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    • The Festival - Oh, What a Night!
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    • From Tokyo to Tajimi (Part 2): About a future where people live wherever they want
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 1)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 02)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 03)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 04)
    • Beyond Mino Ware (Part 05)
    • The ascending kiln
    • A polar bear's pottery performance
    • Blessings in a calamitous year (part 01)
    • Blessings in a calamitous year (part 02)
    • Flower Viewing Beyond the Crowds
    • Drink - Sake in Tajimi
    • Drink - Sake. "Excellently Dry"
    • Food - Wild Yam a treat for the New Year
    • Food - Eel à la tajimienne
    • The roots of the Mino ware renaissance
    • Shiro Tenmoku (01): The first reproduction in 500 years
    • Shiro Tenmoku (02): The first reproduction in 500 years
    • Ceramic treats in Tajimi - a Mini Tour
    • Festivals in Tajimi
    • Finland Meets Tajimi
    • Kobe Kiln: Tradition-meets-innovation
    • 2018 in Tajimi - Visually
    • Tono-ben: Great Ice-breaker phrases for the traveler
  • エッセイ
    • 東京から多治見へ - PART 1
    • 東京から多治見へ - PART 2
    • 厄年の御祈祷 (part 01)
    • 厄年の御祈祷 (part 02)
    • 夏祭り - なんて素敵な夜!
    • 多治見で乾杯!
    • 超辛口の日本酒への情熱
    • ウナギ・ア・ラ・タジミエンヌ
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 1)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 02)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 03)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 04)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 05)
    • 人込みを避けてお花見を満喫しよう
    • シロクマの焼き物パフォーマンス
    • 登り窯
    • 美濃焼ルネッサンスのルーツ
    • 白天目 500年ぶりの再現 PART1
    • 白天目 500年ぶりの再現 PART2
    • 焼き物の楽しみ方
    • 幸兵衛窯:伝統と革新の出会い
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Tajimi stories

NEW FEATURE
A crash course in Tono-ben

Learn to order a highball the way the locals do
​Part 1

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new and Upcoming essays

Author Hans Karlsson use VR to travel from his countryside town Tajimi in Gifu, Japan
Hans Karlsson started venturing into virtual worlds with his mobile phone in this simple cardboard box.

From tokyo to tajimi - part 2

The author left mammoth city Tokyo to settle down in a countryside town. Now he travels back by VR. Not just to Tokyo, though, but to boundless real and imagined worlds.

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Local cuisine in Tajimi is a pleasant discovery for foreigners who find the tastes of Japanese food to be too sublime.

the rich taste of the tajimi cuisine 

Miso is the secret to the sauce.

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Hans Karlsson meeting famed potter ... at the Tile Museum

from tokyo to tajimi - part 1

After almost three decades in Tokyo, an old Japan hand settle down in countryside town Tajimi. It turned out to be a good move.

Warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a patron of potters and tea ceremony masters
Warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi on a climb to take a Mino castle and towards a brilliant career.

The story of mino ware - Part 2

​The patrons of Mino ware pottery not only appreciated the tea bowls in themselves, but perhaps even more so as useful pieces in a political chess game.

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A polar bear pottery performance

Hans is drawn into a stage performance and ends up in a place he didn't expect.

Hans Karlsson toasts with a participant in the Suwa festival in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan

The suwa festival - OH, what a night!

"I may not be around for the next year's festival," said the old man. "But you are here now," said I, "and so am I. Let's toast to that!" "Sure!", he said, and smiled.

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Mr. Watanabe is close to unstoppable when the topic of discussion is pottery.

The Story of Mino Ware - Part 1

The story of Mino ware has more drama, political intrigue, blood and death, and obsession that you would ever think possible. In this first part of my series on pottery in Mino and Tajimi, we will explore how this culture of aesthetic perfection and political power play came into being.​ 

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The mama-san at local pub The Broken Umbrella is a great collector of Minoyaki ware.

fine pottery for the patrons

The Tajimi local pub Yaburegasa (The Broken Umbrella) is an immensely popular, rustic izakaya where you get friendly with people after a few cups of excellent Gifu produced sake. Drinks are served in fine Mino ware flasks and cups, collected by the jovial mama-san that runs the place. 
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Blessings in a CALAMITOUS year

In this story the author unwittingly finds out about what will happen this year by doing his duties at a local shrine. Article in two parts (1 and 2).
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The world of Sake in Tajimi (PaRT 2)

Meet Mr. Mr. Tetsuji Mizuno, who sat down to talk with us about his brewery and a burning passion for dry Sake - Excellently dry Sake....
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Shiro Tenmoku (01): The first reproduction in 500 years

In the first installment about about Aoyama-sensei's life work - the recreation of the white shiro tenmoku teacups. This article introduce information largely unknown to the English speaking public. An in-depth story about the true origin of this form of pottery for the ceramics lover.
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festivals in Tajimi

An overview of the main festivals and events in Tajimi during the year. Particularly handy for pottery enthusiasts.
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learn to order a highball the way the locals do - A tono-ben crash course, Part 1

"Haa-booru choodaasu!". These single two words may be all you need to master to have a first-class ice-breaker ready for you visit to a local pub in Tajimi. In standard Japanese you would say "Haibooru kudasai", which translates to "A glass of Highball, please". That's all it takes to get started making friends here.
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the STORY of mino ware - Part 3

With the arrival of the 1600s Japanese pottery took a dramatic turn thanks to Furuta Oribe, a man obsessed with the aesthetics of tea ceremony utensils, and a warped sense of beauty. Like his master, he met a violent death, forced to take his own life in shame. Today both are viewed as geniuses.

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THE STORY OF MINO WARE - PART 05
Beginning with part 5 in this series, we will start looking into the future of ceramics in Tajimi. Mino ware is the tradition in the area, but ceramics in this town encompass virtually all aspects of pottery and porcelain as well as tiles production in Japan. We start we a very dynamic craftswoman - Yoshimi Tokuda
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Flower viewing beyond the crowds

In Japan it is a luxury to have a whole tree for yourself when you picnic in the flower viewing season. Here is how to enjoy that luxury in Tajimi.
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​EEL À LA TAJIMIENNE

The culinary interested visitor can not come to Tajimi without a visit to one of its many eel restaurant - at least not without missing out on a royal treat. We interviewed one of the city's master eel cooks, Mr. Hiroyuki Murate, to learn about why, how and where to best enjoy this delicacy.
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​SHIRO TENMOKU (02): THE FIRST REPRODUCTION IN 500 YEARS

The second and last part of our article Aoyama-sensei's life work - Shiro Tenmoku. This article introduce information largely unknown to the English speaking public. Learn about how Aoyama-sensei has begun writing a new chapter in the history of Japanese pottery.
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Kobe Kiln - Tradition meets innovation

We visited a renowned kiln in the world of Mino ware — the Kobe-gama — to learn about Persian lusterware and its revival here at the old kiln in Tajimi. 
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Rosanjin, one of the two modern potters who rewrote the history of Mino ware

The Story of Mino Ware - Part 04

From the Edo era to the industrial age ceramics production developed in Mino from fine handicraft to mass produced products. Two potters make a discovery that connects the area back to the medieval age again. The two were up late one night, admiring Momoyama era pottery, when they noticed something odd on the inside of the takadai (foot) of a Momoyama era Shino ware tea bowl...

Food - Wild Yam a treat for the New Yearhow to prepare the Japanese wild yam

NEW STORY
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This root is a symbol for long life and health because of its extreme viscosity and refusal to give in to the hard ground in which it grows. And it is super nutritious too! See the video on how to prepare and enjoy it!
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the world of sake in tajimi (Part 1)

The world of sake, the Japanese rice wine, extends beyond just what you can drink. In this VR photo essay I will take you to a few such experiences that take place every year
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The roots of the mino ware rennaissance

Aoyama-sensei, an experimental archaeological potter, takes us on a journey back to the beginnings of the wobbly lines of Mino ware. It turns out they were mere ripples on the water from older times. Ripples that once traveled through my own little sleepy village.
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ceramic treats

Take a mini-tour of some of the best ceramic museums in Tajimi! This article is stuffed full of visual material - 360 VR, video, still shots and more. Take a tour from the comfort of your home and decide if you would come and explore yourself.
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2018 in tajimi - visually

Some of our best visuals from our 2018 essays. We hope they will inspire you to start your travel adventure in Japan in Tajimi.

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      • See >
        • Places
        • Historical figures
      • Mino Ware >
        • Kilns
        • Mino ware Shopping
        • Galleries
        • Information for Potters
      • Experience >
        • Pottery Workshops
        • Pottery painting & Tile Art
        • Fruit Picking
      • Eat & Drink >
        • Restaurants
        • Cafes & Confectionaries
        • Unagappa Sweets
        • Tajimi Yakisoba
      • Souvernirs
      • Currency Converter
      • Getting around
      • Lodging
    • Event Calendar
  • VR
    • VR Gallery
    • VR Help >
      • Instant and free travel
      • Get started in 2 minutes
    • Future development
  • News index
  • Essays
    • The Festival - Oh, What a Night!
    • From Tokyo to Tajimi: My Life in a Seemingly Ordinary Rural Town (Part 1)
    • From Tokyo to Tajimi (Part 2): About a future where people live wherever they want
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 1)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 02)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 03)
    • The Story of Mino Ware (Part 04)
    • Beyond Mino Ware (Part 05)
    • The ascending kiln
    • A polar bear's pottery performance
    • Blessings in a calamitous year (part 01)
    • Blessings in a calamitous year (part 02)
    • Flower Viewing Beyond the Crowds
    • Drink - Sake in Tajimi
    • Drink - Sake. "Excellently Dry"
    • Food - Wild Yam a treat for the New Year
    • Food - Eel à la tajimienne
    • The roots of the Mino ware renaissance
    • Shiro Tenmoku (01): The first reproduction in 500 years
    • Shiro Tenmoku (02): The first reproduction in 500 years
    • Ceramic treats in Tajimi - a Mini Tour
    • Festivals in Tajimi
    • Finland Meets Tajimi
    • Kobe Kiln: Tradition-meets-innovation
    • 2018 in Tajimi - Visually
    • Tono-ben: Great Ice-breaker phrases for the traveler
  • エッセイ
    • 東京から多治見へ - PART 1
    • 東京から多治見へ - PART 2
    • 厄年の御祈祷 (part 01)
    • 厄年の御祈祷 (part 02)
    • 夏祭り - なんて素敵な夜!
    • 多治見で乾杯!
    • 超辛口の日本酒への情熱
    • ウナギ・ア・ラ・タジミエンヌ
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 1)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 02)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 03)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 04)
    • 美濃焼物語 (Part 05)
    • 人込みを避けてお花見を満喫しよう
    • シロクマの焼き物パフォーマンス
    • 登り窯
    • 美濃焼ルネッサンスのルーツ
    • 白天目 500年ぶりの再現 PART1
    • 白天目 500年ぶりの再現 PART2
    • 焼き物の楽しみ方
    • 幸兵衛窯:伝統と革新の出会い
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