One stop north on the train that ran past Tsuruta was the town of Goshogawara. Outside of Goshogawara was Kaneyama Yaki, or Kaneyama Pottery. Kaneyama Yaki was run by Matsumiya-san, who is probably the most un-Japanese Japanese person I've ever met. Which is a nice contrast to the pottery work he does, extremely traditionally Japanese.

I was lucky enough to be around at a time that a lot was going on -- kilns were being fired, a new kiln was being built, and Matsumiya-san was throwing a hell of a lot of pottery.

This is a view of Kaneyama from the hill behind it. The big building on the right is the pottery. Just to the left of that is the shed for the small wood kiln, and the even smaller oil-fired kiln. Next is the beginning of the shed for the new medium-sized kiln, a combination anagama and noborigama. Finally, on the left, is the big noborigama.

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