Reference : "RAKU" Ceramics in Japan.
A. Where can I find a serious Course on "RAKU" (an old style of
Japanese Pottery from the 16th Centuary).
If possible in the KYOTO Area of Japan.
Starting (if possible)after 15-March-2006.

B. Also looking for a Village or a small Town where most of the
families are working with Pottery and one can live with the family and
study while working together with them.

WHy not call a Japanese tourist office or consulate?

Here's a Raku workshop with "Wali Hawes" - an Indian potter living in Japan.
  
http://www.walihawes.com/workshops/raku_pottery_workshop.php

Here is a Raku course in Kyoto. It looks like you might have to join
their YMCA there. This sounds like it is potentially private tutoring,
and so can be arranged to start when you want and probably at whatever
level you would like.

Members of AIEK (The Association For International Exchange In Kyoto-
* Kyoto International Cultural Association, Inc.
Address Kyodai Kaikan #116, 15-9 Kawara-machi, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
TEL: 075-751-8958
FAX: 075-751-9006
Access 10 minutes walk from Keihan "Marutamachi" station.
Days & Time Based on learner's request. (between 10:00~20:00)
Lesson Type Private, Group Fee «2,000/hour
* Kyoto YWCA "RAKU-RAKU"
Address 44, Konoe-cho, Demizu-agaru, Muromachi, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
TEL: 075-431-0351
FAX: 075-431-0352
Access A few minutes walk from subway "Marutamachi" station.
Days & Time Based on learner's request.
Lesson Type Group Fee «1,000/ month + text and photocopies
* Kyoto YMCA Volunteer Tutors for Japanese Language
Volunteer tutors help foreign students of Kyoto YMCA in a group of two
with practicing Japanese.
Address Corner of Sanjo-dori and Yanaginobanba-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
TEL: 075-231-4388
FAX: 075-251-0970
Days & Time Based on both of tutors and learner's request.
Lesson Type Private Fee free
Learner's Condition A student of Kyoto YMCA

Also, there is a non degree course at Kyoto City University in
"crafts" which I believe includes raku. This has a few prerequisites
you would have to meet, including a certain competency in japanese.
However, one of the professors there, Akiyama Yo, is well known in
raku apparently, and has given master classes at Harvard. You can see
the requirements at http://w3.kcua.ac.jp/info/admission/entrance_fa.html

Akiyama, Yo is a highly acclaimed sculptor whose work will be featured
in the contemporary Japanese art exhibition ? Confronting Tradition?
at the Smith College Museum of Art this fall. Professor at Kyoto City
University of Art, he received a MFA from Kyoto Art University in
1978, where he studied with the Sodeisha art movement leader Kazuo
Yagi. He has received numerous awards such as the Suntory Award and
the Japan Ceramic Society Award, and his work is in the collections of
the National Museums in Osaka and Kyoto and the Victoria and Albert
Museum, among others. The symposium will include a side trip option to
Northampton to see his work.

According to this article however, if you are REALLY serious about
raku (and you will be in the country for a significant amount of time)
the thing to do is to contact local raku artists and ask to be their
apprentice. You can view how one Japanese politician did this at this
website: http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/hosokawa-morihiro-jt.html

Finally, I found this workshop, which unfortunatly you have missed the
deadline on by just a few days. Maybe if you beg they will still
review your application? Or maybe you can keep it in mind for next
year? It includes a homestay.
http://www.japan-net.ne.jp/~iwcat/

Additionally, I found homestay possibilities on homestayweb.com . It
is free to join homestayweb.com, and you can view the possibilities I
turned up at http://www.homestayweb.com/search.cgi?F13=JP&F21f=0&F21t=999999&F14=Kyoto
.

Hope that helps.

Well, that is crappy. I didn't know only "researchers" - what a cushy
job that is- could answer questions. Well, I hope this helped anyway.

HI Ren8-ga,
Sorry about that, but it looks like excellent information,
nonetheless, the kind of comment that keeps Researchers on their toes,
besides helping the asker, of course.
Myoarin