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- Half Day Course from Centrair: Enjoy Ceramics Culture and History in ancient Tokoname Total Distance：13.7km Total Time：5hours
- See Tokoname, one of the “Six Ancient Pottery Kiln Towns” up close. Walk the narrow, charm filled backstreets of the ancient pottery town, along the famous Dokan Zaka path lined with walls of earthenware pipes and bottles. See Maneki-Neko street, featuring hundreds of beckoning cat figures, the giant mascot cat, Tokonyan, and take a look inside Japan’s largest climbing kiln.
Course Contents
Start at Centrair Chubu International Airport Nagoya → (about 5 minutes via Meitetsu train)→Tokoname Station→
(5 minutes by taxi from Tokoname Station)
→INAX MUSEUM→ Pottery Footpath (enjoy a a 4km walk through the town) → Tokoname City’s, mascot "Tokonyan"
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Tokoname-City
- INAX MUSEUM
- Discover the culture of ceramic tiles. See over 1,000 decorative tiles from various periods across the world. See more
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Tokoname-City
- Pottery Footpath
- Walk the backstreets of Tokoname one of Japan’s “Six Ancient Pottery Towns”. Discover aged kilns, red bricked chimneys, and the famous Dokan Zaka, lined with walls of earthenware pipes and bottles. See more
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Tokoname-City
- Tokonyan
- Tokonyan is Tokoname’s giant Maneki Neko, traditional good luck cat figure. Take a photo and take some good luck home with you! See more
