KIYOMIZUYAKI no SATO Museum

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You might get to meet the much beloved mascot “Kiyomaro” who resides in Kiyomizuyaki no Sato!

A traditional craft of a city heavily associated with pottery

When potteries left Kyoto in an industry efficiency drive and over concerns about kiln-smoke pollution back in 1962, many of them relocated in Yamashina-ku, in an area now referred to as Kiyomizu-yaki-danchi, which also is home to this museum.
This museum permanently exhibits and showroom-sells handmade ceramic pieces made by studio potters and potteries. The works are all innovatively designed and imbued with fresh sensitivity but underpinned with the rich traditions of Kyo-yaki and Kiyomizu-yaki that can be traced back to the giants of this craft: Ninsei and Kenzan. The museum also houses the office of the Kiyomizu-yaki-danchi association as well as a studio where visitors can try out pottery, making coil pots or decorate bisque-fired pots (advanced booking required).
What is more, every year in October on the 3rd Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a big pottery fair “Kiyomizuyaki no Sato Matsuri” is held in the neighborhood, with more than 100 pottery stalls participating.