OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Tsuboya Pottery Street
The quarter where the kingdom gathered all its kilns; it escaped the war, and workshops still line the paved street.
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Tsuboya Pottery Museum
A kiln found during construction was left in place and built around, shown underground beneath the galleries.
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Yomitanzan Ware and the Pottery Village
Potters left Naha for this village over smoke restrictions; a Living National Treasure built the first kiln, and nineteen studios are now gathered here, with shared climbing kilns and more.
OkinawaArt & CraftsItoman
Ryukyu Glass
It began with melting down bottles the US military threw away; the bubbles the impurities caused were kept as the point.
OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Red Tile Roofs
Plaster packed between the tiles to stop the typhoons lifting them - and that necessity produced the island's red-and-white roofs.
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Arayachi and Jouyachi
Storage jars are left unglazed and tableware glazed - the use deciding the firing, with nothing in between.
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Sabani Boats
Planks sewn together with cord and bamboo pegs; because it can be re-sewn when it splits, it went far out to sea.
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Jiro Kinjo and Okinawan Mingei
Known for fish and shrimp cut in line; found by the mingei leaders, he became Okinawa's first Living National Treasure.