Okinawa Tsuboya Yachimun Pottery Class with Master Potter

Most pottery classes in Okinawa hand you clay and a wheel. This one starts with the town. You walk Tsuboya Yachimun Street, where Okinawan pottery has been made since 1682, and learn how to read what you are looking at: the colors, the shapes, and what each piece was made to do. Then you meet SAHIO, a working potter, in his own workshop at Niou-gama. He talks about the clay, the glazes, the firing, the failures, and what he is trying to keep alive. Only then do you sit at the wheel and shape your own cup, plate or bowl with his hands guiding yours. Groups are capped at six, so there is room to ask real questions. Your piece is fired over the following weeks and shipped to your home, so the experience arrives once more long after your trip has ended.

Walk Tsuboya Yachimun Street with an English-speaking guide and learn how to read Okinawan pottery: its colors, its shapes, and what each piece was made to do. Then meet SAHIO, a working potter at Niou-gama, who talks about the clay, the glazes, the firing and what he is trying to keep alive. With his guidance you shape your own cup, plate or bowl on the wheel. Your piece is fired and finished at the workshop over the following weeks and shipped to your home address.

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.