Uh...It's not meant to be a tea pot...

I went to the ceramic studio to pick up my work.

About two weeks ago, a day before the day I had to draw the pattern, I had gone to the libraly to refer a ceramic work book and even purchased a flower-pattern book at a book shop to get an idea. Then I sketched the designs in my mind on a paper. Such an earnest student I am!

As I hadn't been sartisfied with the blur pattern which had come out on the last work, I carefully painted the patterns many times to get them clear.
Dispite of that...the photo is the result. It wasn't because that I didn't painted them good enough times but that's how they come out always.
The glay & blue one with a spout is a sauce jug and the red & white one is a flower pot.

When I showed them to my Mum at home, she said
"This one (with the spout) can be used as a tea pot if there is a good lid"
And the very next moment she said so, she pushed a tea strainer into it and put a plastic lid from the cream caramel which she had just eaten.
"Will you drink a cup of tea?"
"Mum, I'm saying it's not a tea pot. Yeah... I'll have the tea though"

The other face of Tokyo

Did you know there are some places in Tokyo where you can enjoy nature?

These photos are the edge of Tokyo called Ome.

I took my mum there to see the plum park in bloom. There were also many plum farms around the park.

The things you can enjoy in this Ome area;

*Museums such as "Kimono museum", where you can see

the old imperial formal gown, and"comb and hair-pin museum".

*Temples and shrines. Some of them are venerable.

*Mountain track along the stream with crystal clear water.

*Flower gardens for all the seasons except the mid-winter.

In the next village;

*The limestone cave called "Nippara Sho-nyu-do"

*Okutama lake

*Hot springs

It takes about 1.5h from the city of Tokyo by the express train with no extra charge so I recommend visiting there at the weekends as a day trip.

My mum and I stayed at a public accommodation though.

P.S. Sorry! All the links are only available in Japanese