The Yaho area in the southern part of Kunitachi City has flourished since ancient times and has been settled by people since the Jomon period. To this day, it offers a bounty of nature that cannot be found in the northern part of the city, including rice fields and cultivated land, and an abundance of spring water. Yabomura-shiki Doki is a program themed around gaining a sense of Yaho area history through the hands-on experience of touching and handling the earth. Over the course of two days, people who have never set foot in Yaho as well as people from outside the city will learn about the history of the Jomon period through their hands, creating their own earthenware pieces.
In a schedule divided over two days, participants will create a 10cm or so earthenware work.
In part 1 of the process, we start by extracting earth and shaping clay, and after a one-week drying period, part 2 will see the pieces being fired, after which participants can take their finished pieces home with them.
Part 1: Sunday, December 4 10:00 – 15:00, 2022 (shaping the clay)
9:50 – 10:00 Assembly
10:00 – 11:30 Earth extraction and clay making
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 – 14:00 Shaping the clay
14:00 – 15:00 Clean-up, end of Part 1
Part 2: Sunday, December 11 10:00 – 15:00, 2022 (open-air firing)
9:50 – 10:00 Assembly
10:00 – 11:30 Preparations for open-air firing
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch break
12:30 – 14:00 Firing, extracting the pieces
14:00 – 15:00 Clean-up, end of Part 2
Venue:
Shiroyama Park (Address: Izumi 5-21-20, Kunitachi City, Tokyo)
Meeting place:
In front of Shiroyama Sato-no-ie, Shiroyama Park
-15-minute walk from Yaho Station and Yagawa Station, JR Nambu Line
-From the South Exit of Kunitachi Station on the JR Chuo Line, take a Tachikawa Bus (Bus stand No. 4) going to “Kunitachi soshajo or “Kunitachi Izumidanchi,” and alight at
bus stop “Kunitachi Kyodo Bunkakan” (Kunitachi Local Museum), a 7-minute walk from the meeting point.
In the event of rain, the schedule will change as follows:
Part 1: Sunday, December 11 10:00 – 15:00, 2022
Part 2: Sunday, December 18 10:00 – 15:00, 2022
*In the case of rain-related postponement or cancellation, we will contact participants via email by 18:00 the day before the event.
Free
A shovel (only applies to people who have a shovel)
12 (Reservation required, to be decided by lottery in the case of over-subscription)
Please use the form here to apply.
*Please only apply if you are able to participate for the entire schedule, including the rain-related postponement dates.
Application deadline
Sunday, November 20, 2022
*We will notify you of application results by November 23.
Yukiharu Kumagai (Earthenware artist)
ACKT (General Incorporated Association)
E-mail: ackt186@gmail.com
*Personal information will be strictly managed and will be used only for the operation and guidance of this project.
Shiroyama Park (Izumi 5-21-20, Kunitachi City, Tokyo)
