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Highlights
- Learn Okinawan pottery techniques from master potter SAHIO on Tsuboya Yachimun Street, with guidance throughout and optional shipping home.
- Meet your local guide on Tsuboya Yachimun Street, show your mobile voucher, then set off on a guided walk that introduces Okinawan pottery heritage.
- Follow your guide into a Tsuboya workshop for a hands-on session with a local artisan, using included clay, tools, glazes, and an apron.
- Shape and decorate a piece in a small group of up to six, leave it to be fired and finished, then pay extra to have it shipped home afterward.
Your Experience
Most pottery classes in Okinawa hand you clay and a wheel. This one starts with the town. You walk Tsuboya Yachimun Street, where Okinawan pottery has been made since 1682, and learn how to read what you are looking at: the colors, the shapes, and what each piece was made to do. Then you meet SAHIO, a working potter, in his own workshop at Niou-gama. He talks about the clay, the glazes, the firing, the failures, and what he is trying to keep alive. Only then do you sit at the wheel and shape your own cup, plate or bowl with his hands guiding yours. Groups are capped at six, so there is room to ask real questions. Your piece is fired over the following weeks and shipped to your home, so the experience arrives once more long after your trip has ended.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Local guide throughout the experience- Guided walk of Tsuboya Yachimun Street- Pottery session with working Tsuboya artisan- All clay, tools, glazes and apron- Firing and finishing of your piece
- Shipping to Taiwan/HK/Singapore: JPY 7,000 per box (2 pieces max), prepaid via link after booking
- Shipping to Australia/EU: JPY 13,000 per box (2 pieces max), prepaid via link after booking
- Shipping to USA (duty prepaid): JPY 15,000 per box (2 pieces max), prepaid via link after booking
- Import duties or VAT charged on arrival in your country (EU: approx. EUR 20)
- Food and drinks
- Transportation to and from the meeting point
- Gratuities
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Ticket Delivery
- Please check your final voucher for the redemption details and specific instructions.
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.