Asahi Pottery

General information

京都・宇治の窯元　朝日焼の陶芸教室。一日体験では、型を使う、たたら作りで初心者でも安心。窯作のうつわに絵を描く鉄絵体験、そして電動ロクロ体験があります。作陶教室は、「茶味あるうつわづくり」をテーマにさまざまなテーマをご用意。本格的なやきものづくりができます。３ヵ月１１回のコース、隔週半年のコースの他に、初めての方を対象にした初めて体験も用意。まずはお気軽にお問合せください。

We have three trial lesson
(Potter Wheel, Slub Building, Drawing)
And Free Production Class
* 5 times (class is Two and a half hours) / 10,286yen
Two tickets are necessary if it is 5 days (whole-day course) course.
* The ticket is valid for 3 months.
* Clay and burning costs are separate from the lesson fee.
e.g.
one teabowl / about 400g / cost is 2,079yen (including clay fee)
* It is unnecessary to practice clay cost.
* I will burning only your favorite works.
* You can select of Glaze color. 　
* The way to make it is free, but the electric pottery wheel has only 4 seats.
* Could you reservation on Tuesday to Sunday,
morning class(from 10AM) or afternoon class(from 13:30PM).

Asahi’s history

The Asahi pottery is rooted in Japan’s oldest center for tea cultivation, the famed town of Uji. The pottery has been in continuous production over four hundred years, through fifteen generations of the Matsubayashi family. From the time of the founder, Tosaku, the Asahi workshop has provided tea bowls treasured for preparing whipped tea to nobility, warrior rulers, and tea masters.

Another representative Asahi product is the spouted teapot (kyusu or hobin) for preparing steeped tea. It was introduced to the workshop’s repertory about 150 years ago by the eighth generation master, Chohei. The pot is designed to bring out the exquisite flavor of fine tea and is favored by connoisseurs. Each pot is shaped individually and with great care.

Today, under the guidance of the fifteenth master, Matsubayashi Hosai, the Asahi workshop continues to focus on utensils for various modes of serving tea, while at the same time creating a wide variety of utensils suited to contemporary life.