Naha’s pottery quarter has workshops and ceramic shops along stone-paved streets, with Okinawan tableware and shisa lion-dogs.
Highlights
- About 400 m of stone paving
- Pottery shops and shisa figures
- Naha’s ceramic traditions
A street of pottery and shisa
Yachimun is the Okinawan word for pottery. Around 400 m of stone paving links ceramic workshops, shops and cafés in Tsuboya. Glazes, patterns, expressive shisa and older buildings provide detail at walking pace.
Ceramics in different colors and shapes fill the storefronts. Expressive shisa and decorative patterns give each shop its own character.
Exploring the area
A first walk along the street can be followed by returning to a particular shop. Combined with Kokusai or Heiwa Street, the route shows a change from busy shopping streets to the pottery neighborhood.
Before visiting
The street is also a one-way local road. Shops and nearby facilities, including the museum, have their own opening arrangements.
