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Mashiko Spring Pottery Fair
益子春の陶器市
The Golden Week edition of the Mashiko Pottery Fair, the town's largest event, with about 50 shops and hundreds of artisan tents.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Thu 29 Apr to Wed 05 May 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Jonaizaka street and pottery district, Mashiko
- City
- Mashiko
- Prefecture
- Tochigi
- Region
- Kanto
- Category
- Markets
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Web Japan, the Foreign Ministry's official magazine site, lists the Mashiko Pottery Fair in late April to around 8 May and again around 3 November, run with the Mashiko Town Tourist Association. The spring fair is the larger edition, held over Golden Week. The 2027 dates are not yet published; the window shown follows the usual Golden Week pattern, so treat it as expected.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia32/en/feature/feature12.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.