Top Things to do in Seto
10 Things to Do in Seto That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Seto, Japan including Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Iwayado Park, Jokoji Temple, Michi no Eki Seto Shinano, Seto-gura Museum, Kamagaki no Komichi, Maneki-Neko Museum, Fukagawa Shrine, Kamagaki no Komichi Museum, Seto City Art Museum.
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1. Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By Thomas C - Nagoya, Japan
My trip to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum was fascinating, and stimulated my creative imagination! The range of ceramics on display was absolutely dazzling. There were pieces from all over East Asia (including Japan of course), Europe, South and Central America, the Middle East and South Asia. The time period covered by the exhibits was no less impressive. It ranged from the neolithic all the way up to the 21st century. The exhibits were well-designed and well-organized. The museum was quiet, extremely clean and very modern. The building looked new and had nice high ceilings and wide corridors. It was also very quiet. On the day I went it was also not very crowded. The museum lies a short walk away from the linimo station in a beautiful natural setting. (It is surrounded by forested hills.) The museum grounds are very well-maintained. The highlight of my trip to the museum was seeing a Haniwa figure from the ancient Kofun period of Japanese history. This uniquely stylized human figure had a subtle, haunting beauty to it. I couldn't take my eyes off it. Some people have argued that the "Japanese aesthetic" dates back to the Kofun period. Looking at the Haniwa figure I could see what people think this.
2. Iwayado Park
Overall Ratings
4 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By TimFromNGO - Nagoya, Japan
Trap for rookie players---
Drive straight past the paid parking guys. They are the first parking you will see... They are also the furtherest from the river.
Two small Bridges to the right both have free parking, and are as close as you can drive.
They river is small and safe enough for small kids. This is a really nice place to cool off on a hot day. Water shoes would've made the play a bit kore comfortable. The river base is a sand, gravel and small rock base.
This is also a really nice play to come during fall when they light up all of the fall foliage.
3. Jokoji Temple
Overall Ratings
4 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By Marcocel K
So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability bcoz it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.
4. Michi no Eki Seto Shinano
Overall Ratings
4 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By お遍路さん京都市 - 京都市
ここは品野陶器センターの中にある道の駅でした。野菜の地産品が売られていましたが・・・品質に対しては少し割高と(生産者の私には)感じました・・・。昼時だったので、休憩ついでに軽食を。瀬戸焼きそばってあるんですねぇ、初めて知りました。ここの地産品は野菜だけでなく「豚肉」もあって瀬戸豚としてそこそこ知られているとか、私は初めて知りましたが。その豚肉が一杯入っている焼きそばでした。味はまぁまぁ、と云う程度でしたが・・。
5. Seto-gura Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By Takeshi H
We Japanese sometimes call potteries "Seto-mono".
It was named after Seto city that is famous for potteries.
The old town of Seto city was reproduced inside the museum.
You can also see a wide variety of "Seto-mono" and the first car of the train that ran between Seto and Nagoya.
In my opinion, the admission fee 500yen for adult is a little expensive.
If you have a JAF membership card, you can buy the ticket for discount price.
There is a souvenir shop in the facility.
You can do shopping without the museum ticket.
6. Kamagaki no Komichi
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Witerice - Los Angeles
Over centuries the ancient mountain village of Seto has transformed reluctantly into a modern suburb of the sprawling city of Nagoya. The ancient pottery village once sat alone on the lower slopes of Mount Sanage, undisturbed by civilization, generations before Nagoya was founded. Now resigned to its fate, the town hosts the requisite car dealerships, family restaurants and home centers of suburb the world over, but under it all Seto is still a pottery town.
In no place is this more evident than Kamagaki no Komichi, a winding footpath in the Eastern foothills of the town. Kamagaki no Komichi is a living record of the craftsman that have made Seto their home. The walls that surround the trail are made of the cast away pottery of generations of these craftsman. Ancient broken pots lay deep in the masonry, next to pots, dishes and sculptures discarded by modern apprentices perhaps no more than days earlier.
Today the houses of modern craftsmen and artists line the footpath, and galleries appear one after another along the walk, situated between Gardens and bamboo Forests. It's a peaceful walk, with occasional opportunities to sit down on a bench or maybe an artist's front stoop, and surround yourself with the creativity and inspiration that lays thick in the air.
This place feels like Japan. Not the neon automated Japan of Tokyo or the gilded imperial Japan of Kyoto. This is the craftsman's Japan, the Japan of everyday people where history lives side by side with the present.
7. Maneki-Neko Museum
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 19 reviews
The beckoning cat, a lucky charm for inviting good luck and wealth, was born in Japan about 150 years ago during the Edo era.Generally, a beckoning cat raising its right paw is said to invite "money" and a beckoning cat raising its left paw to invite "people and customers". It's no exaggeration to say that the beckoning cat is a traditional Japanese lucky god: it has been beloved by the common people since the Edo era.The Maneki-Neko Museum collects and exhibits bout 5,000 beckoning cats from all over Japan. Since the museum is a place that invites blessing, it's filled with customers' comments like "Won the lottery", "Found a good partner", "Became healthy" etc...Beckoning cat lovers call the museum a "Place of Good Fortune" of beckoning cats and it has accumulated a world class collection of beckoning cats from all over Japan.
Reviewed By Ajastjp - Tokyo, Japan
This was something on my way and i had 20 minutes to spare so I passed by
The parking is free for the first 30 minutes and it was enough even if you go upstairs where you need to pay to go up
It was on my way after Toyota museum so it was ok
BTW, you cant touch or take photos
8. Fukagawa Shrine
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By Waveskiguy
Actually, the hotel is on the Shrine grounds, or vice versa. In either event, it was nice to have a shrine so close because we had Shinto ceremonies to perform. Also, it was charming to see parents bringing their little ones to the shrine dressed as samurai or in kimono to intro them to the beauties of the Shinto ceremonies.
9. Kamagaki no Komichi Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By お遍路さん京都市 - 京都市
一連の瀬戸の町の遊歩道を散策中に立ち寄りました。ここは主に明治時代の窯元の生活を現存させている資料館です。釜垣の小径沿いに立つかつての窯元の邸宅を資料館にしたものです。母屋スペースには古い瀬戸焼の製品を展示していました。我国近代タイルの第一号と云われている最古の本業タイルが使用された浴室とか、染付の便器を設置シテアルトイレも・・・、水曜定休。なお、ボランティアガイドさんの展示説明もあります。
10. Seto City Art Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By たぬきおやじ - Tokyo, Japan
2018年1月7日NHK教育ﾃﾚﾋﾞにて放映された【日曜美術館】内のｱｰﾄｼｰﾝで紹介されたのでご存知の方も多いと思いますが《海を渡ったせとものたち～田中荘子ｵｷｭﾊﾟｲﾄﾞ・ｼﾞｬﾊﾟﾝ・ｺﾚｸｼｮﾝ～（2018年1月28日迄）》が開催されており 昨年末 妻とともに鑑賞しましたが [訪問して良かった]の一言です。田中荘子ｺﾚｸｼｮﾝの内 約350点が展示してあるとのことで ｵｷｭﾊﾟｲﾄﾞ・ｼﾞｬﾊﾟﾝの陶器をこれだけﾀｯﾌﾟﾘと一度に鑑賞したのは初めてで 陶磁器鑑賞ﾌｧﾝの方に訪問をお薦めします。展示内容としては 【西洋風人形】と【ｱﾒﾘｶﾝﾁﾙﾄﾞﾚﾝ】に分かれており 趣きが異なる魅力に触れることが出来た点にも魅かれました。又 こちらを訪問された場合 隣の施設；文化交流館内に大きな陶壁（地下1階～3階迄）[陶の火祭り（河本五郎）添付 写真参照]も合わせて鑑賞されることをお薦めします。
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