The Shidayaki Ceramic Museum is a real find. You don't even have to be a pottery freak to enjoy this place and on average customers will spend anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour at this location, slowly wandering around the course carefully laid out by the curator.
This famous pottery region is located in Saga Prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. Pottery first started in Japan not too far away in a more famous region called Arita in the 17th Century. Shida Town only started producing ceramics in the 19th Century and their pottery style was definitely more for the common folk and not the elite class.
Today this museum is now used predominately to educate the public about the history of their works. They provide pottery classes to people of all ages to promote the cultural aspect of ceramic making, however, you will not be able to use these facilities unless you can come back multiple times to finish your project. Having said this, not everyone wants to visit a location like this to make their own masterpiece. A short informative but educational and cultural experience for most people is something that ticks the box for an attraction.
Just to walk inside one of the massive kilns (one has been converted into a cafe) and to see the infrastructure needed to operate a community run ceramic factory is impressive in itself. There is always a lot of positive feedback from clients and it is always rates highly as a speciality destination.
I am sure you will feel the same way.
Please look at the map below to see more about the location:
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