Tokoname Things to Do

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Tokoname thrived as the town of ship dealers during 17th to late 19th century. They traded the products to Edo(Tokyo) and in return. The house was built around 1850 when Takita family started ship dealing business in Tokoname (the main house was recently renovated). It consists of the Main House, which displays Karakuri Giemon Mujin-to, a rapseed oil lamp, the model of Be(n)zaisen ship, a typical wooden, single-mast vessel which can carry up to 800 koku (150 metric tons) of rice, the detached house and the storehouse.

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Walking trails starting from Tokoname Ceramic Hall has two courses A and B. Extensive English leaflet is available only on course A. It is no more than 2 kilometers in length but the trail is winding and has some ups and downs though the highest point of the path is not higher than 20 meters above sea level. It is like map reading exercise and you may feel the trail is twice as long. Follow the encircled numbers and challenge if you can follow the path correctly. If you can, you will be rewarded with excellent landscape with kiln smoke stacks, pottery galleries, and magnificent view of Climbing Kilm in the middle of the trail. Course B is more than four kilometers long and recommended only if you have finished course A.

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The castle ruled by Kaji clan is best known as the place where Princess Gou one of the nieces of Nobunaga Oda first got married to the fourth lord of Ono castle, Kazunari Saji. Their marriage lasted only one year when they got divorced by the order of Hideyoshi Toyotomi because Saji clan sided with Hideyoshi's archenemy at that time, Iyeyasu Tokugawa during the battle of Komaki-Nagakute in 1584. Castle keep is not based on historical record but serves as a nice lookout to see Ise Bay and with luck airplanes which have just taken off or have been set for the landing.