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 Genkina Tajimi Project “Yakunara Mug Cup Mo”

Thank you for taking the time to read this magazine. “Yakunara Mug Cup Mo”
is a free publication put out by a group of people who love Tajimi. We call it
“Kurukuru Rokuro Manga.”

The city of Tajimi, located in the southern part of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, is famous
for Mino earthenware. The city is dotted with historical pottery producers and
ceramic art museums. It has facilities where you can try your hand at making
pottery, and many restaurants that serve food on Minoware dishes.

The story begins when a high school girl moves to a shopping street in Tajimi.
Many encounters await her, friends, town folk, ceramic art, etc. What will she
discover in a town famous for ceramics?

“Yakunara Mug Cup Mo” is a collaborative work by many people involved with
Tajimi’s pottery culture. Like it's main characters, “Yakunara Mug Cup Mo” will
develop slowly. We invite you to watch it grow.

Yakunara Mug Cup Mo staff

 EPISODE 06
Kukuri-san is in the wonder afternoon.
PREVIOUS EPISODE
HIMENO MOVED TO HER MOTHER’S HOMETOWN TAJIMI BECAUSE OF HIMENO’S
FATHER’S WORK. ON THE FIRST DAY AT A NEW SCHOOL, HIMENO WAS TAKEN TO THE
TOGEI-BU, POTTERY CLUB, BY HER CLASSMATE MIKA. HIMENO WAS AMAZED TO
LEARN THAT HER MOTHER WAS A FAMOUS POTTER. TO LEARN ABOUT TOGEI AND HER
MOTHER’S LEGACY, SHE DECIDED TO JOIN THE TOGEI-BU.
 TOKO-
SENPAI,
DO YOU
STILL HAVE
THAT
BOOK?

OH.
HUH, I BROUGHT
IS IT
BACK TO
THAT THE
SO? LIBRARY.

IF YOU
SEE YOU. NEED IT, UMM.
REALLY?
I’M OFF. YOU CAN THAT’S
THANKS.
GO TO TOO
THE BAD.
LIBRARY
NOW.
TAKE
CARE!
 NAO-
HI! CHAN!
NAO-
CHAN!

AN ANI-
N, NAO- I’M IT’S
MAL SUIT THINKING OF WHAT
CHAN, HOT,
IN THE A SO… ARE YOU
LET’S SUM- PART-TIME DOING?
DRINK MER?! JOB
SOME- ARE YOU WEARING
THING AN
KIDDING ANIMAL
COLD IN ME? SUIT.
A COOL DO YOU
PLACE!? WANT TO
DIE?!
 PHEW!
NICE
AND
COOL
HERE!

I CAME
HERE
TO FIND
SURE.
A BOOK.
DO YOU
WANT TO
COME
WITH
ME?

THE
LIBRARY IS
THE BEST
PLACE
Y, YES. TO BE
ON A HOT
DAY

HI.
MISS
KUKURI!
WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING?

4
 YOU KNOW…
IT’S NICE T, TODAY,
AND COOL, I CAME WHERE J, JUST
HERE IS STUDYING.
AND WHAT
JUST YOUR
IS MORE, IT’S TO DO BAG?
QUIET HERE. HUH. RESEARCH.

YEAH,
RIGHT!

WHAT
DON’T WHAT DID YOU
YOU HAVE MATE-
YOUR OWN COME
THINGS TO
RIAL? I HAVE HERE
STUDY? I WILL SOME- FOR?
HELP THING
YOU! TO
LOOK
OVER.

TUT!

5
 I’M
DONE!
HEY!

I’VE
FOUND SORRY. BE
REALLY? THE QUIET
TOKO- NOW? BOOK HERE!
SENPAI SO
IS
I’LL GO.
WAITING
FOR US.

NAO-
CHAN,
DO YOU
WELL, WANT TO
CAN WE
I’M STAY,
STAY A
TOO?
GETTING LITTLE
HUNGRY… LONGER?
I WILL
MISS SHALL WE
THIS MOVE?
COOL
PLACE.

6
 I’M IT’S
CAN WE GOING HOT,
DO BACK TO OUT-
SOMETHING THE
SIDE.
TO CLUBROOM.
HELP US ARE YOU
COOL COMING,
DOWN? KUKURI-
CHAN?

SOMETHING
TO COOL US
DOWN?

OR WE
COULD THERE
OR HANG MIGHT THAT’S
LOTS OF WRAP
BE AN NOT A
WIND- OURSELVES REALLY? EEL? GOOD
BELLS? IN A SWIM-
IDEA.
GREEN MING
CURTAIN IN THE
OF RIVER?
VINES.

I WILL
I HOPE I ASK
TOKO- TOKO-
SHAVED KNOW
SENPAI SENPAI
ICE… A VERY TO GO
WILL
COME. NICE HAVE
PLACE. SHAVED
ICE!!
ASK
HER
ANYWAY!

7
 HI!

I CAN
EAT IT! LISTEN!
HAVE YOU MIKA- IT’S HALF-PRICE
DECIDED? CHAN, FOR
STUDENTS
HOW ABOUT ISN’T TODAY! WHAT
SHARING THAT DO YOU WANT?
SOME? TOO STRAWBERRY-MILK
MUCH? AND
MELON FLAVOR
FOR ME!

GREEN
TEA
I’LL WITH
TAKE AZUKI
THE MEE BEAN
TOO! AND
SAME STICKY
ONE. RICE
WHAT BALL.
LOVELY
BOWLS
THEY
ARE!

HERE
YOU
ARE.

8
 REALLY?!
DID YOU
MAKE
THESE
MIKA- TO TELL
BOWLS?
CHAN! YOU THE
YOU DID TRUTH…
AN
EXCELLENT
JOB!!

I
DELIVERED
I HAD THEM
THEM TO HAVE
SERVED SHAVED-ICE
THANKS! IN THESE
MIKA- ESPE- BOWLS
I CIALLY
MIS-
CHAN!! WITH
JUDGED FOR YOU.
YOU. US!

DELIV-
ERY!?
THAT
SOUNDS
PROFES-
SIONAL!

WHA’S
HAPPENING?

SOUNDS
LIVELY.
 HI.
TOGEI-
BU.
WHY
WHERE ARE YOU
ARE YOU DRESSED
GOING? LIKE
THAT?

IN THE CATCHING
TOKI RIVER. EELS.

THERE IS REALLY?
CAN LARGE OF
EELS
WE OUTBREAK OF COURSE,
ARE IN
EELS ONCE THE
JOIN EVERY FEW
THERE
ARE. TOKI
YOU? YEARS.
IF THAT
DIDN’T RIVER?!
YOU
HAPPENS, KNOW
WHY DON’T THAT?
WE CATCH
THEM!

10
11
 IT
FEELS
GOOD
TO BE
COLD.

LOOK!
I GOT
ONE
AL-
READY!

GOOD
WORK,
WHAT’S WHAT? NAO-
CHAN!
THAT?

12
 STOP IT! OH,
LEAVE HIM NO!
ALONE! KAPPA-
SAN! I DID IT!
I CAUGHT
A KAPPA!

IT’S
VERY
WHERE IT’S MY CUTE!
DID FIRST
YOU TIME TO
COME SEE IT.
FROM?

FROM
IT THE
MUST RIVER.
BE.

13
 HUH?
IS HE
CALLING
US?

WHERE HEY!
IS THE
KAPPA?
WE CAN
TALK IN
THE
WATER.

YEAH!
YOU’RE
RIGHT.
 IT’S VERY WOW!
COOL AND HOW
COMFORTABLE. BEAUTIFUL!

AH!
KAPPA-
SAN!
WAIT!

15
 I’M HAPPY WOW.
AS A CLAM. IT’S
DELICIOUS!

A
BOX? HUH?
WHAT
IS THIS AH.
BOX? YOU’RE
THE
KAPPA
FROM
BEFORE.
FOR
ME?
 THE BOX
WE
A
MISTERY
NO! USUARRLY

MIKA!
GET IN
BOX… THIS KIND
OF PLACE
IS…

THIS
ISN’T A
GOOD
IDEA!

UM?
THE IS
BOWL
KUKURI-
THIS
CHAN
MADE?

S
SNOW?

17
 AGAIN!?
SHAVED-
ICE?!

PHEW.
THAT IT’S DE-
WAS
LICIOUS!
TASTY,
THANKS. THANKS.

NO,
NO
MORE
SHAVED-
ICE.

18
 KU-KU-RI-
CHAN! ……RI-CHAN

KUKURI-CHAN.

WERE ……
YOU UM?
I HAVING WHAT?
GUESS A WHERE
WE NIGHT- IS THE
SHOULD
GO MARE? KAPPA?
NOW.

KAPPA?

I
MISS GOOD
THIS IDEA.
COOLNESS. I’M
GETTING
HUNGRY.

……

19
SHAVED-
ICE… I’M HA HA HA…
GOING TO IT’S HOT.
THE
CLUBROOM.
ARE YOU
COMING?

……

YES.
TO THE COME ON,
CLUBROOM. KUKURI-
LET’S CHAN!
GO! WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING?

20
HI!
 YOU
YES. WORK
I’D DO HARD IN
LOVE YOU SUCH
TO. WANT HOT
I’M SOME WEATHER!
MAKING WARABI-
TEA. MOCHI?

WHERE
I SEE. ARE
IT’S TOYOKAWA-SAN THE OTHER
UNUSUAL FOR WENT TO THE MEMBERS?
KUKURI-CHAN LIBRARY TO I
NOT TO BE FIND SOME BOUGHT
HERE. BOOKS. WARABI-
MOCHI
FOR
THEM.

IF
I KNOW
MIKA-CHAN,
IT SHE MUST BE
WELL, YOU’RE COOLING
I’M TASTES
VERY RIGHT. DOWN
AFRAID GOOD. SOMEWHERE.
IT
CAN’T BE
HELPED.

22
 HELLO!
WE’RE
BACK!

YES! WOW!
I LOVE HI, IT LOOKS
WARABI- GUYS! DELICIOUS!
MOCHI!

YOU
MUST’VE
BEEN HUH?
TAKING A THERE
NAP MUST BE
SOME- SOME
WHERE FOR US.
TO COOL CAN I
DOWN! HAVE
SOME?

23
 NO!
I DID
DID EH? STUDIED
YOU? HARD!

YOU
HAVE A
DROOL
MARK.

JUST
KIDDING.

24
 The Toki River flows
through the towns
where Mino ware is
produced.
The Toki River, whose source is in Mt. Yudachi in Ena-
city Gigu, flows from east to west running through the
Tono basin including Mizunami-city, Toki-city and Ta-
jimi-city. The Toki River becomes narrow and flows like
a mountain stream in the basin. From Tajimi, it flows
through the valley to the prefectural border and on to the
Pacific Ocean. It is a class A river.
The river used to be known by various names involving
the lands along its banks; it is currently called the Toki
River in Gifu prefecture and Shonai River in Aichi .
Mt. Yudachi is 727 meters above sea level. The land
gently undulates down to the Tono Basin. Granite in the
area is picked up by the river and forms high quality clays
which are the basis of the ceramic industry.
In the mid 1950s – 1960s, waste from ceramics factories
turned the river white. At the time, this was hailed as
proof of economic development in the area. But in 1970,
The Toki River flows through downtown Toki-city.
The Toki River flows through downtown Mizunami-city.
INTRODUCTION
The Toki River flows through downtown Tajimi-city.
the Water Pollution Control Act was legislated and the
water in the river returned to its natural color.
Nowadays the river is healthy and blessed with nature.
Many wild birds, such as blue herons and hawks can be
seen. It is fortunate that foreign species of fish were not
introduced into the river, and now rare native species can
be found there.
The Toki River is a big part of the lives of people who live
in the area. At the Toki River Observatory in Tajimi City,
observation sessions and study sessions are regularly
planned on the theme of the Toki River and its surround-
ing nature. Many events take place along its banks, and
in the summer big fireworks displays are held in Tajimi,
Toki and Mizunami. On holidays, the river in Mizunami
is crowded with people collecting fossils.
*A permit is necessary to collect fossils; it can be ob-
tained for free from Mizunami Fossil Museum.
The Toki River is not that deep.
In “Yakunara Mug Cup Mo”, there is a scene in which
the characters dive deep into the river. The river actually
is not that deep. The area where the Toki River runs past
Mt. Kokeizan has a solemn and mysterious atmosphere.
People feel there might be a mysterious world in the river
bed, such as Kukuri Mika sees in her dream.
A class A river.
A class A river is a river specified by the Minister of
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism that falls
under the River Act. It is a kind of first-class river, which
are specified waterways of special importance to national
land conservation to the national economy.
Yakunara Mug Cup Mo  vol.6

Published: August 04, 2013

Editing: Yakunara Mug Cup Mo production staff
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