On August 17th, We guided a couple of Spanish ceramic artists (who mainly make table ware in Maiolica) around Shigaraki, as promised.

The Traditional Industry Hall's video effectively summarizes the history of Shigaraki ware and current production methods, making it the perfect starting point for a tour.

This time, I exchanged emails with them, and they told me they wanted to see and learn about wood-fired kilns, so our next destination was Sotoen. They were in the middle of loading the climbing kiln, which will be fired in early September. Here, I explained how it works.

Next, they viewed an exhibition at the Museum at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park and also at the Industrial Hall they saw a variety of industrial products currently being made here at Shigaraki.

Then toured the Artist in Residency Program. They then toured various wood-fired kilns at the kiln area.

After that, they tried their hand at making Shigaraki ware at Miharu Kiln. The instruction was from Tsuguharu Kanzaki, a holder of Koka City's designated intangible cultural property, so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity for an artist making Shigaraki ware, even though they live in a different country.

Finally, after the tour of SSS, we reviewed all about Shigaraki wood-fired kilns, and as Mayolica seems to have a desire to build an ``Ittekoi Kiln'' in particular, we gave a brief explanation about the structure and construction of an ``Ittekoi Kiln.''

Thank you to everyone who helped out.