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	Mashiko - World travel guide
		Mashiko (益子) is a rural town in Tochigi prefecture to the north of Tokyo, Japan.
		Mashiko is small enough to get around on foot, but sufficiently stretched out to make getting around a bit of hike, especially as the train station is a little inconveniently located at the far western end of the main street.
		Many people make Mashiko a daytrip from Tokyo or go onto Nikko for the night, but there are also several Ryokan, Minshuku and Onsen to stay at in Mashiko.
	www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Mashiko&redirect=no (745 words)

	The 7th Mashiko ceramics Competition 2008
		Thus Hamada's creative "partnership" with Mashiko, and his passion for incorporating the elements of a variety of pottery form, from East and West, into his own work,resulted in a collection of masterworks of vibrant functionality and unparalleled elegance.
		Mashiko's natural beauty and its tradition of creative "partnership" as fostered by its two great masters-Hamada and Kamoda-has continued, and will continue, to inspire succeeding generations of potters.
		In that same sprit, the 7th Mashiko Ceramics Competition 2008-seventh of its kind since 1996- seeks to further the nurturing of the new and the talented by encouraging the participation of serious-minded contestants from throughout the world.
	www.town.mashiko.tochigi.jp /tem12_2/toppage_eg.html (464 words)

	Japan Regional Information
		Situated in the center of Honshu (the main island of Japan), Tochigi is surrounded by mountains and hills in the east, west and north, and the Kanto Plains spread to the south.
		In the northern part of Tochigi are the Shiobara-onsen Hot Spring Resort, known for the overwhelming beauty of the ravine created by the Hoki-gawa River, and its tributary stream, the Kanomata-gawa River, and the surrounding areas of the Nasu-onsen Hot Spring Resort.
		In Mashiko Sanko-kan, a reference collection museum of Hamada, not only his ceramic works, the kiln with stepped chambers he used, and the house he lived in, but also craftwork made in his lifetime and a collection of works by his associates are on display.
	www.asia-planet.net /japan/tochigi.htm (1950 words)

	MashikoPottery (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mashiko, a small town located sixty miles north of Tokyo in Tochigi prefecture, is known throughout Japan for its Mashiko-yaki, a distinctive, country-style pottery.
		Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), who settled and established his kiln in the town in the 1920s, is responsible for bringing the pottery to the attention of the world.
		Whereas in the past Mashiko pottery was believed to eschew artistry apart from the everyday life, today the Mashiko style celebrates a versatility of vision that encourages the experimental while still prizing the practical beauty of the everyday.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~veap/Galleries/Miyajima/MashikoPottery.html (467 words)

	Atwater Pottery
		An idea grew inside him and he decided to return to Mashiko this time, to "make pots in a completely different environment from my studio." Using the local clay and local glaze, the pots thrown here in May 2006 will be fired in a climbing wood kiln in July.
		I was invited to Mashiko Reference Museum (Shoji Hamada's old house) last May and after that, I had a chance to visit Takeshi Sekizawa kiln with my friend's referral.
		Mashiko clay feels sandy compared to what I usually use, and it has a certain strength when you try to stretch it out.
	www.atwaterpottery.com /press_casabrutus.html (371 words)

	Haga Area
		An area represented by Mashiko, the town of pottery, and Maoka Railroad that operates steam locomotives.
		Mashiko pottery is popular as kitchen utensils and everyday items and also highly acclaimed as an art form.
		The town also has “Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko,” a museum in which Mashiko pottery produced by past and modern potters is on display.
	www.tochigi-kankou.jp /en/d_haga.xhtml (322 words)

	Japanese Pottery - Mashiko Wares
		Mashiko is a name that many of you are familiar with, I'm sure.
		This year marks the third competition and entries were received from 21 countries besides Japan -- 435 from Japan and 72 from overseas; all in all, a total of 689 pieces, of which 101 made it into the exhibition.
		Mashiko at last has entered their ranks and the exhibition will surely become a major event for ceramists around the world.
	www.e-yakimono.net /html/awards-mashiko-jt.html (646 words)

	Other Places of Interest in the Greater Oyama and Tochigi area
		Festivals in Tochigi city are held by using Edo-type floats topped by dolls, produced during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
		The Tochigi Autumn Festival was started in 1874 to celebrate the prosperity of Tochigi, which was then thriving as a leading commercial city in the northern Kanto Region.
		Mashiko pottery is popular as kitchen utensils and for everyday items and is also highly acclaimed as an art form.
	web.hakuoh.ac.jp /english/location/location.html (1006 words)

	Tochigi Travel Guide - Japan - Last Minute Hotel Online
		During the late 3rd to the mid-6th century in Japan, large mounds of earth, called kofun (a tumulus or burial mound) were built to bury people of status in the region.
		Tochigi Prefecture is the home of the ceramic ware Mashiko-yaki, and works of the famous Mashiko-yaki ceramicist Shoji Hamada can be seen at this art museum.
		Mashiko-yaki ware is a type of earthenware produced in Mashiko-machi, Tochigi Prefecture, and is said to have begun as a sideline to farming when clay suitable for pottery was discovered in the area.
	www.lmho.net /travelguide/japan/tochigi/492.htm (1464 words)

	Tochigi Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prior to the establishment of the present-day system of prefectures, Tochigi was Shimotsuke Province.
		On March 20, 2006, the city of Imaichi, the town of Ashio from Kamitsuga District, the town of Fujihara and the village of Kuriyama (both from Shioya District) merged with the old city of Nikkō to form the new city of Nikkō.
		The city of Utsunomiya is scheduled to absorb the towns of Kamikawachi and Kawachi (both from Kawachi District) during March 2007.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture (589 words)

	YuzuMura.com - MINOWA Yasuo
		Minowa were kind enough to invite my friend and me to his workshop after we finished, located off a quiet street at the edge of Mashiko, near Kasama.
		The Minowa family always shows me incredible hospitality when I visit Mashiko, and last time I visited I was able to see his workshop in full daylight without the aid of translation help.
		The yard surrounding their country home is filled with aromatic sansho, beautiful wildflowers whose names I will never remember, and even some unusual citrus fruit.
	www.yuzumura.com /c-5-minowa-yasuo.aspx (758 words)

	Hometown Homepage - Mashiko
		Located 25 kilometers southeast of Utsunomiya which is the capital of Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko surrounded by mountains and hills produces the world renowned Mashiko-yaki ceramic ware.
		The best way to enjoy this famous area is to walk through the main strip Mashiko Hondori and peek into the numerous kilns and pottery stores along the street.
		There are up to 400 of these pottery places from large factory kilns to small family-run potters; too many to see in one day.
	hometown.infocreate.co.jp /en/kanto/mashiko/mashik-e.html (181 words)

	Mashiko travel guide - Wikitravel
		Mashiko is famous for precisely one thing: its pottery, known as Mashiko yaki (益子焼).
		The main glazes are a clear wood ash glaze, a white rice husk ash glaze, fl and kaki (persimmon), sometimes decorated with enamel red, yellow and green.
		Mashiko's tourism office is located at the train station.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mashiko (1020 words)

	The Gitter-Yelen Art Center > New Acquisitions 2002-2003
		Miyake works in the pottery town of Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture.
		Mashiko is perhaps best-known as the workplace of well-known mingei (folk craft) potters such as Hamada Shôji and Kawai Kanjirô.
		Simultaneously, hints of gold and silver in the glazes of works such as in the serving tray seen here give it an added elegance that differs from the thicker, heavier works of Mashiko potters of the past.
	www.gitter-yelen.org /newsite/2003exhibition/exh03-ceramics2.htm (122 words)

	contents
		We are currently in the process of organizing the Mashiko International Ceramic Festival 2006, to be held in Mashiko in May of this year.
		This stands for both Mashiko International Ceramic festival as well as the theme, Mashiko Inspires Clay Future.
		M.I.C.Fes is an event for 16 ceramic artists from around the world, and 5 from Mashiko, to combine their skills and artistic sensibilities with Mashiko clay and materials to create work and fire it in a Noborigama patterned after the kiln of Shoji Hamada.
	www17.plala.or.jp /mashiko9/eng/contents.html (112 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Tochigi \| Mashiko
		Mashiko is located in the southeastern part of Tochigi, and belongs to the Prefectural Nature Park which is situated in the northernmost part of the Kanto Plain.
		In the middle of the 19th century, Keizaburo Otsuka found potter's clay at Ohtsu-sawa and built a kiln to bake it, which was the origin of Mashiko ceramics.
		Later at the beginning of the 20th century, a ceramist, Shoji Hamada, built a kiln in Mashiko.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/tochigi/mashiko.html (318 words)

	Michael Panda: Mashiko
		Tochigi itself is famous for several things, not least of which Nikko, an important tourist attraction and a generally interesting and beautiful place to visit (especially in the autumn, save the almost unimaginable throngs of tourists - a friend told me he was stuck in a traffic jam that lasted literally 5 hours last fall).
		Mashiko, however, is not Nikko, and for that matter, is not exactly at the top of anyone's Japan "must see" list.
		I don't know if this is true, but I did see that a fellow from Minnesota had come all the way to Mashiko to train in pottery making, so at least it's famous as far as the cow-filled plains of the American midwest.
	www.michaelpanda.com /blog/archives/001247.html (2230 words)

	Mashiko Ware
		Mashiko Ware Mashiko Yaki has a distinctive, traditional folkcraft appearance along with a modest simplicity, that make it an appealing tableware.
		There are approximately eight hundred potters actively making Mashiko ware in the town of Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
		Mashiko Ware Plum Tree Tea Cup, 8 oz.
	www.zensuke.com /mashikoware.html (206 words)

	An unknown craftsman from Mashiko \| The Japan Times Online
		When he settled in the backwater potting town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, in Taisho 13 (1924), no one imagined that he would turn the conservative potters' world upside down and bring potters and collectors from across the globe to their village.
		When he first arrived the potters of Mashiko were producing utilitarian wares for daily use in the households, inns and pubs of Tokyo: cooking pots (nabe), tea pots (dobin) or grinding bowls (suribachi).
		Sakuma wanted Hamada to stay and work at his studio, but his mother was suspicious, opposed to having a guest in the house for whom she would have to fix special meals.
	search.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/fc20000624ry.html (1162 words)

	Travel guide for Tochigi - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
		Tochigi [1] is a prefecture in the Kanto region of Japan.
		Tochigi is a rural part of Japan with hot springs, mountains and plenty of hiking.
		The temples of Nikko are undoubtedly the star attractions of Tochigi.
	paganel.eu /tochigi/index.html (299 words)

	Interviews (Darice Veri)
		After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1982, she went to Mashiko (Tochigi Prefecture).
		She came to study in the pottery town of Mashiko in Tochigi prefecture, and met her future husband—how long ago was it?
		Mashiko is the largest pottery town in Japan, but it wasn’t always.
	www.japanreview.net /interview_darice.htm (2480 words)

	WaSabiDou Antiques and Folk Crafts Directory
		Mashiko wares from Tochigi Prefecture have gained a worldwide reputation since potter Shoji Hamada settled there in 1923.
		The town of Mashiko, in Tochigi Prefecture, is one of the world's largest pottery communities.
		In Meiji-era Mashiko, this patterned flask was called a "matsu-kawa-tokkuri" (pine-skin-tokkuri.) A rich, dark brown glaze decorates the neck.
	www.mingei-wasabidou.com /catalog.html (779 words)

	Japanese Ceramic Pitcher, Hamada Style
		After studying painting and ceramics and traveling abroad, he settled in the town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, where he lived and worked for over fifty years.
		As the foremost proponent of the folk art movement, he embodied its values and believed that pots should be functional, utilitarian and traditional.
		Mashiko potters did not pursue artistry apart from everyday life, but tried instead to create practical beauty as a part of the items crafted to be used in daily living.
	www.bandcantiques.com /items/156222/item156222store.html (219 words)

	Travel guide for Mashiko - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc
		Mashiko (çå, [1]) is a rural town in Tochigi prefecture to the north of Tokyo, Japan.
		An indoor and outdoor museum of statues and artpieces, displaying works by Nandor Wagner a Hungarian scupltor lived for three decades in Mashiko.
		There are a spring and an autumn exhibition check for details at [4].
	paganel.eu /mashiko/index.html (856 words)

	Minnesota Potter and Printer In Mashiko \| Fotki.com
		Not counting my early experiences as a kid, digging up my own clay, I become interested in pottery during undergrad at the U of Central Mich. Was too busy trying to get a degree to raise a family to take time and study pottery at the time.
		We decided to stay in Mashiko early on, when we found our modern house and studio, which is very rare in Mashiko.
		I was able to study all aspects of traditional wood fired pottery, from the processing of clay and glazes, working on the wheel, glazing, firing a large complex Noborigama climbing kiln and preparing work after it is unloaded.
	journals.fotki.com /togeika/Mashiko (6990 words)

	Exhibit
		1984 Returned to Mashiko, established his second pottery workshop, which remains in operation to this time.
		Exhibits his pottery regularly at ceramics galleries throughout Japan, and produces ware available for purchase at wholesale and retail.
		I live and work in Mashiko, Japan, a rural town which is known throughout the world for pottery production.
	www.thedigitalartist.com /tabid/56/artist/1278/default.aspx (133 words)

	tochigi.html
		Tochigi, landlocked, contains the mountain systems of Nikko and Nasu in the north and the Kanto Heiya plains in the southeast.
		The prefecture as well as Gunma was called Kenokuni long ago, and has been rich in cereals and other daily commodities.
		The traditional craft items in Tochigi include Mashiko pottery, the lacquer ware and woodwork of Nikko.
	homepage.mac.com /clvandeventer/imaichi/tochigi.htm (489 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Hamada, Shoji
		He settled in Mashiko in Tochigi Prefecture, where he continued to produce ceramics using reddish brown iron glaze and fl-and-white devitrified glazes and clay from the surrounding region.
		He absorbed traditional technical methods and emulated the organic beauty of various forms of Korean ceramics and of the folk crafts of Japan, and in particular Okinawa.
		In 1977 an exhibition comprising folk objects collected by Hamada and many of his own works was organized to inaugurate the opening of the Mashiko Ceramics Museum (Mashiko Sankokan).
	www.artnet.com /library/03/0363/T036344.asp (387 words)

	MASHIKO/MOKA \| Tochigi - JAPANiCAN
		Mashiko, located midway along the Mooka Railway Line, is a famous and representative ceramics producing town of the Kanto region.
		Mashiko earthenware ranging from daily necessities to ceramic art works are sold at reasonable prices
		In Mashiko, a pottery town, we run into some natural hot springs.
	www.japanican.com /japaninfo/Mesh.aspx?Mesh=090501 (128 words)

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