Wender·Vista
Suzuka
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileJapan
in Mie Prefecture, where the mountains meet Ise Bay

Suzuka

— — the bend the road remembers.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A city on the western shore of Ise Bay, in the lee of the Suzuka Mountains. Most of the world knows the name from one weekend each October, when the figure-eight circuit hosts the Japanese Grand Prix. The older Suzuka is quieter: cedar groves above the Tsubaki shrine, rice fields along the river, the mountains turning blue toward Shiga. — from the studio

from the studio
Suzuka
— bring it home

Suzuka, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Suzuka

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Suzuka is a city of roughly 196,000 in Mie Prefecture, on the western shore of Ise Bay. The city was incorporated in 1942 from a merger of two towns and ten villages, taking its name from the Suzuka Mountains that form the western border with Shiga. The Suzuka River runs down from the range to the bay. The Tōkaidō, the old highway between Edo and Kyoto, crossed the Suzuka Pass just south of the modern city.

— the visit

Suzuka International Racing Course opened in 1962, built by Honda as a test track. It is one of two figure-eight circuits used in Formula 1, with the back straight crossing over the front section. The Japanese Grand Prix has run here most years since 1987 and decided several world championships, including the 1989 and 1990 finishes between Senna and Prost. The race traditionally falls on the first weekend of October. The circuit sits in the east of the city, a short bus ride from Shiroko Station.

— the silence

The Tsubaki Grand Shrine, Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro, sits at the foot of Mount Nyūdō in the western hills above the city. It is reckoned among the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, with founding traditions reaching back roughly two thousand years, and is dedicated to Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, the kami of guidance. The cedar approach is long and dim. Most visitors come for the New Year and for the spring festival in April; on ordinary mornings the precincts hold a quietness the racing city never lends them.

— where
Japan · Mie Prefecture
— position
34.8822° N · 136.5841° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
50 km NE
Nagoya
city
50 km S
Ise Grand Shrine
Shinto shrine
30 km S
Tsu
city
N
Suzuka
Nagoya
Ise Grand Shrine
Tsu
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Suzuka — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Suzuka is a city of about 196,000 in Mie Prefecture, on the western shore of Ise Bay on Honshu's Pacific coast, between Nagoya to the north and Tsu to the south.

Suzuka International Racing Course has hosted the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix most years since 1987. The figure-eight circuit was built by Honda in 1962 as a test track.

Tsubaki Ōkami Yashiro sits at the foot of Mount Nyūdō above the city. It is among the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan, dedicated to Sarutahiko-no-Ōkami, the kami of guidance.

The Japanese Grand Prix is traditionally held at Suzuka on the first weekend of October. Practice runs Friday, qualifying Saturday, and the race Sunday afternoon.

The Suzuka Mountains form the border between Mie and Shiga prefectures. The range rises to about 1,247 metres at Mount Gozaisho and was crossed by the old Tōkaidō highway at Suzuka Pass.

Suzuka sits on the Kintetsu Nagoya Line and the JR Kansai Line, roughly an hour south of Nagoya. Shiroko Station is the nearest stop to the racing circuit.

— about the piece in your home

It works for fans with a connection to the Suzuka Grand Prix. The piece reads as the place rather than the race, which most race-day fans appreciate. A Medium or Large carries it well.

The piece sits well with Japandi, Minimalist Asian, and quiet contemporary rooms. The blue and cedar tones move with linen, raw oak, and ink-grey walls.

The Suzuka palette — slate blues, cedar greens, soft white — reads cleanly inside the Japandi family. A Small or Medium works above a low shelf or a tansu chest.

A single Large reads as a focal piece above a standard sofa. For wider walls, a 4-tile Mural opens the composition, and a 9-tile Mural carries a long wall behind a console.

Yes, on the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist scratching and humidity and install well as a backsplash, on a vanity wall, or inside a shower surround.

A microfibre cloth and water. The colour lives inside the ceramic surface, so the tile cleans like a plate. Skip abrasive pads and ammonia-based sprays.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio, curated by Reid Wender. We don't license outside imagery, and each place enters the atlas as a single, considered painting.

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