Tokoname
Saturday, May 22, 2010
My host family decided to take me to Tokoname before I left Japan. It would be my last real trip with them before my journey back to America.
A little information about Tokoname:
"Tokoname has been associated with ceramics production since at least the Heian period, and Tokoname-yaki works from this period have been found from Aomori Prefecture in the north of Japan to Kagoshima prefecture in the south. By the Kamakura period, over 3000 kilns were active. During the Sengoku period, the area came under the control of the Isshiki clan, and later came under the rule of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.During the Edo period, the area around present-day Tokoname was part of Owari Domain. In the post Meiji Restoration cadastral reforms of 1889, the town of Tokoname was created. Tokoname was elevated to city status on April 1, 1954 by the merger of Tokoname town with the towns of Onizaki, Nishiura, Ono, and the village of Miwa. Chubu Centrair International Airport built on an artificial island offshore Tokoname opened on February 17, 2005, providing a major boost to local development." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokoname,_Aichi)
The walk along the scenic town's back-roads was also very pleasant. They were very interesting because some pathways were adorned with pots that looked like jugs protruding out of the walls.
I think it's amazing how people can create such interesting structures with no apparent purpose.
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