Welcome to the web site of The Mashiko Tourist Association!
Mashiko’s main industry, pottery, attracts over two million visitors every year.
There are as many as 350 potteries and about 50 ceramic shops.
We are very pleased to introduce the fantastic works of various potters, who try to exert their individuality and uniqueness through their works, in this site.
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藍染の工房 益子焼の作業場 益子焼のお店 菊もみされた粘土 粘土の原料の山
Indigo dyeing studio Pottery studio Pottery shop Clay spirally wedged A mountain of clay

草木染めされた木綿 西明寺の11月中旬 益子参考館の迎賓館 益子参考館の工房 益子参考館の中庭
Cotton yarn dyed by plants Colored leaves at Saimyoji Temple in mid-November The guest house in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum The studio in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum The courtyard in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum

益子参考館の庄司館 益子参考館隣の長屋門 酒蔵と道具 須田ヶ池 草木染め
The Shoji’s House in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum The Nagayamon Gate next to the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum Sake barrels and tools Sudagaike Pond Cloth dyed by plants

益子参考館1号館 益子参考館2号館 ハウス栽培のラン 経ヶ坂の窯眺橋から 大郷戸ダム
No.1 building of the Mashiko Reference Collection No.2 building of the Mashiko Reference Collection Orchid grown in greenhouses View from Yochobashi bridge in Kyogasaka Ogoto Dam

温泉 粘土のブロック ゴルフ場 麦畑 小貝川と高館山
Hot spring Blocks made of clay Golf course Barley field Kokaigawa River and Mt. Takadate

秋風とススキ 益子駅とSLの煙 益子の森250SD 益子参考館のロクロ 益子参考館工房の鉄瓶
Silver grass in autumn breeze Smoke from SL beyond Mashiko station 250SD Refracting telescope in Forest in Mashiko A circular rotating table for a wheel in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum An iron kettle in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum

益子参考館の工房 藍染の日下田邸 大蔵神社 草木染めに使う糸車  
he studio in the Mashiko Reference Collection Museum Higeta Indigo Dyeing Studio Okura Shrine A spinning wheel