Kasama Pottery Fest & Sightseeing

Enjoy your day off at Kasama City, one of the biggest pottery industry in Kanto Plain. In the morning, we will visit Kasama’s Autumn Pottery festival. About 80 booths will stand in a row to sale their potteries, hand crafts, local products etc. Kasama City has unique municipal bylaw that drink sake brewed at Kasama with Kasama pottery CHOKO (small sake cup). Get CHOKO at the market, and sake at the shopping street in front of the nest destination, Kasama Inari Shrine. The shrine is established in 651 and the 114th Chrysanthemum Festival will be held this year. There used to be walnut thick forest at the shrine and the rarity INARI-ZUSHI containing the walnuts is sold at in front of Inari Shrine. Kasama is also famous for production of good quality of granite. Our last destination will be the ruin of quarry for the granite. The ruin is nicknamed “the uncharted lake” and getting popular as photogenic spot. See the magnificent scenery just like an archaeological site.

Bring: Rain gear, Shopping bag, Yen for Lunch and anything you may need.

*The pottery festival is subject to cancel depending on COVID-19 condition. Tour will not be cancelled even if the festival is cancelled. If the festival is cancelled, we will take you to the street the pottery shops are in line.