| Earthenware name:Festival/fair name |
For more information |
| Dates |
| Place |
| Aizu Hongo Seto Ceramics Fair |
Aizu Hongo-machi Tourist Association
Tel: +81-242-56-4882
Japanese-language website:
http://www.hongou.aizu.or.jp/kankou/ |
| 4 a.m. to noon, first Sunday in August |
| Aizu Hongo-machi, Fukushima Prefecture |
| Mashiko ware: Mashiko Pottery Fair |
Mashiko-machi Tourist Association
Tel: +81-285-70-1120
Japanese-language website:
http://www.mta.mashiko.tochigi.jp/ |
| Late April to around May 8; several days around November 3 |
| Mashiko-machi, Tochigi Prefecture |
| Kasama ware: Hi-matsuri Festival |
Kasama Ware Co-op
Tel: +81-296-73-0058
Japanese-language website:
http://www.kasamayaki.or.jp/ |
| Late April to around May 5 |
| Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Mino ware:Tajimi Pottery Festival |
Tajimi Pottery and Porcelain Wholesalers' Co-op
Tel: +81-572-25-5588
Japanese-language website :
http://www.japan-net.ne.jp/%7Etatosho/ |
| 2nd Saturday and Sunday in April |
| Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture |
| Seto ware:Setomono Festival |
Setomono Festival Association
Tel:+81-561-82-3123
English-language website:
http://www.city.seto.aichi.jp/e/ |
| 2nd Saturday and Sunday in September |
| Seto, Aichi Prefecture |
| Tokoname ware: Tokoname Ware Festival |
Tokoname Ware Festival Association
Tel: +81-569-34-3200
English-language website:
http://www.city.tokoname.aichi.jp/html/ intro_e/top.html |
| 3rd or 4th Saturday and Sunday in August |
| Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture |
| Iga ware: Iga Ware Pottery Festival |
Iga Ware Traditional Industry Museum
Tel: +81-595-44-1701
Japanese-language website:
http://www.igayaki.or.jp/introduction/ display.html |
| 4th Friday, Saturday and Sunday in July |
| Iga, Mie Prefecture |
| Kutani ware: Kutani Chawan Festival |
Kutani Chawan Festival Association
Tel: +81-761-57-3511
Japanese-language website:
http://www.ishikawashokokai.or.jp/terai/ p3/index.html |
| May 3 to 5 |
| Terai-machi, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Echizen ware: Echizen Pottery Festival |
Echizen Ware Promotion Room
Tel: +81-778-32-3200 |
| 3 days starting on the last Saturday in May |
| Echizen-cho, Fukui Prefecture |
| Shigaraki ware: Shigaraki Pottery Festival |
Shigaraki Town Society of Commerce and Industry
Tel: +81-748-82-0873 |
| October 8 to 10 (please confirm) |
| Koka, Shiga Prefecture |
| Kyo ware: Gojo-zaka Pottery Festival |
Toki Festival Association
Japanese-language website:
http://www.toukimaturi.gr.jp/index.html |
| August 7 to 10 |
| Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
| Tanba ware: Tanba Ware Pottery Festival |
Tanba Tachikui To-jiki Co-op
Tel: +81-79-597-2034
English-language website:
http://www.tanbayaki.com/index.htm |
| 3rd Saturday and Sunday in October |
| Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Bizen ware: Bizen Ware Festival |
Office for the Promotion of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Bizen City Hall
Tel: +81-869-64-3301 |
| 3rd Saturday and Sunday in October |
| Bizen, Okayama Prefecture |
| Hagi ware: Hagi Ware Festival |
Hagi Tourism Association
Tel: +81-838-25-1750
Japanese-language website:
http://www.joho-yamaguchi.or.jp/hagi-cci/ hagiyakimatsuri.html |
| May 1 to 5 |
| Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Tobe ware: Tobe Ware Festival |
Tobe-cho Office for the Promotion of Trade, Industry and Tourism
Tel: +81-899-62-2323
Japanese-language website:
http://www.iyo.ne.jp/tobe/index.htm |
| 3rd Saturday and Sunday in April |
| Tobe-cho, Ehime Prefecture |
| Onta ware: Onta Ware Minto Festival |
Hita Municipal Office for the Promotion of Trade, Industry and Tourism
Tel: +81-973-23-3111 |
| 2nd Saturday and Sunday in October |
| Hita, Oita Prefecture |
| Arita ware: Arita Ceramic Bazaar |
Arita Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Tel: +81-955-42-4111
Japanese-language website:
http://www.arita-toukiichi.or.jp/ |
| April 29 to May 5 |
| Arita-machi, Saga Prefecture |
| Satsuma ware: Miyama Kiln Festival |
Office for the Promotion of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Higashi Ichiki-cho Town Hall
Tel: +81-99-274-2111 |
| Early November |
| Higashi Ichiki-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture |
| Tsuboya ware: Tsuboya Pottery Festival |
Tsuboya Pottery Co-op
Tel: +81-98-866-3284
Japanese-language website:
http://www.tuboya.com/index.html |
| November (please confirm) |
| Naha, Okinawa Prefecture |
