Singapore’s best kept secret: Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle | Simon Says

[@kjlim3170]

As a 54 years old Singaporean, I am surprised to know such place still exists in Singapore. Thanks for your video and will visit it soon.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

It’s a very special place indeed. Couldn’t believe my eyes the first time I walked up to that front gate!

[@joyfulristro]

your content is very underrated. thank you for the quality sharing! keep it going and im sure rest of internet will catch on to your gem of a channel.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thanks for the kind words! Share it to one person whom might like it, and we’ll go from there, yeah? :D

[@victorialim]

Wow I just stumbled upon your channel and I'm blown away by your editing + storytelling skills! I'm glad you're exploring my home and that you're enjoying your stay. I know that you'll be a real hit on Singaporean KZbin in no time, keep up the great work :)

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you! It’s a nice home you got there! 😊

[@jonathanlee5520]

@@SimonSaysCanada Nice BUT a tad too hot, eh ?

[@JesusLovesHisCreations]

Thank you for keeping the Singapore heritage alive☺️👍

[@SimonSaysCanada]

I’m just showcasing it. These guys are the real guardians!

[@quahchweekim1272]

I like your sense of humour. You brighten my day every time I visit your vlog. 🤗 Thank you!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thanks for this! Love to know that I’m not just sending positive energy in a vacuum!

[@willietan5774]

A forgotten place once wanted to visit when younger.Thanks for the revival,a very special thing in Sg,rare gem🙏Simon Thought was all gone 😎

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Still there! Never too late for another visit!

[@HikingSingapore]

This is awesome. I never knew about pottery factory in Singapore. I should visit there with family. Thanks!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

It’s a special place with a very unique vibe!

[@eduardoking8402]

Thx for another great video again on Singapore's off the beaten path places. Hope it'll still be around on my planned trip there in 2022 when the pandemic is hopefully over. Those construction cranes look ominous.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

It should be - but the concrete jungle is encroaching fast!

[@vincenthahn2492]

Great video. Love how you source hidden gems, expanding your understanding of Singapore’s heritage and introduce hidden delights to all of us. Keep up the great work! 🤩

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you very much for watching, and taking the time to comment!

[@IZTheOne]

This is another quality content. Never knew about this place at all and I'm a Singaporean lol! Takes someone with interest to actually find this one. Thank you for sharing! Keep it up!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Glad to help! It’s a really special place.

[@bigbigreturn]

Great vid! Felt the same when I visited the first time years ago. What you see is what you get. Amazing how details of the thousands of items of differing textures and colours are organised and harmonises with the natural surroundings - calming the senses as you walk through.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Indeed. This is one of the coolest, most unique place in Singapore so far!

[@thowkwang4316]

Thank you for such a great video! Hope you had a great time at our pottery jungle ❤️🙏🏼

[@SimonSaysCanada]

A lovely time indeed! You’ll see us again many times, I suspect... Keep on!

[@clausang]

Once upon a time, around 1998 when I was located in Singapore I went to this place (cannot recall who showed me how to get there, no real maps of singapore, no mobiles). It really did not change. - The surrounding though was jungle then. After shopping, no taxis did pick you up from that place. I remember sweating a lot walking and carrying up to the next bus/MRT station. Simon, thankx for bringing back these memories. And Thow Kwang Pottery - some of your best pieces can be found now at a home in the nowhere of carinthia/Austria Thnx, Claus

[@SimonSaysCanada]

That’s really cool! Taxis still struggle to find you there - every single time we go, locals seem to not know this place at all. Still one of the hidden gems, though the jungle is reseeding, I’m afraid.

[@tinateh]

Area around the back of the place is fairly built up now. The back gate of the place is accessible through an orchard of sorts that connects to JTC CleanTech One complex grounds. It's open to public so just have to walk around the back from Nanyang Avenue. Bus 199 stops right in front at the first stop after Jalan Bahar from Boon Lay interchange. It's a much shorter walk than the road leading to the main entrance.

[@NomadographerExplores]

Most of the comments have already said it, but I am gonna say it again. This channel is UNDERRATED!!! Brilliantly edited and very engaging video. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Well, its still under-subscribed, but for the most part, the viewers seem to enjoy it! So it’s well-rated, but relatively unknown. I’m an indy rockband who never made it big! :P

[@NomadographerExplores]

@@SimonSaysCanada But you will make it big, your subscribers are pretty sure of that. Keep it up! :)

[@sharonwong465]

Truly enjoyed your videos. Another good one. I am a true blue Singaporean and never knew a gem like this existed. Thanks for showing us.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thanks for watching! And do check them out if you have the chance - this place is amazing!

[@matsudarx8]

I know where to explore with my son now. Had been wanting to go there since my NTU days 20 years ago.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Probably hasn’t changed much since then. Only the concrete surroundings slowly encroaching in...

[@davekiat]

Your video content and editing skills is good enough for BBC. Very underrated

[@davekiat]

thowkwang.com.sg/next-dragon-kiln-firing/ They are firing up the kiln on 1st Dec, a second episode on this will be great!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

@@davekiat Oooh! Thanks for the tip, I may very well do that!!!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Not sure my technical skills are on par with BBC, but I do appreciate the good words!

[@Lailah36]

This work of art is called “Kashigari” in Sindh, Pakistan. Kashigari is a term applied to enamelled work on a terracotta base. It has been an essential decorative element in our Mosques and shrines. Thought I’d share some information ☺️ Amazing find! Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Wait - which one is called Kashigari?

[@MultiJ12345]

Your new subscriber! I was wondering, how did u even find such places? From Lau pa sat to this. Did someone tip u off or u do ur own research? Really impressive work

[@SimonSaysCanada]

My wife actually found this one! She loves handcrafted artisans and did a bunch of research. I went along with her and I was so blown away, I came back to create this video!

[@smoothiex3282]

Wow, so cool! Been a Singaporean for 30 years and Never knew this place existed. Thanks for doing up this great video and sharing with us this gem!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Check it out if you can! It is truly a special place, but it’s literally getting swallowed-up by tall concrete buildings and I don’t know how much longer they’ll resist that potential real-estate development money...

[@jonathanlee5520]

@@SimonSaysCanada A frisson of nostalgic melancholy sweeps in.............. Can only ask the Heaven ( If Forest and historical Pottery production workshops can all be preserved ??) 🙏🏻 Wo wen tian/我问天/ I ask the Heaven 🥺😩

[@patricksoo2432]

Thanks for making this video bro ...I would definitely pay a visit to this place one day ...

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Good!

[@Yanx44]

Sweet spot! Très bonne narration Simon, bien ficelé, keep it up!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thanks beaucoup!

[@iSoftech]

You're indeed a story teller, and your channel is the living proof for that. I always wonder why your subscription rate is still in 4 digits. I'm definitely sure that you will reach the heights you deserved in no time. Keep exploring 👍

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you very much! “Build it and they will come!”

[@iSoftech]

Perfectly said 👌

[@iAxianguy]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I will be paying a visit to the Thow Kwang. I didn't know if such a place until I saw your video. Nice! 😄👍

[@SimonSaysCanada]

YES!! Go there, spread the love!! Somebody is bound to buy that sarcophagus one of these days! 😄

[@stefk]

awesome stuff. this place is a special gem in Singapore for sure. you bring that out in this video! also behind this place is a small park which is quiet too and nearby is NTU where the honeybee like structure 'the hive' is and yunnan garden too.

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Yep! The hive is nearly swallowing the pottery jungle whole, though...!

[@stefk]

@@SimonSaysCanada haha you are funny. yeah it's pretty huge but the structure looks cool especially top floor looking down. trying to think of some other cool older places in singapore, little gems...nus baba house is quite authentic and interesting if you like peranakan stuff....hmm Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery was modelled after a temple in fujian and is quite old, sembawang hot springs and nearby are old bunkers trailing towards sembawang park at bermuda rd etc. Kebun Baru Birdsinging Club is interesting if you can go when there's more birds. maybe lower peirce reservoir (the reflections of the water here is pretty) and thomson nature parkis nearby too. anyway not sure if you've been to these places but thought i might add some on your to do list. oh i see you went to sentosa, there's also abandoned bunkers and stuff here too near sentosa cove via woolwich rd. also recommend forest adventure if you want a fun ziplining course for the whole family and you zip across bedok reservoir, better value for money than the one on sentosa too.

[@sneo7470]

👍💪👏nice video! You know more interesting unknown places in Singapore than Singaporean!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

I’m looking hard for them, that’s why! 😁

[@goodwert]

you are a great story teller!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you very much!

[@EasternKalogeros]

Alright... Am going there :=, by the way.. Another great video

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you - and yes, go there! Check them out!

[@charlyscotich]

Another Great video. Always wanted to go there but too scared to walk around with my 3 years old!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

My 2 year old is a total wrecking ball, and though I had to keep eyes on him, nothing bad happened!

[@faizwong5326]

Well done Simon! You brought your tribe along too! So well behaved. Don't think anything was broken during your visit. 😄

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Oh, don’t assume for a second that Leo the tornado was left unattended!!! He would’ve broken half the place the instant he’d escape our sight... High stress situation! 😄

[@faizwong5326]

Hahaha..then your can retire there working for some time to pay off the damages 🤪

[@LovedDoxology68]

I LOVE YR VIDEOS MAN!!!!!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thanks John!!

[@AndreQuirion]

Omg, my GF couldn't leave the room at 6:40 . She got a collection of teapots and sure would love to visit that place. Merci pour les vidéos ca donne encore plus envie de visité Singapore :D

[@SimonSaysCanada]

GG!

[@telvinchang8959]

Nice place to spend your day. 😄👍

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Indeed. It has a certain pleasant stillness to it. Very soothing.

[@melissalee5478]

lol haha i laughed at the bbq part, anyway great content!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

It would make for a great salmon smoker, I am certain of it 😄

[@melissalee5478]

@@SimonSaysCanada hahah would definitely bring some salmon over this weekend!

[@farawatcher7222]

I love your videos,how to get there in that place I'm excited to visit this place..

[@SimonSaysCanada]

If you are not used to orient yourself in forests or jungles, bring a friend along! Finding this mansion can be a little difficult

[@farawatcher7222]

@@SimonSaysCanada thank you so much

[@jonathanlee5520]

WaLaoEh, NOW U are into SG Pottery Exploration 😳 Has to be your Gène de l'art Français !?! 🤩😷

[@SimonSaysCanada]

I dig art in most of its forms!

[@dimplekour7632]

Nice video bro👍

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Thank you. They’ve got a special place over there, man. Check it out if you are ever around, worth it!

[@dimplekour7632]

@@SimonSaysCanada am your sister ..man...😀😀 Am female 😎

[@tzechean]

ok im going too

[@SimonSaysCanada]

One of my favorite secret spots in SG! Bring an Auntie - she’ll attain nirvana 😄

[@hawkhea7527]

It’s legit. Did u sign up for the pottery course?

[@SimonSaysCanada]

I’m not much of a potter, but the two ladies of the family are looking into it.

[@eLtitude]

let's look for more secrets!

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Always looking! Do you know any cool ones worth a trip?

[@eLtitude]

@@SimonSaysCanada hmm.. how about the clementi forest or the green corridor, haven't been but looks interesting

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Good call - I’ll look into it

[@t-ime]

hello are you swedish

[@SimonSaysCanada]

Hell no. Are you swedish?

[@rcbs]

Hey Simon, tried to get in touch with you using the email provided at your KZbin profile... did you see it?

[@SimonSaysCanada]

I didn’t! Thanks for pointing it out. Just sent a reply.