I Went Antiquing with My Friend in Kyoto

My porcelain painting blog

Hello there! How have you been so far?

I am excited that I finally can update my blog again, lol. Today I want to show some photos of Japanese porcelain shops. A friend of mine and I went antiquing in Kyoto and I took some photos there.

First, we stopped by an antique shop. Here you can see bunch of Antique porcelain.

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The shop owner was very nice and when I asked her to take some photos of inside, she let me take some photos. So, I can show you them.

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The shop owner explained to us that she has owned this shop more than for thirty years. Most of china here are made in the Edo period. It means they are 500 to 600 years old! Wow!!!

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I bought some antique porcelain to practice Kintsugi techniques. Kintsugi is a part of our traditional techniques to fix broken porcelain. I…

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