Experience a Versatile World of Clay and Ceramics in Tokoname, the city of pottery! Tile art, Shiny Clay Ball Workshop, and visiting the "Tile Museum"

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• An experiential museum that conveys the charm of clay and ceramics
• A Workshop that conveys the joy of manufacturing
• How to enjoy the facility
• Equipment outline

An experiential museum that conveys the charm of clay and ceramics

INAX MUSEUMS is a museum of clay and ceramics located in Tokoname, the city of ceramics. A cultural facility to be established by LIXIL in Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, a technology center for pottery products.  The museum is a “hands-on, experiential museum” consisting of seven buildings: Kiln Plaza, Tile Museum, Toilet Museum, Architectural Terracotta Museum, Clay Works, Tiling Workshop, and the LIXIL Ceramics Lab. The museum conveys the history, culture, beauty, and fun of everything from clay to pottery. The museum also offers hands-on classes, special exhibitions, and workshops that allow visitors to experience the fascination of clay and ceramics.

A Workshop that conveys the joy of manufacturing

We hold hands-on Workshop every day to convey the charm and wonder of earth, a natural material essential to daily life, and the joy of making things. You can choose from a wide variety of menus, such as making Shiny Clay Ball Workshop, where you can experience the clay that is the raw material for pottery, and tile art, where you can enjoy pottery.

Make/Experience Menu

“Tile Wreath Workshop”  (no reservation required)

"Free Time Crafting" experience (no reservation required)

“Tile House Workshop” experience: Create a wooden house-shaped piggy bank with tiles

“Shiny Clay Ball Workshop” 

How to enjoy the facility

The Tile Museum Museum, which houses over 7,000 beautiful decorative tiles that look like a jewel box, is a must-see!

The projection mapping that recreates the convection of flame inside the kiln at the Kiln Plaza is a 22m-high brick chimney, is impressive. We looked at the pillars of the dining room used in the second main building of the Imperial Hotel designed by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and the exhibits at the outdoor Terracotta Park. You can also learn about the history.

"Tile Museum" Islamic tiled dome ceiling

“Kiln Plaza” Projection mapping inside the kiln

Equipment outline

○Opening hours: 10:00AM – 5:00PM (last entry 4:30PM)

○Closed: Wednesdays *Open if Wednesday is a public holiday / Year-end and New Year holidays

○Common admission fee (tax included): Adults: 1,000 yen, Students: 800 yen, Junior and Senior High School Students: 500 yen, Elementary School Students: 250 yen

*There is no admission fee if you only participate in the Workshop.

・Nearest station: Meitetsu Line Tokoname Station (about 25 minutes walk)

・Official website: https://livingculture.lixil.com/ilm/

・Bus From Meitetsu Line Tokoname Station or Chubu Centrair International Airport, go to Chita Bus "Chita Handa Station"

2 minutes walk from “INAX MUSEUMS Mae”