Japanese Ceramics Fairs Trip

We're off to Japan tomorrow for our annual trip to the Ceramics Fairs in Nagoya. Actually it's 2 years since I've been. Sam went by himself last year. We have two children, Meg age 5, and Joe age 8. Taking young children around 3-4 days of up to 20 ceramics trade fairs is not really my idea of a great buying trip. But this year we're taking the whole family and hopefully Sam's sister will babysit for a day or two!

Unlike the big gift fairs in Tokyo where everything is in one massive exhibition, the Ceramics Fairs are a group of smaller fairs held over about a week in Nagoya, and spread out all over the city. Some may only have 2 or 3 companies exhibiting at one venue for one day, so it's always a real juggling act arranging our schedule to see our regular suppliers, and try and spot some new ones, while running all over town to various little fairs.

We never see everything. I can't imagine it's possible without a helicopter, and probably a time machine, but we'll give it our best shot!