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TNCA (Taku Nakano CeramicArts)

TNCA 中野拓陶芸

Aoyama & Omotesando · Omotesando, Minami-Aoyama

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Why we recommend it

Run by the ceramic artist Taku Nakano in a Minami-Aoyama studio-museum, this goes beyond a tourist wheel taster, with a proprietary teaching method and the artist's own gold and lacquer techniques on view — for visitors who want more than a souvenir bowl.

How to book

Apply via the online form; the studio pauses new bookings when demand is high, so check availability before planning around it.

English

yes

Price band

¥¥¥

Allow

90 min

Group size

Small groups; wheel or hand-building

Station

Omotesando, Minami-Aoyama

Verified

2026-09-25

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Appears in

• Aoyama, making things: a bowl on the wheel, flowers at the Sogetsu school, drums at TAIKO-LAB, tea at Sakurai and the Nezu garden at closing time

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