Comments on: The Pottery Village That Goes Thud in the Night http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta Reviews of cool destinations, hotels, restaurants, museums and travel gear with a WOW factor! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: philip porter http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-4922 philip porter Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:36:45 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-4922 thanks for that info. What about accommodation there, is there anything available? philip thanks for that info. What about accommodation there, is there anything available?
philip

]]> By: Spot Cool Travel Stuff http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-4760 Spot Cool Travel Stuff Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:15:22 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-4760 Philip, Onta is indeed magical; it's one of our favorite little towns in Japan. Unfortunately, it is not well served by public transportation. We drove there on our visit. The closest Shinkansen station would be Yatsushiro. ~ SCS Philip,

Onta is indeed magical; it’s one of our favorite little towns in Japan. Unfortunately, it is not well served by public transportation. We drove there on our visit. The closest Shinkansen station would be Yatsushiro.

~ SCS

]]> By: philip porter http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-4737 philip porter Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:38:47 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-4737 Onta indeed sounds magical . I will be in Japan at the end of September and would love to go there. Leaving from Osaka on the Shinkansen where do I get off and what do I do after that? Onta indeed sounds magical . I will be in Japan at the end of September and would love to go there. Leaving from Osaka on the Shinkansen where do I get off and what do I do after that?

]]> By: Spot Cool Travel Stuff http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-2796 Spot Cool Travel Stuff Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:14:29 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-2796 Ellen, Wow! Thank you for the re-accounting of your visit to Onta. It really is one of the world's great small villages. The effect it had on you it also had on me and, I suspect, on many of its other visitors as well. ~ SCS Ellen,

Wow! Thank you for the re-accounting of your visit to Onta. It really is one of the world’s great small villages. The effect it had on you it also had on me and, I suspect, on many of its other visitors as well.

~ SCS

]]> By: Ellen Hecht http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-2795 Ellen Hecht Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:54:01 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-2795 I was in Japan over 40 years ago. I had married a man from Kyushu. We took a trip to Japan and went sight-seeing all over Kyushu. We went to Onta. My memories include a narrow winding road threading through forested mountains. You had to leave your car and take a bus that went up once or twice a day. The road was too narrow for 2 cars to pass each other and there was nowhere to park cars at the village. I also got the sense that they wanted to preserve the quiet village and not let too many people overrun it each day. Many of the homes opened their sliding doors during the day to display and sell their wares. Each family's pottery style was different, but all were made with the clay they dug from the surrounding mountain side. I clearly remember the dull, hollow, echoing sound of "wounk (wait for it) . . . . . wounk . . . . . .wounk", like a heartbeat as the stream filled one end of the hammers. I spoke almost no Japanese so I missed the significance of the "hammers." I thought they were to mark the passing of time. The most eerie sound! I bought some pottery and lovingly wrapped it so it would make it all the way home to the U.S. Thank you for the photos. Wonderful memory. I was in Japan over 40 years ago. I had married a man from Kyushu. We took a trip to Japan and went sight-seeing all over Kyushu. We went to Onta. My memories include a narrow winding road threading through forested mountains. You had to leave your car and take a bus that went up once or twice a day. The road was too narrow for 2 cars to pass each other and there was nowhere to park cars at the village. I also got the sense that they wanted to preserve the quiet village and not let too many people overrun it each day. Many of the homes opened their sliding doors during the day to display and sell their wares. Each family’s pottery style was different, but all were made with the clay they dug from the surrounding mountain side. I clearly remember the dull, hollow, echoing sound of “wounk (wait for it) . . . . . wounk . . . . . .wounk”, like a heartbeat as the stream filled one end of the hammers. I spoke almost no Japanese so I missed the significance of the “hammers.” I thought they were to mark the passing of time. The most eerie sound! I bought some pottery and lovingly wrapped it so it would make it all the way home to the U.S. Thank you for the photos. Wonderful memory.

]]> By: ben http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-2702 ben Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:09:35 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-2702 hi im heading to kyushu in a couple days i see how to get to Hita but how do i get from hita to Onta? thx ben hi
im heading to kyushu in a couple days
i see how to get to Hita
but how do i get from hita to Onta?
thx
ben

]]> By: Margo http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-2107 Margo Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:52:35 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-2107 Onta is magical! Within this little town you see the history and process of producing and creating Japanese ceramics unfold. From mud to clay to beautifully formed vessels - it's all there. Go there with someone special - you will want to share the experience! Onta is magical! Within this little town you see the history and process of producing and creating Japanese ceramics unfold. From mud to clay to beautifully formed vessels – it’s all there. Go there with someone special – you will want to share the experience!

]]> By: Cate http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/kyusu-japan/pottery-onta#comment-42 Cate Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:51:47 +0000 http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/?p=1756#comment-42 This is a great find. I used to live in Japan but never made it to Kyushu. Another great place famous for its pottery (red glazes) is a small town called Mino, just on the outskirts of Osaka. Thanks for the good post.
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This is a great find. I used to live in Japan but never made it to Kyushu. Another great place famous for its pottery (red glazes) is a small town called Mino, just on the outskirts of Osaka. Thanks for the good post.

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