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  • Koransha Main Store
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    4.5
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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
    7 Reviews
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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。

  • Ryutagama
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    3.5
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Maruta Nobumasa Kiln
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    Saga Takeo Takeuchicho Mateno 24704-2
    The kiln was established by a group of potters who were naturalized with the Korean potter Soden during the Keicho and Genna periods at the end of the Momoyama period (1568-1600). If you wish to visit, please contact the kiln in advance.
  • Kaneko Kiln
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    Saga Takeo Takeuchicho Mateno 32095
    "The Tadara area used to be known as the ""home of the big turtle,"" where large bottles were produced for storing grains such as rice and wheat as well as miso and soy sauce. In 1973, the method was selected for preservation as an intangible cultural asset by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the kiln was restored."
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  • Koun Kiln
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    Saga Takeo Takeuchicho Umeno 13649
    Opened in 1992, the kiln mainly produces tea bowls, plates, and teacups in the Karatsu style, and has created a new style of Takeo pottery by combining the simple earthenware of Karatsu with the more colorful features of overglaze and akae (red glaze) painting.
  • Gotanrinkama
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    Saga Pref. Takushi Takumachi
  • Ogasawarafujimigiemon
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    Saga Pref. Imarishi Okawachichou Otsu 1971
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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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