Connie Christensen on thu 20 may 99
Hi everyone
I'm writing this for Nancy, one of my students who will be going to
Japan in June and will be there until September. She will be teaching
English at the International University of Japan. The town she will be
staying in is Urasa and the region is called Yamato-Machi in the
province of Niigata-Ken. The nearest city is Nagaoka.
Does anyone know if there is anything close that she can check out or
travel to over a weekend that is pottery related?
Thanks for any information you can give her. She's not on the internet,
so I'll be sending her any responses you might have.
Wish I was the one going!
Connie
Lakewood, Colorado
cchrist777@earthlink.net
Cheryl Tall on sat 22 may 99
Dear Connie: Could the closest town be called Nagoya? This is in the
south west section of Japan, south of Kyoto. If so, I stayed in a small
town called Tokoname that is near Nagoya. Tokoname has been a center of
ceramic activity for 900 years. 100 working potters live there, and they
have many old kiln sites and a ceramic museum. They also have small
factories which make toilets, planters, sewer pipes, floor tiles and the
wonderful Japanese roof tiles. It is the home of the International
Workshop of Ceramic Art, an organization which invites 15 artists per year
to come and live with host families for 5 weeks and make pottery and
sculpture in their workshop. As part of this group in 1996, I was taken by
bus and visited the ancient clay capitals of Seto, Mino and Shigari. It
was wonderful.
If you would like more information about any of these places, let me know;
I have some of the addresses and email numbers.
Cheryl Tall
chryltal@bellsouth.net
Connie Christensen wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm writing this for Nancy, one of my students who will be going to
> Japan in June and will be there until September. She will be teaching
> English at the International University of Japan. The town she will be
> staying in is Urasa and the region is called Yamato-Machi in the
> province of Niigata-Ken. The nearest city is Nagaoka.
>
> Does anyone know if there is anything close that she can check out or
> travel to over a weekend that is pottery related?
>
> Thanks for any information you can give her. She's not on the internet,
> so I'll be sending her any responses you might have.
>
> Wish I was the one going!
>
> Connie
> Lakewood, Colorado
> cchrist777@earthlink.net
Connie Christensen on sun 23 may 99
Hi Cheryl
Nagaoka is one of the nearest cities to Urasa and from the responses
I've been getting, there's not a lot going on pottery-wise in that
area. To bad it wasn't Nagoya, it sounds like there would be a lot for
Nancy to see there. The following is a description that I found on
IUJ's web site of the location of the International University of Japan
in relation to other cities, if that helps.
The International University of Japan is situated in Yamato-machi,
approximately 100 kilometers southwest of Niigata City and 230
kilometers northwest of Tokyo. The IUJ campus is in a rural and rather
isolated area surrounded by rice fields and mountains. The nearest town
is Urasa (10 minutes by bus) with a post office, bank, supermarket and
a number of small shops and restaurants. The larger towns (Muika-machi
and Koide-machi) are located within a 20-minute drive from IUJ. Nagaoka
City, about one hour away by car or local rail (20 minutes by bullet
train), is much larger in terms of a variety of department stores and
various forms of night life. Niigata City is the capital of Niigata
Prefecture and is located about 2 hours away, by local rail or car (40
minutes by bullet train).
I want to thank those who have responded with information, it will give
Nancy some ideas as to where to start looking. If anyone has any
additional information about museums or anything pottery related in
that area, it would be very much appreciated.
I think it's absolutely amazing that I can ask a question about a small
town so far away and I'm getting responses. Thanks again.
Connie Christensen
Lakewood, Colorado
-------------------------Original message---------------------------
Dear Connie: Could the closest town be called Nagoya? This is in the
south west section of Japan, south of Kyoto. If so, I stayed in a
small
town called Tokoname that is near Nagoya. Tokoname has been a center of
ceramic activity for 900 years. 100 working potters live there, and
they
have many old kiln sites and a ceramic museum. They also have small
factories which make toilets, planters, sewer pipes, floor tiles and
the
wonderful Japanese roof tiles. It is the home of the International
Workshop of Ceramic Art, an organization which invites 15 artists per
year
to come and live with host families for 5 weeks and make pottery and
sculpture in their workshop. As part of this group in 1996, I was
taken by
bus and visited the ancient clay capitals of Seto, Mino and Shigari.
It
was wonderful.
If you would like more information about any of these places, let me
know;
I have some of the addresses and email numbers.
Cheryl Tall
chryltal@bellsouth.net
Fumio Shimada on tue 25 may 99
Dear Connie,
I think the following:
Sado island (Mumyoi-yaki.) (Niigata pref.) There are many potters and ceramic sh
Kanazawa (kutani-yaki) Ishikawa pref. It took 3 or 4 hours from Urasa.
Kutani-Yaki is a very famous place for potters.
Aizu hongo (Aizu Hongo-yaki) Fukushima pref.
It is famous for Mingei pottery.
Yamagata (Hirashimizu Yaki) Yamagata pref.
Could you check on the map.
There is a very beautiful view from the train.
Fumio Shimada
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Fumio Shimada shimada@fa.geidai.ac.jp
Heidrun Schmid on tue 25 may 99
My Japanes friend here tells me that many big department stores in japan
have art galeries , so Nancy might try to check the departmentstores in
Nagaoka out for exhibitions in pottery. Heidrun
Cheryl Tall on tue 25 may 99
Dear Connie:
The IWCAT program might know of clay activities in the area you are
speaking of, since they communicate with many other clay artists all
over Japan.
The chairperson for this year is Naoe Takeuchi, email is
iwcat@japan.net.ne.jp.
Cheryl Tall
chryltal@bellsouth.net
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