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Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum

Seto-City Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum

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Some of Japan's most prominent pieces at this ceramic museum

The city of Seto is one of Japan's leading kiln location beloved by fans for its beautiful pottery. Within this artistic city lies the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, where you can see a collection of some 8,800 potter pieces from ancient Jomon civilication vessels to modern works of art from Japan, Asia, and the rest of the world. The museum boasts some of the most prominent pieces on display in Japan.
Within the premises, you can create pottery for yourself in pottery-making experiences, gaze upon the kilns of yesteryear at the Kiln Memories I and II exhibits, and enjoy a pottery cup of tea at the Tosui-an Tearoom. Feel for yourself the history and culture of Japan's pottery as you experience a deeper understanding of the art form firsthand.

Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum's The World Is Made up of Ceramics exhibit

The museum displays a stunning collection of pottery from Japan, China, and other parts of the world with exhibits coming from a stock numbering nearly 500 items in its The World Is Made up of Ceramics exhibit. And each of the items displayed is the real deal. Different pieces from the overwhelming collection change at various point throughout the year, letting you see something new each time you come. Get explanations on the pieces using a guidance app on your smartphone as you take a trip around the world's various pottery cultures.

Pottery-making experiences

Staff offer easy-to-understand lectures as you make your own pieces of pottery or illustrate an unglazed plate or cup. While there is no need to make a reservation, you are free to make on in advance from the website. Choose form nine glazes for your creation and pick it—or have it shipped—up one month later after it is fired. An array of different workshops too take place at the establishment.

Parents and children can relax in a kids' corner

With 2025 renovations came a kids' corner much to the rejoice of parents bringing their children. A room covered with mat flooring for young children and a room with chairs and picture books offer fun times for little visitors. In the inner lounge are tables and chair where you can eat and drink your own boxed lunch or snacks.

Tea and cups at Tosui-an Tea Room

Within the establishment is a tea room which received a makeover in May of 2025. Savor a tea and confections—sets available at JPY 900—and matcha lattes for JPY 650 in this tea room with tables and chairs as well as a characteristic Japanese-style crawl-through doorway. Enjoy your tea in a cup created by local potters as you taste sweet treats at this must-visit tea room with a secretive ambience.

Hours: From 11:00 am until museum closes
Open: Mainly on weekends and national holiday (find details on the official site)

Kiln Memories I and II

View pottery from the 11th to 14th centuries excavated in the museum's premises at the exterior area's Kiln Memories I and II exhibits. Kiln Memories II in particular offers spectators a dynamic anagama—or tunnel—kiln in addition to a pottery wall mural depicting modern-day Seto which must be seen. You'll be blown away by the sights of Seto City's antiquity and middle ages to its present day all in one place.

SPOT OVERVIEW

Location	: 〒489-0965 234 Minami-Yamaguchi-cho, Seto-shi, Aichi
Fee	: Rotating/special exhibits: • Differs by exhibit Museum collection exhibit: • General: JPY 400 (JPY 320) • Senior high school and university ages: JPY 300 (JPY 240) • Junior high school ages and younger: Free of charge Notes: • Prices inside parentheses are for groups of 20 visitors or larger. • The museum collection exhibit is available to see with special exhibits with the special exhibit admission fee. • Prices are subject to change. Check the official site, etc. for the most up-to-date information.
Opening days / hours	: • 9:30 am–4:30 pm (Admission until 4:00 pm. Summertime period from around the beginning of Jul to end of Sep.) • 9:30 am–5:00 pm (Jul 1–Sep 30 for 2025) Note: • Final day of the summertime period changes due to exhibit and day of the week.

Restrooms	: Available
Holidays	: • Mon (the directly following weekday should Mon coincide with a national holiday) • Year-end/New Year holiday (Dec 28–Jan 4 the following year)
Phone number	: 0561-84-7474
Discounts (available with separate use)	: Available to visitors with a physical disability, etc. and a caregiver (submission of proof of disability required). See the official webpage for details: https://www.pref.aichi.jp/touji/user-guidance/ (Japanese)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

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Parking

Handicapped parking	〇　Available, free of charge (7 spaces)

Restrooms

Accessible restrooms	〇
Width of accessible restroom	〇　100 cm
Western-style restroom	〇
Changing table	〇
Equipped for ostomy pouches	〇

About accessibility within the building

Stairs and steps	〇
Stair handrail	〇
Elevator (door width)	〇　120 cm and 90 cm
Elevator floor display	〇
Elevator voice guidance	〇
Escalator	×
Ramp (width)	〇　110 cm
Steps at facility entrance or exit	〇
Steps within the facility	〇
Alternative measures when there is no ramp	Elevator available in the Main Building

Services

Wheelchair rental	〇
Stroller rental	〇
Reading glasses rental	×
Nursing corner	〇
Assistance dogs allowed	〇
Assistance dog relief area	×
Facility guide map in Braille	×
Stair handrail signage in Braille	×
Tactile paving for the visually impaired	〇

Fees, etc.

Special fee in support of disabled persons	〇　Admission to regular exhibit free of charge and admission to special/rotating exhibit half off for visitors with a physical disability certificate, medical rehabilitation handbook (Aigo Handbook), or mental disability certificate and visitors with a type 1 physical, intellectual, or mental disability first-class certificate.

LINK

Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum website (Japanese)

ACCESS

Access by public transport

From Nagoya Station, take the Higashiyama Subway Line. Get off at Fujigaoka Station and take the Linimo, next getting off at Tojishiryokan Minami Station and walk 15 min.
Access by car

• 10 min. in the direction of Seto from the Nagoya-Seto Expressway's Nagakute Interchange via the Tomei Expressway's Nisshin Junction.
• 20 min. in the direction of Seto, Toyota, and Asuke from the Tomei Expressway/Nagoya Daini Kanjo Expressway's Nagoya Interchange.
• 15 min. in the direction of Nagakute from the Tokai-Kanjo Expressway’s Seto-Akazu Interchange.

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