Here you can take photos with the giant Shigaraki tanuki, dine at our restaurant, make pottery, enjoy confectionery, purchase Shigaraki-yaki pottery, and observe a climbing kiln.

A great place to enjoy some shopping, with tableware, vases, sundry items, glass goods and gardening products all on offers, centered around the historical Shigaraki-yaki ceramics of Japan.

In the Heian Period (794 – 1185), the Saio (Princess) travelled from Heian-kyo (modern Kyoto) to Ise in order to become a priestess at the shrine there.

A “Sentoe” lantern festival is held in order to pray for wishes to be fulfilled.

The Sotoen climbing kiln, making Shigaraki-yaki ceramics, is one of the largest in Japan, and continues to run at maximum output.

An investigation into the history of Shigaraki reveals it to be a bountiful land, where Shigaraki Palace once stood, perfectly suited as a location to link other regions together and overflowing with produce from the mountains, sea, lake and fields.