[Unit Project1] The Industry of My Region

My artifact is onigawara. Onigawara is the tile of decoretion in ridge of Japanese building. Onigawara has meaning of amulet. It has face of demon. The size of it is about the same as a smartphone. It is made of clay. Onigawara is made of baked clay. The clay contains gravel. The color of onigawara is gray. I did a part-time job during this year’s summer vacation. In part-time job, there is experience corner to make onigawara with clay and I teach customers how to make there. The facility is called “Kawara tier” and opened in July of this year. My region is famous for tile industry. I want to learn my region and get useful skills in society through my part-time job, so I decided to work there. The staff of the facility are very kind. I learned from them how to make onigawara and how to teach customers it. When I cleaned the room of Kawara tier for the first time, Mr. Kamo, one of the staff said to me, “be careful when you move onigawara which customers made. It is very...