Tsukiyono ware is pottery made in Minakami Town (formerly Tsukiyono town), Tone District, Gunma Prefecture. Its origin was a complete coincidence.
In Gunma Prefecture, there were no places that produced pottery because there was no potter’s clay there to make pottery with. Second-generation head, Fukuda Yutaro grew up in Nagasaki Prefecture, where they produced Hasami ware. in January 1975, he was visiting his wife’s hometown, Tsukiyono, and he discovered that the mud discarded from the construction site of the Joetsu Shinkansen could be used in making pottery. After that, he discovered that Tsukiyono Town was abundant with potter’s clay. He decided to bake this potter’s clay/stone with his own unique glaze. This is believed to be the origin of the current Tsukiyono ware.
