Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays!! Attention! Very interesting free ceramics museum There is a small free parking lot and easy access. There seem to be events depending on the season, and I saw a trip around the world using picture plates.The picture plates are really beautiful. It's a really fun place where you can buy small pottery for 100 yen, so it's a recommended spot.

It was built in 1932 as an office for the then Nagoya Ceramics Trade and Industry Association. The designer was Kazuhide Takasu, a professor at Nagoya National High School of Technology (later founding the Department of Architecture at Meijo University). A modern building with an elegant scratch tile exterior. The second floor and above are used as offices and are not open to the public. At the shop, dead stock items such as tableware and vases made for export are sold at low prices, with a particularly large selection of cups and saucers. It's so cheap that I feel numb, but I think all handwritten items are valuable and should be sold at a higher price. The proceeds will be used to maintain this hall, so be sure to buy as many as you can.

2022.4.11 Although it's not that big, there are a lot of vintage ceramics that I enjoyed. The building itself has a sense of history and is quaint, and the ceramics on display are often beautiful and elaborate. Some of them are also for sale, so if you like old things, you might want to stop by. It's a long way from the station, so it might be better to take a bus or something.

As I was cycling near my house, I happened to come across a road sign that told me the directions, and since it was nearby, I stopped by and saw an old-looking brick building that was registered as a tangible cultural property and a building of landscape importance, so I saw the building from the outside. After taking some photos, I headed home and looked at the website and saw that there was no entrance fee, so I decided to take a look inside as well.

I visited for the first time to see the ongoing ``Merry Christmas at Ceramics Hall'' (free admission, photography allowed) There were lots of cute ceramic Christmas objects. There were also other valuable vessels and dolls on display. The attached shop also has some very cheap accessories, so I chose 10 of my favorite mini tableware (flower patterned plates are 2.5 cm in diameter) and wrote them down for 100 yen and a fairy tale magnet for 300 yen. The hall is called the ``Shibu Building'' and was apparently used for filming a drama.

Although the surrounding buildings have grown taller and it is no longer noticeable, this building still stands as a reminder that this area was once the hub of Nagoya's, and indeed Japan's, export pottery industry. The first floor is a former union office, and is now used as an exhibition space for valuable pottery, retaining the retro-modern atmosphere of the office. Occasionally, a bazaar is held to release items from the collection. We recommend a ceramics-related excursion to the nearby Kanekikan and Yokoyama Museum of Art.

I learned about this facility when I went to Ono-shuku Horaikan in Shinshiro. It's a building that was constructed (just constructed) by the same company that built Horaikan. It is still an active building that is used by various companies as offices. In the past, Higashi Ward in Nagoya City was a hub where ceramics from Seto and Tajimi were collected, overglazed, and shipped overseas. I learned about it when I went to Senbokukan, a nearby residence of a ceramics merchant. I had an interesting look at the ceramics from the Made in occupied Japan era. Also, there was a time when Suntory's Zodiac series was made by a company in Nagoya.

This is a valuable museum that comprehensively displays the history of Nagoya's exported ceramics. The building's design is a mix of expressionist and art deco, making it an impressive design.

(Translated by Google) There aren't many exhibits, but it was nice to be able to appreciate wonderful ceramics for free😊 (Original) 展示数は多くはないけど、素敵な陶磁器をタダで鑑賞できて、良かったです😊

A retro building that suddenly appears when you enter a side street from a wide road. When I stand in front of the entrance, I feel dizzy, as if I have traveled back in time. The floor of the entrance hall is tiled To the left of the entrance is an exhibition room (free of charge) where ceramics such as coffee cups are displayed. The history of ceramics as an export industry that earned funds for reconstruction during the occupation era after the defeat in World War II is lined up. [Admission] The exhibition room is open to the public free of charge, but you must register your name and address at the entrance.Parking is also available. [Contents] A teacup with a watermark of a popular geisha with her hair tied up on the bottom. Precise ceramic souvenir dolls that can be said to be the ancestors of figurines. Gorgeous Koleran decorations that cannot be reproduced now. It's worth seeing at least once There is a museum shop next to the exhibition room and in front of the entrance, where you can purchase export ceramics that are not available domestically.

(Translated by Google) There is an exhibition of pottery from the period immediately after the war. There is also a sale of pottery. Both spaces are small, so I think it's best to stop by for something. (Original) 戦後直後辺りの年代の陶器展示があります。陶器の販売もあり。どちらのスペースも小振りなので何かのついでに寄るくらいがちょうどいいと思います。

美しい陶磁器を鑑賞できるのと一部販売もしています。お土産として購入しました。

(Translated by Google) It is a building with a retro and tasty design. I was surprised that 200 yen was collected just by looking at the gallery ... (Original) レトロで味わい深いデザインの建物です。ギャラリーをフラッと見るだけで200円徴収されて驚きました…

(Translated by Google) Retro buildings make you feel the times. I wasn't really interested in the ceramics themselves, so I didn't look at them carefully. (Original) レトロな建物が時代を感じさせます。陶磁器そのものに関してはそんなに興味はなかったのでじっくりとは見てないです。

You cannot enter by turning left from R19 (one-way street). Parking lot 71 across the street is also available. Please check before using paid plots. According to the brochure, the shop's souvenirs are ``Excess inventory of items in the collection, half-finished items (omitted) that cannot be obtained elsewhere. Selling exported ceramics from the 1950s and 1960s at bargain prices.” That's what he said. ...Petit antique? I bought it because it was 100 yen. To be honest, unlike the exhibit, it's not very beautiful. If you value well-worn jeans rather than new ones, check them out! (Please note that the item for sale is new and unused.)