Onta Pottery Village
Hita, Japan
🏯 Landmark
A mountain hamlet in Hita, Oita, where Onta ware has been made since 1705. Around ten families still work here, using river-powered clay crushers whose rhythmic thud is itself registered as one of Japan's soundscapes; the whole valley is designated an Important Cultural Landscape.
Address: 大分県日田市源栄町皿山