Mashiko, famous for ceramic arts

My husband and I have been to Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. The town is famous for ceramics.
We went to Tokoname, known for ceramics too, very often last year because he worked there for planning the landscape of the pottery museum.
But it was the first time to go to Mashiko for us. We got on the Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Utsunomiya, then went to Mashiko by bus. It took about three hours from our home.
Same as Tokoname, there are many old houses and very big oven for ceramics in Mashiko. I like there.  We bought some ceramics, chopsticks and  flower pots.

big oven for ceramics

And we went to a bakery in the forest that was renovated a old house.  There was also a cafe so we took lunch there. The sandwiches and soup were delicious!