Out and about in Matsuyama

5 yen slots (5 cents).




Municipal workers.




Local bike shop. The bicycles are reasonably priced and well made.

Leaving Tobe

Hillside nursery


Roadside vegetable stand


Local bike shop

Tobe Pottery

Drying before firing in the kiln.


Wooden planks used for staging pottery on.


Unseki-gama (Unseki Kiln)

Tobe-yaki Pottery

Small kerosene heaters are common in many Japanese workplaces, homes and shops.


Tobe Pottery consists of local materials.