Koishiwara Pottery Festival / 秋の民陶むら祭/小石原焼

Koishiwara is surrounded by beautiful nature and is famous for its ceramic kilns and artists. Fifty kilns participate in this festival in which you browse and shop for Koishiwara ware and Takatori ware with discounts of 20% or more. You can also chat with the potters and see their new works. The festival is usually held for three days, but this fall, to spread out the crowds, the period will be extended to one month, and visitors will be able to enjoy the same benefits as during the festival, such as sales at a discount of 20% off the regular price. Surrounded by mountains 1,000 meters above sea level, the Koishiwara area has produced pottery for about 350 years. It is blessed with red soil suitable for pottery and trees to fuel the kilns. There is a peaceful landscape of terraced rice paddies and houses with thatched roofs, and all of the kilns scattered along the national highway have a gallery. In the center of the village, there is a roadside station and a community exhibition hall so that you can take a stroll around the area.
​​• 10/1 (Fri.) ~ 10/31 (Sun.)
• Koishiwara, Toho-mura area (Map)
• Koishiwara, Toho-mura, Asakura, Fukuoka
• 0946-74-2121
• toho.main.jp/mi...
Chapters
00:02:30 森山實山窯 / Moriyama Kanzanama
00:07:25 森喜窯 / Morikigama
00:10:22 元永陶苑 / Motonaga Touen
00:20:03 太田哲三窯 / Ota Tetsuzogama
00:23:20 道の駅小石原 / Michi no Eki Koishiwara
00:33:50 マルワ窯 / Maruwagama
00:37:40 小石原焼中央共同展示場
00:47:05 森山銘木 / Moriyama Meiboku
00:52:00 鬼丸雪山窯元 / Onimaru Setsuzan Kamamoto
00:58:30 まるた窯 / Marutagama
01:11:32 太田実窯 / Ota Minorugama
Below are map links and websites for each place we visited:
森山實山窯 / Moriyama Kanzanama
Map #: 39 goo.gl/maps/RQ...
Web/insta: / kanzan.gama
森喜窯 / Morikigama
Map #: 14 goo.gl/maps/x1...
Web/insta: / moriken19750719
元永陶苑 / Motonaga Touen
Map #: 42 goo.gl/maps/et...
Web/insta: / motonagatouen
太田哲三窯 / Ota Tetsuzogama
Map #: 15 goo.gl/maps/66...
Web/insta: tetsuzogama.com/
道の駅小石原 / Michi no Eki Koishiwara
Map #: goo.gl/maps/Vk...
Web/insta: www.qsr.mlit.go...
マルワ窯 / Maruwagama
Map #: 4 goo.gl/maps/XD...
Web/insta: / maruwagama
小石原焼中央共同展示場
Map #: goo.gl/maps/89...
Web/insta: / kyouten10
森山銘木 / Moriyama Meiboku
Map #: g.page/moriyam...
Web/insta: moriyamameibok...
鬼丸雪山窯元 / Onimaru Setsuzan Kamamoto
Map #: 20 goo.gl/maps/fY...
Web/insta: takatoriyaki.co...
まるた窯 / Marutagama
Map #: 40 goo.gl/maps/iH...
Web/insta: ootagama.com/
太田実窯 / Ota Minorugama
Map #: 24 goo.gl/maps/t9...
Web/insta: toho-info.com/p...
Official website for the event: toho.main.jp/mi...
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[@ad.6472]

Usually you fire to 1200C.

[@kyushulive]

Thanks.

[@ad.6472]

@@kyushulive You are welcome 😊! I have been enjoying your videos. Looking forward to tuning in for today's coverage 😉

[@kyushulive]

I just added Time Stamps to each place we visited, as well as their names in both English and Japanese AND their official websites to the video description. So enjoy all that information and please like, subscribe and share the video!!! THANK YOU!

[@Kath8906]

Looks so beautiful and just stunning! Thank you for sharing such a beautiful video! I’m originally Fukuoka, currently me and my Canadian husband live in overseas. We love Japan especially Fukuoka, but under the COVID situation, we’re not able to travel and haven’t seen my family and friends for over two years. So your video makes us super happy every single time! Thank you very much and please keep showing us your journey!

[@kyushulive]

Great to hear that you are enjoying these walks. Stay tuned - more to come. Not confirmed but we will try to do a livestream from Kumamoto City this Wednesday evening.

[@briankennedy9829]

That was great! BTW Takatori ware was started by potters from Korea brought to Kyushu when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded. They took their Japanese family name from the Takatori Castle on Fukuchi mountain. The kilns have moved around over the centuries from Takatori, to Nogata, to Iizuka, to Koishiwara area. The 15th generation is now a potter.

[@kyushulive]

Thanks Brian for that additional information. So much to learn and discover. There's a very good chance we'll visit other pottery towns like Arita, Hasami and Imari in the near future.