[Hyogo, Himeji City] Limited to one group per day. Experience pottery making using a Bizen ware hand-cranked wheel! Make tea bowls, vases, plates, and more!

This small studio is located 4.8km east of the World Heritage site Himeji Castle, a 15-minute drive away. Why not try a pottery experience in between sightseeing? This is a plan for a 3-hour experience. In the pottery experience, you can make all kinds of tableware (tea bowls, vases, plates, glasses, etc.). Bizen ware clay or a blend of Bizen ware clay and red clay is used, and the pottery is fired in an electric kiln. The firing color is ash-covered or scarlet-striped. *I have been learning English for the past 3 years.

The clay you can use is about 1kg! There is no limit to the number of pieces you can make, but please make your own work. After making it on the potter's wheel, you can center it, scrape it with a plane, turn it over, finish it up to the base, and put your signature on it. After making it, it will be thoroughly dried and then fired.

<Ash cover> During firing, the ash of firewood hangs on the work and creates a pattern. <Scarlet> Wrap straw around the work and bake it so that it does not come into direct contact with flames or ashes. A beautiful scarlet pattern is created. Both are typical Bizen ware colors! This is one of the attractions of Bizen ware, which cannot be the same as two.