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Kyushu Ceramic Museum
A museum specializing in ceramic ware located in Arita Town in Saga
Prefecture, the birthplace of Japanese ceramics. Numerous ceramic masterpieces made in various parts of Kyushu, including Arita ware and Imari ware, are stored and displayed here.
Learn all about the ceramics of Kyushu.
10 minutes by Car
Izumiyama Jisekiba Quarry
A quarry where kaolin stone was extracted and the origin of Japanese porcelain.
In the early 17th century, quality kaolin stone, the base material used in ceramics, was discovered in abundance in Izumiyama, Arita, by Korean potter Yi Sam-pyeong (Japanese name: Kanagae Sanbee) and others, which led to the success of the first mass production of porcelain in Japan.
7 minutes by Car
Arita Yaki Gozen Lunch
(Gallery Arita / Sushi Restaurant Kamei Zushi)
A local delicacy packed with the charms of Arita!
Arita Yaki Gozen is available in limited quantities. It’s a meal made with five different styles of Arita-dori chicken, a local specialty, and served in Arita ware.
4 minutes by car
A Stroll Through a Town with Tonbai Walls( Walk )
Side Streets with Tonbai Walls: The Highlight of a Stroll Around the Uchiyama District
These side streets lined with many tonbai walls exude a quaint and calming atmosphere. Tonbai walls are made from the fireproof bricks—known as tonbai—used to build the traditional noborigama climbing kilns, as well as discarded kiln tool fragments, which are then coated in red clay.
2 minutes by Car
Fukagawa Seiji Main Store
The main store of the long established pottery maker Fukagawa Seiji was first established in 1894. Located in the center of the Uchiyama District in Arita, this is where porcelain was made for the first time in Japan 400 years ago.
Their pottery was awarded an honorary gold medal at the Paris Exposition in 1900, and continues to be visited by pottery lovers from around the world.
24 minutes by car
Ureshino Yasohachi
Ureshino Yadoya is an accommodation where you can enjoy tea and hot springs with beauty benefits.
You can savor Ureshino Tea, Ureshino’s most famous local delicacy, and soak to your heart’s content in the Ureshino hot springs, one of the three best hot springs with beauty benefits in Japan.
