Arita (有田町, Arita-machi^?) is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 12,646 in an area is 27.09 km², giving a density of 466.81 persons per km². A town (町 chō) is a local administrative unit in Japan. ... Nishimatsūra (西松浦郡; -gun) is a district located in Saga, Japan. ... A reconstruction of a Yayoi period building at the Yoshinogari site Saga Prefecture (佐賀県; Saga-ken) is located on Kyushu island, Japan. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Porcelain in the Imari style is produced in Aritaces. It is also the holder of the largest ceramic fair in Western Japan, the Arita Ceramic Fair. This event is held from April 29 to May 5 every year has thousands of stores and stalls lining the six-kilometre main street. Imari plate, made at Arita, 18th century Imari porcelain is the European collectors name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū, and exported from the port of Imari, Saga specifically for the European export trade. ...

Sightseeing

• The Kyushu Ceramic Museum (Kyushu Toji Bunkakan, 九州陶磁文化館) is located in Arita town. There are large exhibits of old and modern styles ceramics.
• The Porcelain Park is a theme park of ceramics, and is modelled on the Zwinger Palace in Germany. Ceramic ware from the heyday of Arita is on display in the gallery.
• Arita Kan (有田館) has an exhibition of modern art porcelain, 400 different cups for coffee or tea and a theatre with computerisd puppets made of porcelain.
• At China On The Park dates back to the end of the last century when the Fukugawa factory was chosen to provide the Imperial household with porcelain. This large and modern style facility contains a factory, galleries, shops and a restaurant.
• Tozan Shrine has a porcelain archway and other items of porcelain, which at other shrines are usually made of stone. This shrine is and was particularly revered by Arita’s ceramists.
• Rokuroza (ろくろ座) Located near Kami Arita Station is a place where oou can learn how to make your own pottery.

The Kyushu Ceramics Museum is located in Arita town, Saga Prefecture, Japan. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Famous Pottery From Arita

• Kakiemon
• Imari porcelain

Saga Prefecture Bowl. ... Imari plate, made at Arita, 18th century Imari porcelain is the European collectors name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū, and exported from the port of Imari, Saga specifically for the European export trade. ...

Potters From Arita

• Kakiemon Sakaeda, The 1^st Kakiemon
• Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan
• Imaizumi Imaemon XIII, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan
• Tsuji Hitachi
• Ryuzan Aoki
• Manji Inoue, who is a Living National Treasure in Japan

Living National Treasure (人間国宝, Ningen Kokuhō) is a title awarded in Japan to certain masters of crafts such as woodblock printing (ukiyo-e), papermaking, swordsmithing and pottery, and to masters of performance traditions such as bunraku, kabuki, and various matsuri (festival) performance traditions, with the aim of preserving skills and techniques... Tsuji Hitachi ) is a secceeded name of a ceramic artist of Arita. ...

See also

• Japanese pottery
• Yi Sam Pyong (Yi Sam-p'young; 1579-1655)
• Hakuji
• Izumi Mountain
• Karatsu-yaki – Produced in Saga. The most produced pottery in western Japan. Believed to have started in the 16th century. Greatly influenced by Korean potters.
• Koro

According to archeological evidence, Japanese pottery is among the earliest in the World, dating back to the 11th millennium BC, marking the beginning of the Jomon period. ... Yi Sam Pyong is considered the Father of Japanese Porcelain. ... Hakuji is Japanese white porcelain originally made from a superior white-stoned clay thought to be discovered in the early 1600s at Izumiyama (Izumi Mountain, Arita) by Korean potter Ri Sampei (Yi Sam Pyong). ... KORO is a Spanish-language television station in Corpus Christi, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 28 as an affiliate of Univisión. ...

External links

• Arita town homepage
• Map - Major Ceramic Kilns of Japan
• Kyushu Newsletter: Kyushu And Ceramics

Coordinates: 33°12′38″N, 129°50′57″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...