Fukui · Pottery
Hand-Building Echizen Pottery at Fukui Ceramics Museum
Build a form gradually with your hands rather than a wheel, then combine the class with a walk around the pottery village’s park.
福井県陶芸館 陶芸教室
What you will do
Shape local Echizen clay by hand into tableware, a vase or another original piece.
Time: About 90 minutes. Finished work is ready about 40 days later, not the same day.
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Getting there
From Hapi-Line Fukui’s Takefu Station, take a Fukutetsu bus on the Takefu–Echizen Coast route toward Kareizaki for about 30 minutes. Get off at Togeimura-guchi and walk about 10 minutes.
福井県丹生郡越前町小曽原120-61
Route guidance, not live departures. Confirm the timetable for both directions.
Before you choose a date
Closures: Mondays except public holidays; days after public holidays except weekends or holidays; December 28–January 4.
Closure information reviewed: 2026-11-06
Language: The website offers automatic translation, which does not confirm foreign-language instruction at the venue.
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- The electric-wheel class is a different course with different prices and booking rules.
Plan your visit
Checked: 2026-10-31
Prices & timing
Hand-building: ¥1,500 per person. Delivery costs extra.
About 90 minutes. Finished work is ready about 40 days later, not the same day.
Hand-building starts: 09:00, 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00.
Booking & current availability
Enquire and reserve by phone. Arrive for check-in 15 minutes before the start. The mandatory booking deadline for hand-building has not been verified.
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