Echizen Pottery Museum
Echizen-yaki pottery kilns showcase and sell their products and works all in one place. The spacious venue permanently displays approximately 1,000 diverse items, ranging from traditional natural-glazed jars and vases to everyday plates and bowls, as well as modern beer mugs and wine cups. Here, you can directly purchase Echizen-yaki, one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns.
Information
- Telephone Number
- Echizen-yaki Industrial Cooperative Association 0778-32-2199
- Address
- 福井県越前町小曽原5-33
- Opening Hours
- Weekdays: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Closed
- Year-end and New Year holidays: December 29 to January 1
- Getting There
- From JR Takefu Station, take the Fukutetsu Bus bound for Karaisaki for 30 minutes, get off at "Tougeimura-guchi" (Pottery Village Entrance), then walk 10 minutes. By car, 30 minutes from the Hokuriku Expressway Takefu or Sabae Interchange.
- Car Park: Available Spots
- 300
