Tenku no Kamasato - Pottery village in the sky - 天空の窯郷｜小石原焼・髙取焼公式サイト【福岡県東峰村】

The Koishiwara district of Toho Village in Fukuoka Prefecture is located inland, surrounded by mountains of 1,000 meters above sea level, and is full of natural vitality.
The Koishiwara area is blessed with soil suitable for pottery and trees to fuel the climbing kilns, and pottery has been produced there for a long time. Koishiwara pottery has established the "yo no bi" (beauty of use), while Takatori pottery has established the world of "kirei-sabi" (cleanliness and simplicity) passing on the style of the seven Enshu kilns to the present.
There are about 50 potteries that follow in the footsteps of these 2 concepts, and they carefully carry on the traditional techniques.

Craftsmanship lives on

There are more than 50 kilns of Koishiwara pottery and Takatori pottery in Koishiwara district. They offer a wide variety of unique potteries, from traditional ones handed down from long ago to modern and playful ones. Why don't you try to find your favorite pottery?

Koishiwara has a history as a Shugendo (Japanese mountain asceticism) of Mt. Hidehiko, which was revered as the highest sacred mountain in the Chikushi region of Fukuoka Prefecture, and a history as a pottery production area boasting over 350 years of pottery production.

This section introduces the characteristics of Koishiwara pottery and Takatori pottery, showing how the craftsmen carefully create the vessels by hand step by step.

Car	from Kita-Kyusyu:approx.1h30m 【Kita-Kyusyu】==National Route 322==Prefectual Route 52==National Route 500== National Route 211==【Toho,Fukuoka】 from Fukuoka:approx.1h 【Fukuoka】==Oita Expressway(exit: Haki I.C.)==Turn left to National Route 386== to Prefectual Route 52==To-no-moto int.==National Route 211==【Toho,Fukuoka】
Air Plane	from Tokyo to Fukuoka:aprrox.1h30m from Osaka to Fukuoka:aprrox.1h5m
Bullet Train	from Tokyo to Hakata:approx.5h from Shin-Osaka to Hakata:approx.2h30m