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Eighty percent of Japan's porcelain stone comes from this island - Arita and Hasami both depend on it.
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Amakusa pottery stone is clay ore (pottery stone) mined on Amakusa Shimoshima. It is widely used as a raw material for ceramics and accounts for 80% of the pottery stone (porcelain raw material) produced in Japan. It is also called Amakusa pottery clay or Amakusa stone. When crushed and mixed with water it becomes highly plastic clay, and even without other additives it sinters uniformly into porcelain. Because it is low in titanium and iron, it can produce a white material with high electrical insulation, and is suitable as the main raw material for white porcelain, high-voltage insulators and more.
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Founded / opened：1600s Highlights / collection：80% of Japan's domestic porcelain stone production, Uchida Sarayama ware and Takahama ware Genre：Crafts and ceramics
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