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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
Beside the hypocentre, built around the objects themselves - including a wall moved from the ruined cathedral.
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Giant Cantilever Crane
Imported from Scotland in 1909 and still lifting - an industrial machine that has worked for over a century.
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Kosuge Slip Dock
Japan's first Western-style repair dock, hauling ships up rails onto land; the brick slipway survives intact.
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Higashi-Yamate and Minami-Yamate
Western houses on the old settlement hills, their cobbled slopes and retaining walls still marking the original plots.
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Shitsu Church and the de Rotz Buildings
A French priest designed and built these with the villagers, keeping them low against the wind.
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Ono Church
A tiny chapel of local basalt bound with mortar, built for a congregation of twenty-six.
NagasakiArchitectureGoto
Old Gorin Church
A plain farmhouse outside and a Gothic church within - the memory of persecution built into the form.