In any case, Hamish and Yoko generously invited us all to visit their country home in Awa Kamogawa in Chiba Prefecture. Peter, Annika, Andreas and I took the "wakashio" train from Tokyo Station at 9:00am on Saturday and arrived a smooth and easy two hours later at Awa Kamogawa where Hamish picked us up. Saturday we spent drinking red wine, eating steak and the most delicious fried potatoes ever around the fireplace. In the evening, we had an incredibly communing-with-nature outdoor hot bath on their roof while it snowed (love that!).
The next day, we visited a famous glass artisan named Yoji Suzuki at his studio. He seems to live a simple life on a little piece of land where his glass studio is. For 3,500 yen, he will teach you to make your own glass item. You get to pick the shape and design and then you get to work. I don't think this kind of thing could happen in the U.S. because the liability insurance would be enormous. There is 500 degree Celsius glass on the end of poles being moved around the room as the kids learn how to blow glass. Peter and I joined in the fun too. It was a great experience.
Easy to miss the sign in the road |
The glass studio is next door to Suzuki-san's house |
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