I have had my hands in clay for almost my entire life, so I consider it a great privilege to live and work in a country where ceramic arts are held in such high esteem.
Mashiko is one of the many towns in Japan which are famous throughout the world for domestic pottery production. There are very few places on Earth which have such a high concentration of kilns in an area the size of this town.
I came to this country in 1969 for the purpose of learning the potter's craft, Japan style. The decision to do so resulted from a conversation I had by pure chance, with a world traveler.