Enter the factory
The sound of machinery, the scent of metal, and artisans working close by. Step into an atmosphere that cannot be understood from outside.
OPEN FACTORY EXPERIENCE GUIDE
Shape metal.Remember the moment.
Step inside a working factory and shape spinning metal with your own hands.
- Location
- 995 Odaka, Tsubame, Niigata
- Access
- About 5 minutes by car from JR Tsubame-Sanjo Station
- Booking
- Advance booking required for tours and workshops
Give shape to spinning metal,with your own hands.
Feel the weight, sound and heat of metal. Watch a flat sheet become a vessel, then shape it with your own hands.
Shape the metal
Rely on your sense of touch and turn a flat sheet into a three-dimensional form through subtle changes in pressure.
Refine the surface
Cutting, polishing and finishing give each sheet of metal a character of its own.
Take it home
You leave with more than a finished piece: you carry home the time spent making it with your own hands.
MEET THE MAKERS
Meet the peoplewho shape the metal.
Hear directly from the makers and discover the culture behind each piece.
Our president explains the equipment and process, why we continue this work, and what we hope to pass on.
Visit the factory.Take your piece home.
Arrive
About five minutes by car from Tsubame-Sanjo Station. A warm timber space welcomes you.
Meet the makers
Hear directly from artisans and guides about the factory and its techniques.
Touch the metal
Choose a factory tour or a hands-on metal-spinning workshop.
Complete your piece
Hold the finished vessel in your hands before you leave.
Use it every day
Each time you use it, the hours spent in the factory return.
Tour the factory.Shape a vessel by hand.
Factory Tour
A foundational tour that brings you close to the artisans at work. Experience the factory floor with your eyes, ears and full attention.
Check availability and bookFactory Tour with the President
A deeper tour shaped by the makers’ thoughts and philosophy, revealing not only the objects but the culture behind them.
Check availability and bookSake Cup Workshop
Create a compact, refined sake cup that sits naturally in the palm—suited to sake, shochu or an aperitif.
Check availability and bookTumbler Workshop
Create a tumbler for beer, highballs or iced coffee, with a surface that changes expression as the light moves.
Check availability and bookINDUSTRIAL VISIT
Visit the factoryas a place to learn.
For companies, groups and travel professionals
See how a small workshop connects manufacturing with industrial tourism. We introduce the factory, the craft of metal spinning and the work behind TOUTOKI.
Group size, duration, fees and dates are arranged individually. Weekday visits are preferred.
Enquire about a group visitBook a factory touror metal-spinning workshop.
- Location
- 995 Odaka, Tsubame, Niigata
959-1241 Japan - Telephone
- 0256-47-1364
- Access
- About 5 minutes by car from JR Tsubame-Sanjo Station
About 5 minutes by car from Sanjo-Tsubame IC - Hours
- 9:00–17:00
- Closed
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Parking
- Available