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Mashiko attractions
Mashiko attractions
The town consists of many different pottery workshops, kilns and retail shops. It also has an excellent selection of restaurants as well. The twice-yearly weeklong Pottery Markets (陶器市 Tōki-ichi) , held in April-May and November, are good times to visit. Many workshops in town set up stalls throughout the town, and stores large and small hold sales of specially discounted work. There are also several matsuri throughout the year, the one in late July being the largest and best attended, featuring laquered wagons carved in Kanuma by the workers who built Nikko many generations ago.
Mashiko Sankōhan (益子参考館). Tel. 0285-72-5300, Sankokan-mae bus stop. Shoji Hamada's workshop and home turned museum, showcasing about 30 of his works as well as his private collection. Near Hamada's thatched-roof home is a huge climbing kiln. Admission �800, open 9:30 am to 4:00 pm daily except Monday; closed in February.
Tōgei Messe Mashiko (陶芸メッセ益子). Tel. 0285-72-7555. A museum of ceramic arts, displaying works by Shoji Hamada and other potters, not only from Mashiko but around Japan. Admission �600, open from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm daily except Wednesday.
Zen no Rōka (禅の廊下). Tel. 0285-72-9866. An indoor and outdoor museum of statues and artpieces, displaying works by Nandor Wagner a Hungarian scupltor who lived for three decades in Mashiko. There are a spring and an autumn exhibition check for details at .
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