Tobe-yaki Pottery Traditional Industry Hall, Ceramics museum and crafts center in Tobe, Japan

The Tobe-yaki Pottery Traditional Industry Hall is a ceramics museum and working arts center that displays and teaches pottery from the local region. The space presents wares from around 30 neighborhood kilns, many featuring the pale grayish-white surfaces and bold indigo designs that define the local style.

The hall opened in April 1989, after Tobe town began developing the project when the national government designated Tobe ware as a traditional craft in 1976. It was built to hold historical materials and valuable works related to Tobe ware.

The hall hosts the Tobe-yaki Hinamatsuri from early February to early March, the Tobe-yaki Festival on the third Saturday and Sunday of April, the Tobe-yaki New Works Exhibition in April, and the Tobe-yaki Madonnas Exhibition from mid-July to mid-August. A corner on the second floor introduces the local kilns.

The hall stands in Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, a three-minute walk from the Tobe-yaki Pottery Traditional Industry Hall bus stop. Buses run from Matsuyama City Station and Iyo-Tachibana Station on the Iyo Railway to Tobe Danso-guchi or Tobe Oiwa-bashi, roughly every 30 minutes during the day; the ride from Matsuyama City Station takes about 45 minutes.

The hall opened in April 1989, after Tobe's pottery was designated a national traditional craft in 1976. Its second floor holds a corner introducing the local kilns and a room for new-work exhibitions and solo shows, while the first floor is a display room. A visitor can also time a trip to the Tobe-yaki Festival, held on the third Saturday and Sunday of April.