Map
Morning
- Pottery Making
- Visit Sankokan Museum
- Visit Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art
- Strawberry Picking
- Go for a bike ride
Afternoon
- Pottery Making
- Visit Sankokan Museum
- Visit Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art
- Go for a bike ride
- Visit Michinoeki
- Visit Tonoike Sake Brewery
Evening
- Take a dip in onsen at Mashikokan Hotel
Lunch
- Curry Kitchen Yamani
- Soma (Japanese)
- Warasan (Pasta etc)
- Tonkatsu Chitose (Tonkatsu)
- Mukubar (Tacos)
Dinner
- Soma (Japanese)
- Tonkatsu Chitose (Tonkatsu)
- Panda Shokudo (Casual Chinese)
Stay
- Yuuwakan
- Mashikokan Hotel
- Morino Garden

Local writer: Splitting his time between London and Japan, Angus works closely with local travel companies and local tourism organisations in North of Tokyo (Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma & Saitama prefectures). In addition to promoting tourism, Angus also helps local sake breweries market their SAKE overseas. (Head of NearbyTokyo.com)