Onta Pottery Village

Some of the most beautiful pottery I've ever seen. Also the smell of pines, and the sounds nature were incredible.

Small village. The ceramics weren't impressed me too much. On Sunday most of the workshops are closed.

Beautiful, quiet and a great range of high quality traditional pottery. Items are mostly 1000yen and up (each). If you know what you are interested in and need a beautiful addition to your tableware, you will find it here. Spend just under 10000yen on 5 items.

One of my favorite places in Kyushu! Every October they do a big firing and have many wares available. I fell in love with Japanese pottery after visiting the first time around 2013.

We like this place, not a big tourist location, people are still doing handmade pottery production there.