Sights in Arita, Saga

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• Great Ginkgo of Izumiyama Benzaiten

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-46-2500

  1,000-year-old, 30.5 m ginkgo, a national natural monument that turns gold in late November.

• Uchiyama Streetscape

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2121

  Townhouses from four eras, Edo to Showa, in a national preservation district.

• Tozan Shrine

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-42-3310

  1658 shrine above Arita with a porcelain torii gate.

• Koransha

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2132

  Japan's first porcelain maker and trader, founded in 1879; showroom and historic porcelain gallery.

• Fukagawa Seiji China on the Park

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-46-3900

  Showroom park of Fukagawa Seiji, an Arita porcelain maker founded in 1894 and Imperial Household purveyor from 1910.

• Former Tashiro Family Western-style House

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-4866

  1876 house built by a porcelain trader's family to host foreign buyers.

• Noritoh Kiln

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2890

  Kiln and gallery in Nangawara focusing on early-1600s Arita ware with natural glazes.

• Yi Sam-pyeong Monument

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2121

  1917 memorial to Arita ware's founder, with a view over the town.

• Arita History and Folklore Museum East Wing & Arita Porcelain Reference Hall

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2678

  Museum of Arita's history and folk life, with Edo-period kiln licences and wartime porcelain grenades and coins.

• Izumiyama Quarry

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-46-2500

  Birthplace of Japanese porcelain, where Yi Sam-pyeong found porcelain stone in the early 17th century.

• Gen-emon Kiln

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-42-4164

  Kiln with more than 260 years in Arita, known for modern takes on Ko-Imari designs.

• Kyushu Ceramic Museum

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-3681

  Prefectural museum of Arita, Imari and other Kyushu ceramics.

• Imaemon Kiln

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-42-3101

  370-year-old kiln that inherited the Iro-Nabeshima overglaze tradition; holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property.

• Gaku Rice Terraces

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-46-5616

  Curving terraced rice paddies in Arita's mountain district.

• Arita Uchiyama Preservation District

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2121

  About 2 km of Edo- to Showa-era Japanese and Western buildings, a national preservation district for historic buildings.

• Tonbai Walls

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2121

  Walls built from old kiln firebricks and kiln tools set in red clay.

• Arita Ceramic Art Museum

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-42-3372

  Saga's oldest art museum, in an 1874 stone porcelain warehouse in central Uchiyama.

• Kakiemon Kiln

  

  Arita, Saga · 0955-43-2267

  Kiln that developed Japan's first overglaze enamel technique, the origin of the Kakiemon style.