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Tokoname Teapot Studio Visit with Japanese Tea Brewing

5.03 reviewsDay trips

  • 5 hours
  • Free cancellation up to 24h before
  • Guided in English
  • Mobile ticket

Highlights

Highlights -Step inside the Studio of an award-winning teapot craftsman, rarely open to the public -Learn the secrets of brewing smooth, flavorful tea with Tokoname teapots -Savor Japanese tea with traditional wagashi sweets in an intimate setting -Stroll Tokoname’s pottery path with a local guide -Explore galleries, shops, and cafés at your own pace after the tour Tour Overview Explore Tokoname, one of Japan’s oldest pottery towns, with over 1,000 years of ceramic history and distinctive teapots. Visit a master teapot craftsman’s studio, normally closed to the public, and learn about Tokoname teapots. Then learn to brew Japanese tea traditionally and enjoy it with seasonal wagashi sweets. Continue with a local guide along the Tokoname Pottery Footpath, where historic kilns, galleries, and walls made from clay pipes and ceramic fragments showcase the town’s pottery heritage. Experience Tokoname’s blend of traditional craftsmanship, Japanese tea culture, and local life.

Inclusions

What's included

  • Tea-brewing experience with wagashi sweets
  • Visit to Chaden Teapot Studio
  • Professional, English-speaking guide
  • Travel Insurance

What's not

  • Transportation to the meeting point
  • Personal expenses (meals, shopping, etc.)
  • Guide gratuities (optional)Guide gratuities (optional)

Itinerary

  1. Meet up with the guide and walk to the experience location.

    15 min

  2. Tour the pottery studio where teapots are crafted, experience the art of brewing delicious tea using a Tokoname teapot taught directly by the artisan, and savor the tea alongside traditional Japanese sweets.

    1.5 h

  3. A local guide will take you through the town where you can feel the history of Tokoname pottery.

    1.3 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

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Know before you go

Meeting point
The interpreter guide will be waiting for you holding a name board.
Pickup
Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
Ticket type
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size
Up to 10 travellers
Operated by
Tourism Designers Co., Ltd.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour is conducted in English. A Mandarin, French, Spanish, German, or Korean-speaking guide may be available. Please contact the supplier in advance to check availability.

How it compares in Nagoya

  • Its from-price is 21% above the median of the 162 day trips we list in Nagoya.
  • It is shorter than most of them.
  • By number of reviews it ranks 32 of 162.
  • The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Nagoya

Nagoya is a big industrial city in central Japan, with a castle topped by golden ornaments, an ancient shrine and a food culture all its own.

Nagoya is one of Japan's biggest cities, set on a broad plain at the head of Ise Bay and long a centre of the country's car and machinery industries. Its castle, built by the Tokugawa in the early 1600s, is topped by a pair of golden shachihoko, mythical fish with tigers' heads, and the keep was rebuilt after the war with a restored palace beside it. Atsuta Shrine, among the most venerated in Japan, houses a sacred sword.

Top-ranked sights in Nagoya: Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, SCMAGLEV and Railway Park, LEGOLAND® Japan Resort.

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