Tobe Town Ceramic Art Museum

Tobe-yaki is the pottery style Ehime Prefecture is known for, a white porcelain base painted with flowing cobalt blue designs that range from simple stripes to detailed landscapes. The Tobe Town Ceramic Art Museum displays the full range of the tradition, from early Edo-period examples to contemporary work by active kilns. The exhibitions explain the production process through tools, clay samples, and finished pieces. Hands-on pottery workshops run regularly on-site, letting visitors try painting patterns on a piece of their own. The town of Tobe itself has over 100 working pottery studios, and the museum makes a good starting point before walking through the kiln district.