Towada’s Handcraft Market: Meet the Makers and Choose a One-of-a-Kind Piece
Towada Craft Festa
Festival information
EVENT INFORMATION- Location
- Michi-no-Eki Towada Towadapia parking lot
- Area
- Aomori Prefecture・Towada City(From Tokyo: approx. 3 h–3 h 30 min · bullet train)Prefecture-level estimate to a main station or airport, not the venue. Airport access, check-in and onward travel are extra; remote areas and islands can take much longer.
- Participation / viewing
- Open to public participation / spectators welcome
- Participation fee
- Free admission
- Age restrictions
- No age restriction
- Last updated
- 2026/11/11
Towada Craft Festa is a handcraft market where craft makers from across Japan gather to display works including ceramics, woodwork, leather goods, and accessories. In addition to exhibiting and selling their work, the event features food booths and hands-on making workshops. Visitors can talk directly with the makers and learn about how the works were made and the care they put into choosing materials.
About Towada Craft Festa
Towada Craft Festa is a handcraft market held in Towada City, bringing together craft makers from across Japan.
The market features a variety of distinctive, one-of-a-kind works, including ceramics, woodwork, leather goods, accessories, and clothing.
Alongside the works on display and for sale, there are food booths serving sweets and light meals, as well as cafés.
Another feature is the chance for makers and visitors to meet and talk directly about the materials and how the works were made.
Festival highlights
One of the highlights is the range of one-of-a-kind pieces on offer, including ceramics, woodwork, leather goods, accessories, and clothing.
Makers from across Japan gather at the venue, where you can handle their work and ask about the materials and how each piece was made.
Alongside the craft exhibits and sales, there are booths serving sweets and light meals, as well as cafés.
Workshops offer hands-on making experiences, so there is more to do than simply browse the works.
Towada’s Handcraft Market: Meet the Makers and Choose a One-of-a-Kind Piece
What to expect
At the venue, you can browse and buy works by craft makers, then choose a piece while hearing from its maker about how it was made and the materials used.
The food booths serve sweets, light meals, and café items, and you can eat or take a break in the dedicated dining area.
Hands-on making activities take place at the workshop booths.
These are hands-on activities that children and adults can take part in.
How to take part
The exhibitions and sales of works and the food booths are described as offerings for visitors.
The workshops are hands-on making activities that children and adults can take part in.
Visitors can interact directly with makers and choose works while hearing about how they were made and the materials used.
Please follow the individual instructions for information on how general visitors can participate and the registration requirements for each workshop.
Location and access
- Venue and address
Michi-no-Eki Towada Towadapia parking lot / 37-2 Denbohira-kubo, Towada, Aomori
- Train and bus
Take the Nanbu Bus bound for Gonohe Station from Towada City Central Transportation Plaza for 18 minutes and get off at “Michi-no-Eki Towada” / From Hachinohe Station, take the Nanbu Bus bound for Gonohe Station for 39 minutes and get off at “Chuo”; then take the Nanbu Bus bound for Higashi-11-bancho for 13 minutes and get off at “Michi-no-Eki Towada”
- By car
About 1 hour 40 minutes from JR Aomori Station (via the Michinoku Toll Road) / About 30 minutes from JR Hachinohe Station / About 30 minutes from JR Shichinohe-Towada Station
- Parking
Available
Address 37-2 Denbohira-kubo, Towada, Aomori
Tips for your visit
Alongside the craft exhibits and sales, the venue has food booths and a dedicated dining area.
The workshops are described as activities that children and adults can take part in.
The venue has a nursing room and diaper-changing table, and baby carts are also available.
Strollers are not available to borrow.
Accommodation and hotels PR
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Photo source ·Origins and History of Towada Craft Festa
Detailed information about the origins and establishment of Towada Craft Festa is not provided.
It is described as a craft event held in Towada City, where makers from across Japan gather to exhibit and sell handmade works and run workshops.
The opportunity for makers and visitors to interact directly is highlighted as one of the event’s attractions.
Official information
As official information, the Aomori Tourism Information website’s event page lists basic details such as the venue, address, fees, access, and parking.
The organizer’s website is listed as the Instagram account “Towada Craft FESTA since2023.”
Towada Craft Festa at a Glance
Towada Craft Festa is a handcraft market held at Michi-no-Eki Towada in Towada City, bringing together one-of-a-kind works by makers from across Japan.
You can browse ceramics, woodwork, and other pieces, and talk with the makers about their materials and how they were made.
There are also food booths, dining areas, and hands-on making activities for children and adults.
Information about the 2026 event dates differs between sources, so check the schedule before visiting.
Sources and references
Japanese Festivals.jp Editorial Team
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Article updated: 2026/11/11
