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  • Koransha Main Store
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    Saga Pref. Nishimatsuragunaritachou Koubira 1-3-8
    A renowned studio founded by a porcelain manufacturer in 1875. The studio produces Arita ware which has won prizes in contests around the world. The studio’s distinctive hard white porcelain decorated with splendid designs are even referred to as the “Koransha style” and are highly praised. The studio’s showroom displays Koransha art pieces and items supplied to the Imperial household as well as everyday goods like fountain pens and tableware. The perfect place to search for a souvenir or present that is a cut above.

    有田焼の里、有田は、国道の北側を走る旧道沿いに、古い町並みが残っていました。その旧道沿いに、香蘭社の有田本店がありました。 旧道沿いに香蘭社の古くて素敵な建物が建っていて、門のようなところから内部に入ると、中庭のような場所に数台分の駐車場がありました。そこから、旧道沿いに建つ本店へと向かいました。 さすが、香蘭社の本店ですね。有田焼のお店の域をはるかに超えていて、有田焼の美術館のようなんです...

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  • Hataman Touen
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    4.5
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    Saga Imari Okawachicho Okawa Uchiyama Otsu 1820
    The directly-managed store has a manufacturing plant and showroom, and offers a wide range of Imari Nabeshima ware, including the Cuir Design, which has a beautiful leather-like texture and luster, and the Leger Series, which is made of a special ceramic clay that allows light to penetrate through the ware. The company also offers factory tours for those who wish to visit.

    数ある大川内山の窯元の中では個人的に一番好みの焼き物を製作されています。透かし彫りや鍋島・青磁などモヨギ色が素晴らしい上絵の具の陶磁器がありますが、今でも製作されているかはわかりませんが、昔に素晴らしいと思ったのは上絵具の白盛で焼かれた梅の作品が素晴らしかったです。 風鈴まつりでは店舗入口上に伊万里焼の風鈴が飾られていました。

  • Hizenya
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    3.5
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    Saga Pref. Kashimashi Hamamachi Otsu 2761-2
    "A sake brewery open to tourists situated along National Route 207 in Hama-machi, Kashima City. Situated along Sakagura-dori Street (a street lined with many old sake breweries) which has been designated a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, this particular brewery has been making sake for four generations. Visitors can view the brewery, experience Japan's bygone Showa period in the ""Showa Room,"" and check out sightseeing destinations on the street. The brewery also offers sake tastings and its direct sales shop sells limited run products."

    佐賀県は九州では珍しい日本酒県なんです。鹿島市の肥前浜という駅の南側には、酒蔵通りという、今でもいくつかのつ酒蔵が残っている通りがありました。その通りの入り口にあったのが、こちらの峰松酒造場でした。 店内に入ると、たくさんの日本酒が並んでいて、試飲もできます。ハンドルキーパーの主人に代わって、いくつか試飲をして、「無濾過原酒 肥前浜宿」というお酒を購入しました。「原酒」だけあって、ちょっとアル...

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  • Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kyushu Plant
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    Saga Saga-shi Morodomicho Morodomitsu 450
    Ajinomoto factory is located in Morodomitsu, Morodomi Town, Saga City, and offers factory tours (reservations required). Visitors can experience the various tastes of amino acid, view the display of the history of Ajinomoto, and explore the factory grounds by bus.

    バス案内中心の工場見学です。ネットにて予約可能です。到着すると、控え室に案内され、その後スクリーンを使った味の素の原料や創業や工場などの説明。そして味噌汁に味の素を使用する前と後での比較の試飲。そして、工場内のバス見学へ。要所要所で、バスを停めバス内で映像をつかった施設の説明。最後にお土産売り場や商品展示の施設へ案内され終了でした。お土産は、マヨネーズ、アミノバイタル、スープの素、ミニミニ味の素...

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  • Ryutagama
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    Saga Karatsu-shi Mirukashi 4333-1
    "The kiln is located in Uban Futsukura (姥の懐), a village in Karatsu, and is the home of Takashi Nakazato, who won the first prize for his ceramic sculpture ""Sogyo"" at the 10th Modern Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun in 1961, and the prize at the 1985 Selected Modern Ceramic Art Exhibition sponsored by the Ceramic Society of Japan, and now three generations of his family are producing pottery. Tours are available, so please inquire in advance."

    宿で知り中里健太作陶展をみに隆太窯へ。唐津駅からタクシー1500円程。駐車場あるので車で行ってもOK。作品も販売しておりクレジットカード使えます。

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  • Gen-emon Kiln
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    Saga Pref. Nishimatsuragunaritachou Maruo Hino 2726
    A famous old Imari ware pottery workshop with some 260 years of history. Traditional old Imari ware is characterized by a modern functional beauty coupled with a distinctive decorative style. In the adjoining museum, visitors can view numerous pieces of old Imari ware gathered from throughout Japan and the world. Note that the museum is only open on weekdays as well as partially on Saturdays. Be sure to check the official website for business days.
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  • Ureshino Ochachamura
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    Saga Pref. Ureshinoshi Ureshinomachiwayagawachi No. 3537
    A green tea processing factory situated along National Route 34 in Iwayagawachi, Ureshino-machi, Ureshino City. Surrounded by tea fields, inside visitors can see how tea is made. Visitors can also sample the factory's teas and purchase freshly- made tea leaves at reasonable prices in the factory's shop.

    Stopped by a green tea factory and shop in Ureshino Ochachamura at Saga Prefecture in way to Nagasaki. Tasted various green tea and bought cold green tea bags. Very nice and fragrant to drink cold.

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  • Matsuuraichi Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.
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    Saga Pref. Imarishi Yamashirochou Kusuku 312
    "A sake brewery located in Kusuku Yamashiro-cho, Imari City. Established in 1716, the brewery crafts liquors such as the renowned sake, ""Matsuuraichi"". Visitors can check out the brewery and view historic items such as old farming and brewery equipment used up until the mid-1950s, as well as the mummy of a kappa goblin viewed as a water guardian deity. With an advance reservation, visitors can also receive a guided brewery tour."
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  • Toshoka
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    Saga Pref. Imarishi Okawachichou Otsu 1810-1
    "A pottery studio located in Okawachi-cho, Imari City. From the Edo through the Meiji periods, this studio was an official supplier of pottery to the bygone Nabeshima Domain and is also one of the studios in Okawauchiyama which has been included in the ""Okawachi Nabeshima Kiln Sites"" National Historic Site listing. The studio sells pottery made using traditional techniques, incorporating modern designs, and decorated by the hand of the studio head."
  • Ironabeshima Kobogama Okawachi Gallery
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    Saga Pref. Imarishi Okawachichou Otsu 1175-3
    A pottery studio and shop located in Okawachiyama, mountain village of Nabeshima ware, in Okawachi-cho, Imari City. The owner has studied the colorful Iro-Nabeshima variety of Nabeshima ware for close to 30 years and here customers can purchase original pieces crafted with the masterful techniques acquired through this journey. A fun place just to come and look around, the studio’s shop is filled with beautiful small dishes decorated using pattern paper as well as free hand designs.
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  • Yobuko Kaisyu Kodawari Kobo Ika Shumai Kojo
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    Saga Pref. Karatsushi Yobukochoutononoura 552-2
    A shop which makes squid shumai dumplings, a local Yobuko specialty, located in Tononoura, Yobuko-cho, Karatsu City. Visitors can watch the dumplings being made via a glass window and purchase these tasty treats as well. Set meals and traditional kaiseki course meals made with Yobuko squid and other seasonal seafood are served in the adjoining Yobuko Kaisyu Main restaurant.
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  • Rozan Kiln
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    Ogawauchiyama, Imari city, Saga prefecture
    The history of the traditional Ironabe-shima Ware and Rozan Kiln began in the Edo period, when the Nabeshima family, lords of the Hizen Province’s Nabeshima domain decided to make a gift of pottery. The materials used to color each finished piece (Iroe-jiki) are carefully selected for their calming and beautiful traits. The traditional techniques and the workers’ response to the changing times can be seen clearly in their work. The kiln is approximately ten minutes by car from the Chikuhi Line’s Kami-Imari Station.
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  • Sehyogama Tobako
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    Saga Imari
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  • Choshun Celadon Kiln
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    Saga Imari Okawachicho Okawa Uchiyama
    The kiln is located in the Okawachiyama district of Imari City, surrounded by deep nature, and continues to produce Nabeshima celadon porcelain of a translucent pale blue color using glazes made from pottery stones produced in Okawachiyama, with a soft luster and rich celadon of incomparable beauty. Although there are artificial glazes that can produce a similar blue color, the Changchun celadon porcelain kiln continues to produce porcelain by following the method inherited from the feudal era.
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  • Soejima Glassware Co., Ltd. (Hizen Vidro)
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    Saga Saga-shi Sayanomotomachi 106
    Hizen Bidoro is a company that produces Hizen Bidoro, a traditional craft of handmade, space-blown glass tableware designated as an important intangible cultural asset by the city of Saga. Call ahead to confirm the schedule.
  • Shingama Seika
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    Saga Nishimatsuura-gun Aritacho Kuromuta Hei 2788
    "Arita-yaki pottery founded in 1830, Arita-yaki pottery has maintained the traditional ""handmade and hand-painted"" style under the credo of ""Talking with vessels, vessels are people,"" and continues to produce vessels that live in our daily lives, mainly in the ""Sometsuke"" style. The studio also offers hands-on workshops such as pottery making, painting, and hand-binning."
  • Imaemon Kiln
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    Saga Nishimatsuura-gun Aritacho Akaemachi 2-1-15
    A pottery studio with a roughly 370-year history reaching back to 1644. They maintain the tradition of the official glazers of iro-nabeshima ware for the Nabeshima clan as gifts to the shogun during the Edo period. They've been certified as purveyors of a nationally Important Intangible Cultural Property. The kiln's pieces are housed in many museums, including the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
  • Kyozangama
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    Saga Karatsu-shi Kagami 4614-1
    Since opening in 1969, this pottery studio has engaged in the labor-intensive process pottery making, including preparing the clay and glaze and firing the items in a climbing kiln. With a reservation you can try your hand at making pottery or painting ceramic plates and teacups that have been fired in advance. Please note that visitors don't have access to the electric potter's wheel.
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  • Narutaki-shuzo
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    Saga Karatsu-shi Koda 3272-1
    A sake brewery founded in 1974 as a joint venture between three breweries, led by Taiko-shuzo, which has been brewing since 1705. Since then their flagship Juraku Taiko sake has enjoyed great popularity, particularly in northern Kyushu as a local Karatsu brew. Fermentation is carefully controlled through applying the characteristics of high-quality rice from Saga Prefecture and extremely soft water. Their popular sake is soft, smooth, ample-bodied, and mellow.
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  • Doheigama
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    Saga Karatsu-shi Chinzeimachi Nomoto 1315-3
    "A kiln located on a gentle slope in the mountains close to the town of Yobuko, known as ""Squid Town."" It's also not far from the Nagoya Castle ruins, a nationally designated Special Historic Site. In addition to tea bowls and tableware, it produces a variety of ceramic pieces including decorative animals and musical instruments. Four times a year they exhibit a collection of everyday tableware, tea ceremony utensils, vases, sake cups, decorative objects, and other items. A visit comes with tea and lunch."
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Away from the fast-paced cities of mainland Japan, Kyushu’s Saga prefecture offers quaint towns and cities known for their traditional crafts, particularly ceramics. Rich in kaolin (a type of clay), Saga became the homeland of Arita ware, a delicate, decorative porcelain that is now celebrated worldwide and can be discovered in the towns of Arita, Imari, and Karatsu.

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