May 3, 2012

• May 3, 2012 Nagoya-Seto

  May 3, 2012 Nagoya-Seto

  Today's "Go Somewhere" is the ceramic town on Seto.  There were many kinds of dishes made in Seto, one of these being a type called Oribe Style, which is green and black over a white background.  It was a long day with many stops, so let's get started.

     

   These chimes have the Meissen crossed swords trademark on them, a very expensive German brand.  We were not around at the right time to hear the bells ring.

  

  Here are some examples of dishes done in the Oribe style.  I can't get everything and don't have room in my cupboards for it, so I just left the shopping at taking pictures.

  

  More Oribe, but I can't get everything just because it has a bunny on it.  See?  I am developing some sense.

  

  

  A very nice Oribe shop near the Seto station.

  

  Nice cup!  This was DH's souvenir of the trip.

  

  This was nice, but I think I got the one next to it, and did not take a picture of it.

  

  We are now looking around in a museum.  This tram car used to run in the town, but is now in display.  A mirror makes it look bigger inside.

  

   

  Here are several examples of some of the ceramics that were produced in Seto.

  

  Knick knacks

  

  Luster Ware....  I wonder if Grandma LaVerne's Royal Sealy cups were made in Seto.

     

  Dishes ready to be shipped out, and a display that shows how the ceramics are made.

  

  Stamps for Ceramic Tiles

  

  Some dishes were made using molds.

  

  Ceramic toilet fixtures

  

  Ceramics made using decals

  

  Bowls in a machine that stamps on the designs

  

  

  Stamps for putting designs on dishes

  

  Stamps for larger flat plates

  

  A dragon made of dishes!

  

  

  In a ceramic museum

  

  A very old valuable Oribe style dish

  

  Ceramic lace

  

  Fancy ceramic terlit

  

  On to the next destination over a ceramic inspired bridge.

  

  Going through a shopping street

   

  This was a tea roasting machine that smelled very nice!

   

  Next we will go down this road to Fukugawa Shrine.

   

  There was a shop for roasted eel along the way.

   

  "This is Fukagawa Shrine"

  

  Up the stairs!

  

  

  Let's take a look at the shrine building.

  

  

  The roof tiles are made of Oribe style green ceramic.

  

  A smaller shrine in the shrine

  

  Yet another shine in the shrine, this time with foxes.

  

  

  

  Here are some lion dog bells.  I would have liked to have gotten one, but in order to take one home you also have to have some kind of Shinto prayer said over you, and I am not into that at all.  A picture takes up less room anyway.

  

  Another lion dog

   

  

  

  Next stop is Hounji Temple, which features a ceramic bell.

  

  If this is a ceramic bell, is it wise to whack it?

  

     

  Lion Dogs on the roof

  

  Another bridge decorated with ceramic shards

  

  And look at all that good stuff in the river!

   

  Meow

   

  I don't quite understand the design of this manhole cover.

   

  A dilapidated street - I don't think anyone is living in these buildings anymore.

   

  This was a church along our route.  Let's take a peek inside.

  

  

  Some plastic boxes for shipping dishes - A fellow taking a walk in the neighborhood said that the ceramic industry in Seto is slowly dying out because the young people have left the town and no one is keeping the factories up, which makes for even fewer job opportunities.  This creates a downward cycle

  

  Our next stop is the site of an old kiln, Hongyogama.

  

  Check out this old wall!

  

  This was a shop near the kiln, but I didn't see anything inside that I could not live without.

  

  Another interesting wall

  

  Hongyogama is a pretty big kiln with three places to throw in wood.

  

  Pots of glaze

  

  Inside one of the kiln chambers

  

  

  This shows the structure of the kiln built around 1950.

  

  

  What is the RACKET coming from this building?  It seems to be a dog breeder's place.

  

  Another scene along the way - dishes that did not make it to market!

  

  These NASTY beasts were not at all happy that we happened to walk by.  Such snarling!!

  

  This was an interesting old shp that had knick knacks.  It was dark inside, but when we went in the proprietor turned everything on for us.  It made me feel guilty that I intended only to look and not to buy, so I couldn't take many pictures.

  

  These pieces were the most interesting, but I didn't care for them enough to fork over $50 apiece for any of them.  Thus ends our day tromping all over Seto, and an interesting day it was!

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