SagaArchitectureImari
Imari Port District
Arita porcelain shipped from this port, which is why the world came to call it Imari instead.
Culture & history entries7,801 entries
13,910 entries. Some places appear in more than one collection. Confirm visits with each facility.
7,801ShowingAll JapanArea12Themes
7,801 entries / page 146 of 326
SagaArchitecture
SagaContemporary ArtSaga
Tidal Flats of the Ariake Sea
A six-metre tidal range leaves mud to the horizon, ranked with the geometric poles of the seaweed farms.
SagaArchitectureSaga
Creeks of the Saga Plain
A net of channels dug across reclaimed land to hold water; from the air the whole plain reads as a drawing.
SagaContemporary Art
SagaContemporary ArtKaratsu
Nanatsugama Caves
Waves cut seven caves into columnar basalt; the pillar sections pattern the whole wall.
Saga
Butsudan of Saga
A strongly Pure Land region kept the altar trade alive, its lacquering, gilding and metalwork divided between hands.
Arita
Climbing Kiln Sites of Arita
Chambered kilns stepped up the hillsides; the slope and the number of chambers decided the firing.
Saga
Nabeshima Dantsu Rugs
Cotton rugs knotted one stitch at a time as domain tribute; the craft lapsed and was reconstructed.
Saga
Christian Sites of Hizen
Christianity arrived early in this province; crosses and inscribed graves survive hidden among ordinary temples.
SagaContemporary ArtUreshino
Ureshino Onsen and its Tea Fields
Hot spring and tea district share one valley; the contour-planted fields fill the inn windows.
Arita
Contemporary Arita
At its 400th anniversary the district began pairing kilns with foreign designers - a tradition deliberately updating itself.
Karatsu
Karatsu Kilns and the Tataki Method
Clay compacted by beating with a paddle rather than thrown - a Korean method still in use here.
Saga
Saga Castle Town
The Nagasaki highway ran through here, carrying sugar and Western learning toward Edo.
Saga
Stone Bridges of Saga
Stone-arch technique spread inland from Nagasaki; the way each arch is laid identifies its mason's line.
Arita
Old Kilns of Hizen
The failed shards from these kilns date the styles - they carry more information than the finished pots.
SagaArchitectureArita
Arita Porcelain Park
A replica of the Zwinger, built by the Saxon elector who bought Arita porcelain by the shipload - the export destination made visible.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum
Two blocks straddling a canal, joined by a bridge, holding Japan's foremost collection of Spanish art.
NagasakiMuseumsNagasaki
Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
The shogunal magistrate's office rebuilt in timber, housing the record of Japan's one open window on the world.
NagasakiArchitectureNagasaki
Glover Garden
Nine Western houses gathered on a hillside above the harbour, including the oldest Western-style timber building in Japan.
NagasakiArchitecture
NagasakiArchitectureNagasaki
Spectacles Bridge
Japan's oldest stone arch bridge, built by a Chinese monk; its two arches and their reflection make the spectacles.
NagasakiArt & CraftsNagasaki
Peace Statue, Nagasaki
One hand raised toward the bomb, the other held level for peace - a decade's work and, at the time, among the largest bronzes cast in Japan.
NagasakiMuseumsNagasaki
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Beside the hypocentre, built around the objects themselves - including a wall moved from the ruined cathedral.
NagasakiArchitectureNagasaki
Hashima, Gunkanjima
A coal island whose 1916 concrete apartment blocks are among Japan's oldest; abandoned in 1974 and left as a whole ruined city.
Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
Koryuji · Temple