Located just 10 minutes walk from Kokusai Street, the district of Tsuboya is a very calm and pictoresque neighborhood centered around pottery production. The Tsuboya Pottery Street is the birthplace of the "Tsuboya-yaki", the representative ceramics of Okinawa. Dating back to the era of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the traditional Okinawan pottery is made of indigenous clay. In 1682, the Ryukyu kilns were all moved in this area by a royal decree for the centralization of the industry. In early 1980s, however, most of the pottery production was moved again to Yomitan, in central Okinawa, due to the smoke of kilns causing problems to residents. Tsuboya Pottery Street is long approximately 300 meters lined with shops selling all the popular Okinawan ceramics. The most famous examples are the Shisa, the traditional lion-dog roof guardian, and containers to serve and drink awamori, the Okinawan sake. There are so many different kinds of Shisa statues and awamori containers, that visitors can literally spend the entire day choosing among them! Did you Know? In Tsuboya Pottery Street, it is also possible to participate in various pottery experience programs where to create and paint your personal Shisa statue. In most of the activities, participants will be able to bring home their creation on the same day. For a more in depth experience about Ryukyu pottery, at the western end of the street, there is the Tsuboya Pottery Museum, which displays many examples of pottery from different areas, along with the history of the techniques to produce it. Admission Free Opening Hours Shops usually open from 10:00 to 18:00 TEL - Address Tsuboya, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture 902-0065 Near Tsuboya Pottery Street:
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