shopping in hokkaido

[odarwin]

hi guys,

we might go on holiday to hokkaido soon, i was wondering if any one here has been there and would recommend places to go where we can buy nice tea and teaware? i dont think we will drop by tokyo or kyoto, it might only be hokkaido...

thanks in advanced!

[David R.]

I don't know about teaware in Hokkaido, but if you can, make a stop in Noboribetsu Onsen. It is like the Disneyland of Onsen, which basically means it is like heaven on earth for me !

I don't remember having tea over there, but I do remember a nice cup of sake while enjoying a bath in a rotenbuto.

Enjoy !

[SlientSipper]

Next time maybe you should try Shizuoka.
Tea Central for Japan.

I'll be going to Kyoto in a month. I'll be sure to show pictures when I return.

[odarwin]

hi, i dont think shizouka is in hokkaido, but your lucky to be going to kyoto! im sure there are loads of teaware and teas in that place for sure!

i actually have a few houhins that i was hoping to get if it was not only for its expensive price.... those are kyoto wares and im sure you will see lots of those there...

please do post lots of pics of shops you will go in to!

[David R.]

I'll be going to Kyoto in a month. I'll be sure to show pictures when I return.

I have already been to Kyoto but don't really have addresses, for teaware anyway. There are some second-hand shops dealing teaware on teramachi-dori, from the Imperial Palace to the gallery, the very road Ippodo is. But maybe you know the place already. There is also the Raku museum not that far from there.

If you have or discover some good addresses, please share.