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Industry & Tech ／ Food & Drink 31 entries

• JA Saga Sajo Mikan Sorting Facility

  JAさが佐城みかん選果場
  Saga / Ogi area ／ Citrus & optical fruit sorting

  A mikan sorting facility in Saga. It measures sugar content with light and sorts the fruit.

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• Glico Manufacturing Japan Saga Factory

  グリコマニュファクチャリングジャパン佐賀工場
  Saga / Saga ／ Confectionery & food manufacturing

  Glico in Saga. It makes confectionery.

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• Nakazato Taroemon Pottery

  中里太郎右衛門陶房
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Karatsu ware & Ochawangama kiln

  Nakazato Taroemon Pottery in Karatsu. It is in the lineage of the domain's official tea bowl kiln.

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• Maruhide Soy Sauce Head Office Factory

  丸秀醤油本社工場
  Saga / Saga ／ Soy sauce & natural brewing

  Maruhide Soy Sauce in Saga. It makes soy sauce by natural brewing.

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• Gochoda Sake Brewery Azumaichi

  五町田酒造東一
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Sake & Yamada Nishiki rice

  Gochoda Sake Brewery in Ureshino. Under the Azumaichi brand, it grows its own Yamada Nishiki rice.

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• Ide Sake Brewery Toranoko

  井手酒造虎之児
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Sake & hot-spring town brewing

  Ide Sake Brewery in Ureshino. Under the Toranoko brand, it brews in a hot spring town.

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• Saga Prefecture Ariake Sea Fisheries Cooperative Nori Joint Sales and Inspection

  佐賀県有明海漁協海苔共販・検査
  Saga / Saga ／ Nori & quality grading

  The Ariake Sea fisheries cooperative of Saga. It carries out joint sales and quality inspection of nori. Saga ranks first in Japan in nori production.

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• Mitsutake Sake Brewery

  光武酒造場
  Saga / Kashima ／ Sake & shochu

  Mitsutake Sake Brewery in Kashima. It makes sake and shochu.

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• Yatoji Denkichi Honpo

  八頭司伝吉本舗
  Saga / Ogi ／ Yokan & confectionery manufacturing

  Yatoji Denkichi Honpo in Ogi. It makes yokan.

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• Kitajima Shirayama Honten

  北島白山本店
  Saga / Saga ／ Maruboro & confectionery

  Kitajima in Saga. It makes marubolo. The sweet is said to have its origin in Nanban confectionery.

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• Ajinomoto Kyushu Plant

  味の素九州事業所
  Saga / Saga ／ Amino acids & fermentation technology

  Ajinomoto in Saga. It makes amino acids by fermentation.

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• Masuda Yokan Honpo

  増田羊羹本舗
  Saga / Ogi ／ Yokan & traditional methods

  Masuda Yokan Honpo in Ogi. It makes yokan by the traditional method.

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• Yamato Sake Brewery Hizen Toji

  大和酒造肥前杜氏
  Saga / Saga ／ Sake & fermentation

  Yamato Sake Brewery in Saga. It brews with the skills of the Hizen toji brewers.

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• Otsubo Seika Head Office Factory

  大坪製菓本社工場
  Saga / Saga ／ Maruboro & food manufacturing

  Otsubo Seika in Saga. It makes marubolo.

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• Tenzan Sake Brewery

  天山酒造
  Saga / Ogi ／ Sake & Mt. Tenzan water system

  Tenzan Sake Brewery in Ogi. It brews with water from the Tenzan water system.

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• Ureshino Tea Exchange Center Chaoshiru

  嬉野茶交流館チャオシル
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Tea & tea-making experience

  Chaoshiru, the tea exchange center in Ureshino. Visitors can experience pan-fired and steamed Ureshino tea.

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• Munemasa Sake Brewery Arita Brewery

  宗政酒造有田蔵
  Saga / Arita ／ Sake & shochu

  Munemasa Sake Brewery in Arita. It makes sake and shochu.

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• Miyajima Shoyu Myoken Factory

  宮島醤油妙見工場
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Seasonings & food manufacturing

  Miyajima Shoyu in Karatsu. It makes seasonings.

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• Miyajima Shoyu Head Office and Soy Sauce Brewery

  宮島醤油本社・醤油蔵
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Soy sauce & fermentation

  Miyajima Shoyu in Karatsu. It brews soy sauce.

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• Fukuchiyo Sake Brewery Nabeshima

  富久千代酒造鍋島
  Saga / Kashima ／ Sake & local brewing

  Fukuchiyo Sake Brewery in Kashima. Its Nabeshima brand has won an international award.

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• Komatsu Sake Brewery Manrei

  小松酒造万齢
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Sake & local breweries

  Komatsu Sake Brewery in Karatsu. It brews under the Manrei brand.

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• Kawashima Tofu Shop

  川島豆腐店
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Tofu & local food

  Kawashima Tofu Shop in Karatsu. It makes zaru tofu.

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• Sachihime Sake Brewery

  幸姫酒造
  Saga / Kashima ／ Sake & brewery tours

  Sachihime Sake Brewery in Kashima. It welcomes visitors for brewery tours.

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• Muraoka Sohonpo Ogi Factory

  村岡総本舗小城工場
  Saga / Ogi ／ Yokan & food manufacturing

  Muraoka Sohonpo in Ogi. It makes yokan.

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• Morinaga Dessert Saga Factory

  森永デザート佐賀工場
  Saga / Saga ／ Dairy products & frozen desserts

  Morinaga Dessert in Saga. It makes dairy products and frozen desserts.

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• Seto Sake Brewery Azumacho

  瀬頭酒造東長
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Sake & breweries

  Seto Sake Brewery in Ureshino. It brews under the Azumacho brand.

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• Yano Sake Brewery Hizen Kuragokoro

  矢野酒造肥前蔵心
  Saga / Kashima ／ Sake & fermentation

  Yano Sake Brewery in Kashima. It brews under the Hizen Kuragokoro brand.

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• Takeshita Seika Ogi Factory

  竹下製菓小城工場
  Saga / Ogi ／ Ice cream & confectionery manufacturing

  Takeshita Seika in Ogi. It makes ice cream such as Black Mont Blanc.

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• Baba Sake Brewery Nogomi

  馬場酒造場能古見
  Saga / Kashima ／ Sake & Mt. Tara water system

  Baba Sake Brewery in Kashima. Under the Nogomi brand, it brews with water from the Mount Tara water system.

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• Narutaki Sake Brewery

  鳴滝酒造
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Sake & breweries

  Narutaki Sake Brewery in Karatsu. A local sake brewery.

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• Tsuruya Confectionery

  鶴屋菓子舗
  Saga / Saga ／ Maruboro & confectionery culture

  Tsuruya in Saga. It makes marubolo.

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Industry & Tech ／ Crafts 20 entries

• Nakazato Takashi Ryuta Kiln

  中里隆隆太窯
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Karatsu ware & climbing kiln

  Ryuta Kiln in Karatsu. It fires in a climbing kiln.

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• Imari-Arita Ware Traditional Crafts Center

  伊万里・有田焼伝統産業会館
  Saga / Imari ／ Porcelain & passing on techniques

  The traditional crafts center for Imari-Arita ware. It is responsible for passing on the techniques.

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• Imari Ware

  伊万里焼
  Saga / Imari ／ Porcelain & production-area culture

  Porcelain of Imari. It came to be called by this name because Arita's wares were shipped out from the port of Imari.

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• Karatsu Ware

  唐津焼
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Pottery & nationally designated craft

  Pottery of Karatsu. It brings out the character of the clay and comes in a wide variety of styles, such as E-Karatsu and Madara-Karatsu.

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• Karatsu Ware General Exhibition Hall

  唐津焼総合展示場
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Pottery & production-area exhibition

  The general exhibition hall for Karatsu ware. It brings together and shows the potteries of the production area.

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• Ozaki Clay Dolls

  尾崎人形
  Saga / Kanzaki ／ Clay dolls & folk toys

  Ozaki dolls from Kanzaki. Folk toys made of clay. They are known for the pigeon whistle.

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• Koraku Kiln

  幸楽窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & kiln experience

  Koraku Kiln in Arita. It welcomes visitors for hands-on experiences at the kiln.

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• Arita Porcelain Park

  有田ポーセリンパーク
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & hands-on exhibits

  Arita Porcelain Park. It exhibits porcelain in a building modeled on the Zwinger Palace.

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• Arita Ware

  有田焼
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & nationally designated craft

  Porcelain from Arita. In 1616 porcelain stone was found at Izumiyama, and Japan's first porcelain was fired.

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• Riso Kiln

  李荘窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & contemporary forms

  Riso Kiln in Arita. It makes contemporary forms in porcelain.

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• Kakiemon Kiln

  柿右衛門窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Overglaze enamel porcelain & nigoshide

  Kakiemon Kiln in Arita. Overglaze enamel designs that make use of empty space are painted on a milky-white nigoshide body.

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• Fukagawa-Seiji China on the Park

  深川製磁チャイナ・オン・ザ・パーク
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & factory exhibition

  Fukagawa-Seiji in Arita. It opens its factory and exhibits its manufacturing.

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• Gen'emon Kiln

  源右衛門窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Ko-Imari & stencil decoration

  Gen'emon Kiln in Arita. It carries on the Ko-Imari style.

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• Hataman Toen

  畑萬陶苑
  Saga / Imari ／ Nabeshima ware & painting

  Hataman Toen in Imari. It carries out the painting of Nabeshima ware.

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• Hizen Yoshida Ware

  肥前吉田焼
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Porcelain & local production area

  Hizen Yoshida ware from Ureshino. A production area that makes vessels for everyday life.

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• Kosen Kiln

  虎仙窯
  Saga / Imari ／ Nabeshima celadon & porcelain

  Kosen Kiln in Imari. It fires Nabeshima celadon.

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• Shobido Honten

  賞美堂本店
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & design

  Shobido in Arita. It works on porcelain design.

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• Nabeshima Ware Kiln Cluster, Okawachiyama

  鍋島焼窯元集積・大川内山
  Saga / Imari ／ Iro-Nabeshima & secret kilns

  Okawachiyama, Imari. The village of the secret kilns, where the official kilns of the Nabeshima domain were placed and a checkpoint was set up so that the techniques would not leak out.

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• Kyozan Kiln

  鏡山窯
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Karatsu ware & pottery experience

  Kyozan Kiln in Karatsu. Visitors can try pottery making.

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• Koransha Akaemachi Studio

  香蘭社赤繪町工房
  Saga / Arita ／ Porcelain & painting techniques

  Koransha in Arita. It shows painting techniques at its Akaemachi Studio.

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Industry & Tech ／ Manufacturing & Technology 15 entries

• SUMCO Kyushu Factory Imari Plant

  SUMCO九州事業所伊万里工場
  Saga / Imari ／ Semiconductor silicon wafers

  SUMCO in Imari. It makes silicon wafers for semiconductors and holds a high position in the world.

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• SUMCO Production Technology Division Kyushu

  SUMCO生産技術本部九州
  Saga / Imari ／ Semiconductor materials & crystal growth

  SUMCO's Kyushu base. It handles the technology of growing crystals.

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• Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Head Office and Factory

  トヨタ紡織九州本社・工場
  Saga / Kanzaki ／ Automotive interiors & seats

  Toyota Boshoku in Saga. It makes automobile seats.

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• Bridgestone Tosu Plant

  ブリヂストン鳥栖工場
  Saga / Tosu ／ Tires & rubber technology

  Bridgestone in Tosu. It makes tires at a key transport hub of Kyushu.

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• YBM Head Office Factory

  ワイビーエム本社工場
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Ground improvement machines & construction machinery

  YBM in Karatsu. It makes ground improvement machinery.

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• Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Kyushu Head Office and Tosu Factory

  久光製薬九州本社・鳥栖工場
  Saga / Tosu ／ Pharmaceuticals & medicated patches

  Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical in Tosu. It makes medicated patches such as Salonpas.

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• Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Tosu Research Base

  久光製薬鳥栖研究拠点
  Saga / Tosu ／ Transdermal absorption & pharmaceutical research

  A research base in Tosu. It studies technology for having medicine absorbed through the skin.

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• Kyushu Sekisui Kogyo Head Office Factory

  九州積水工業本社工場
  Saga / Kanzaki ／ Plastic pipes & infrastructure materials

  Kyushu Sekisui Kogyo in Saga. It makes plastic pipes.

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• Sano Tsunetami and Mietsu Naval Dock History Museum

  佐野常民と三重津海軍所跡の歴史館
  Saga / Saga ／ Shipbuilding & World Heritage

  The Sano Tsunetami memorial museum in Saga. It tells of the Mietsu Naval Dock and the founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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• Yoshinogari Historical Park

  吉野ヶ里歴史公園
  Saga / Yoshinogari, Kanzaki ／ Yayoi settlement & reconstruction techniques

  Yoshinogari Historical Park in Kanzaki. A moated settlement of the Yayoi period is reconstructed.

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• Namura Shipbuilding Imari Shipyard

  名村造船所伊万里事業所
  Saga / Imari ／ Shipbuilding & large docks

  Namura Shipbuilding in Imari. It builds ships in a large dock.

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• Karats Precision Head Office Factory

  唐津プレシジョン本社工場
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Machine tools & precision machining

  Karats Precision. It precision-machines machine tools.

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• Toa Pharmaceutical Saga Factory

  東亜薬品佐賀工場
  Saga / Saga ／ Pharmaceuticals & formulations

  Toa Pharmaceutical in Saga. It formulates pharmaceuticals.

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• Genkai Energy Park

  玄海エネルギーパーク
  Saga / Genkai ／ Nuclear power & energy education

  The Energy Park in Genkai. It is responsible for education on nuclear power and energy.

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• Yutoku Pharmaceutical Industries Kashima Factory

  祐徳薬品工業鹿島工場
  Saga / Kashima ／ Pharmaceuticals & medicated patches

  Yutoku Pharmaceutical in Kashima. It makes medicated patches.

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Industry & Tech ／ Services & Others 8 entries

• Mietsu Naval Dock Site

  三重津海軍所跡
  Saga / Saga ／ Western-style ships & dry dock

  The Mietsu Naval Dock site in Saga. A wooden dry dock survives underground, and it is a World Cultural Heritage site.

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• Imaemon Kiln

  今右衛門窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Iro-Nabeshima & Akae-machi

  Imaemon Kiln in Arita. In the lineage of the official overglaze painters to the Nabeshima domain, it makes Iro-Nabeshima ware.

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• Saga Castle History Museum

  佐賀城本丸歴史館
  Saga / Saga ／ Wooden reconstruction & historical materials

  Saga Castle History Museum. The Honmaru Palace was reconstructed in wood.

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• Saga Tekkohsho Head Office Factory

  佐賀鉄工所本社工場
  Saga / Saga ／ High-strength bolts & cold heading

  An ironworks company in Saga. It makes high-strength bolts by cold heading.

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• Dyden Saga Works

  大電佐賀事業所
  Saga / Miyaki ／ Electric wire & optical fiber

  Dyden in Saga. It makes electric wire and optical fiber.

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• Higata Yoka Park Higashiyoka Tidal Flat Visitor Center Higasasu

  干潟よか公園東よか干潟ビジターセンターひがさす
  Saga / Saga ／ Tidal flats & biodiversity

  The Higashiyoka tidal flat in Saga. On this tidal flat of the Ariake Sea, sandpipers and plovers pass through on migration. It is a registered Ramsar Convention site.

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• Higashimyo Jomon Museum

  東名縄文館
  Saga / Saga ／ Jomon wetland site & preservation

  The Higashimyo Jomon Museum in Saga. It holds woven baskets of the Jomon period that survived buried in wetland.

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• Mori Iron Works Head Office Factory

  森鉄工本社工場
  Saga / Kashima ／ Hydraulic presses & metal forming

  Mori Iron Works in Saga. It makes hydraulic presses.

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Studios & Kilns ／ Crafts 15 entries

• Imaemon Kiln

  今右衛門窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Crafts & pottery

  Hereditary enamellers to the Nabeshima lords, keeping a technique where ink drawn on the glaze burns away and leaves white.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Butsudan of Saga

  佐賀の仏壇と漆
  Saga / Saga ／ Lacquer art / Metalwork

  A strongly Pure Land region kept the altar trade alive, its lacquering, gilding and metalwork divided between hands.

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• Saga Nishiki Brocade

  佐賀錦
  Saga / Kashima ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Gold-leafed paper slit into warp threads and woven with silk - said to have been conceived by a lord's wife studying her ceiling.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nao Washi

  名尾和紙
  Saga / Saga ／ Crafts & pottery

  Made from paper mulberry of a different species than usual; of a hundred workshops, one remains.

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• Karatsu Ware

  唐津焼
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Crafts & pottery

  Ranked third among tea wares after Raku and Hagi; its coarse clay and quick iron-drawn grasses were chosen for their plainness.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Karatsu Kilns and the Tataki Method

  唐津焼の窯元と叩き作り
  Saga / Karatsu ／ Crafts & pottery

  Clay compacted by beating with a paddle rather than thrown - a Korean method still in use here.

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• Okawachiyama, the Nabeshima Domain Kiln

  大川内山 鍋島藩窯
  Saga / Imari ／ Crafts & pottery / Architecture

  To keep the techniques from leaking out, craftsmen were gathered in a valley ringed by sheer rock peaks, and entry and exit were controlled at a checkpoint. They fired wares for the lord's own use and presents and gifts for the shogun's family and other daimyo.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Ozaki Clay Dolls

  尾崎人形
  Saga / Kanzaki ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  Said to descend from Mongol prisoners of the 13th-century invasions; its dove whistles died out and were revived.

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• Yumino Dolls

  弓野人形
  Saga / Takeo ／ Mingei folk craft / Crafts & pottery

  Large, strongly coloured clay dolls in the Hakata manner, kept going by a single workshop and its moulds.

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• Contemporary Arita

  有田の現代の窯とデザイン
  Saga / Arita ／ Crafts & pottery

  At its 400th anniversary the district began pairing kilns with foreign designers - a tradition deliberately updating itself.

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• Arita Porcelain

  有田焼
  Saga / Arita ／ Crafts & pottery

  Japanese porcelain began when a Korean potter found the right stone here in 1616; within decades it was shipping to Europe.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Kakiemon Kiln

  柿右衛門窯
  Saga / Arita ／ Crafts & pottery

  Its milk-white body and sparing use of colour were copied across Europe and shaped Meissen's own style.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Hizen Yoshida Ware

  肥前吉田焼
  Saga / Ureshino ／ Crafts & pottery

  A district with no fixed house style, and lately one that works with outside designers rather than tradition.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Iro-Nabeshima Porcelain

  色鍋島
  Saga / Imari ／ Crafts & pottery

  Because it was made as presentation and gift ware, there were none of the compromises of goods made for sale. Only three colors, red, yellow and green, are layered over the underglaze blue, and fixed standards govern even the back of the dish and the foot ring.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

• Nabeshima Dantsu Rugs

  鍋島緞通
  Saga / Saga ／ Dyeing & weaving

  Cotton rugs knotted one stitch at a time as domain tribute; the craft lapsed and was reconstructed.

  Details ／ Wikipedia (Japanese)

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