One of the most Wabi Sabi places I’ve been to in Japan :3
Tokoname which is quite famous for ceramics :3 This was the next stop after Nagoya and it is quite close to it :)
Tokoname-yaki is very nice and highly regarded in Japan and my friends took me there because they know I like Japanese crafts and tea :) Sadly the teapot (Kyuusu :) my friends gave me as a gift was dropped by the german customs office people upon arrival (;_;) I’m still feeling heartbroken because of this
I liked this place a lot there is so much to discover and explore :3 The houses were built in a very practical way and you can see how this place grew without any plan and just by looking where some space was left over :3 It is like a big labyrinth of old Japanese houses with ateliers, workshops and kilns :3
You can also see a lot of creative uses of ceramics as a material :3 I felt like this place was incredibly inspiring to me and I wish I could go back there :3
In Japanese tea aesthetics the functional aspect of an item is always paragon and more important than the ornamentation and this is what makes for the beauty of many Japanese places and things :) I think this is one of the big differences about Japanese things and others, Japanese things work well and are practical :3 while others mostly focus on the design but work soso which is something that is kind of universal in tools as a non functional thing in tools or a non practical detail will be deleted sooner or later due to it being a hassle or just not beneficial. I think this is why people like to look at tools :) Although Japanese generally appreciate the beauty of a scenery or an arrangement much more than others do (^^;)
Like most people look at the Shinkansen and go “wow this train is great!” but fail to see that the trains is only a small part of it. The Shinkansen has special tracks with portions of it made in such a way that it can’t derail during earthquakes, the profile is also special to prevent the train from oscillating from side to side at certain speeds, all trains are connected to seismic surveillance devices along the tracks so the trains stop by themselves without any intervention, the sleepers are integrated into most supporting structures to control the movement of the tracks, it uses a high voltage system unique to it, this also makes it necessary to use a special pantograph that is computer controlled to keep the movement of the pantograph relative to the overhead catenary wire under control because if it lost contact it would burn off the pantograph and the wire in no time. The Shinkansen is not just the train it is the system that is special and beautiful in a way only possible if you see more than just one piece on it’s own :)
The last photo could be from a Ghibli film :D I think it looks very charming an I could see a more modern Satsuki and Mei run out if this house in my mind :D There is actually a Japanese word for this kind of place :) A place can be “Ghiblipoi” :) “Poi” can be added to different things to describe a similarity like “My friends character is Nekopoi.” which would mean that this friend has a catish character :)
I fell sick this week and i’m spending most of my time like a cat laying in various places while sleeping most of the time (^-^;)
I wish everyone a great new week with sweet dreams and something you can admire on a level that is only obvious to people who know it well :)
