The 1904 chimney (45 m): together with the castle, the highest point in Nagoya, before the TV tower.
It stands on the site of the factory opened in 1904 by Morimura Ichizaemon as Nihon Tōki, after the white European porcelain he had seen at the 1889 Paris Expo convinced him to make it in Japan; in 1914 the country's first Western-style dinner service was made there. The factory's six large chimneys were 45 metres tall (together with the castle, the highest point in Nagoya until the TV tower arrived) and were cut down to about 10 metres in 1979, when production moved elsewhere; their bases remain as a monument.
A complex opened on 5 October 2001 in the red-brick buildings of the Meiji period, recognised in 2007 by the Ministry of Economy as ‘heritage of modern industrialisation’. Museum, Craft Center (where you can watch bone china porcelain being made), shops and cafés over about 45,000 m².
ℹ️ Free entry to the park; only the Craft Center/Museum charges admission, 10:00–17:00, adults 500 yen, over-65s 300 yen, free up to high school. Closed on Mondays and at New Year.
🚉 Kamejima · 7 min walk
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