Discover Arita

15/02/2019

The Hinamatsuri Festival is going on and as one special event, the Coordinator for International Relations of Arita town hall is offering an English tour through Arita, where you can learn about the 400-year-old history of porcelain in Japan, enjoy the beautiful townscape, get to see lots of porcelain and even try out what it feels like to spin the pottery wheel yourself!

Date: March 3rd, 2019 (Sun.)
Meeting point: In front of Shougai-Gakushu 生涯学習 Center (free parking lots available for those who come to Arita by car)
Time: 10:00 ~ approx. 16:30pm

Tour Highlights:
★A visit to the Kyushu Ceramics Museum
★Enjoying Japanese special Hinamatsuri lunch at Gallery Arita
★Pottery Wheel experience
★Sightseeing tour around Arita town

Participation fee:
1500 Yen This fee will include transportation, lunch and the Pottery Wheel experience
How to participate: Contact the CIR (Vincent) at Arita Town Hall, Commerce, Industry & Tourism Division via E-Mail, telephone or Facebook (FB-name: Arita Cir)

Registration deadline: February 25th, 2019 (Monday)

Notice:
At the time of registration,

1) Please state whether you are vegetarian or have any other dietary restrictions (please specify what you can eat and what you definitely cannot eat), so that lunch can be prepared in an appropriate way. Those without restrictions can choose between pork, chicken and shrimp.
2) Please let us know whether you would like to come to Arita by car OR by train.

Furthermore, once you registered, please let us know as early in advance as possible if you cannot make it to Arita on the day.

CONTACT INFORMATION　

DIVISION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS in Arita
(Office：Division for Commerce, Industry & Tourism, Arita town hall）
MAIL: [email protected]
TEL: 0955-46-2500

19/11/2018

(English below)
クリエイティブレジデンシー有田にて9月から11月末3ヶ月滞在し、制作活動した2名オランダ人の作家イザベル フェラン、フランシスカ メイヤースの作品を23日(金)から25日(日)の間、カフェ、ファウンテンマウンテンにて展示します。作家も午後1時から在廊しますので是非お越しください！イザベラ フェランの"MASU"作品は参加型のインスタレーションなので、皆さんの家にある使われていない「升」をご持参ください！
Dutch Artists Franciska Meijers and Isabel Ferrand are holding their MASU-exhibition from friday (23rd) to sunday (25th) at Fountain Mountain in Arita. The exhibition focuses on the traditional Japanese MASU and is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. Don`t miss this chance to take a look at the beautiful art these two ladies produced during their stay at Arita and take the opportunity to talk to the artists directly from 1 p.m. every day before they leave Japan!

18/02/2016

Arita Hinamatsuri Tour 2016
★please also see the poster attached★

Between February 8th (Saturday) and March 21st (Monday), the Arita Hinamatsuri Festival is held in Arita. Within this time, the Coordinator for International Relations of Arita town hall is offering an English tour through Arita, where you can learn about the traditional hina doll festival and the 400-year-old history of porcelain in Japan, enjoy the beautiful townscape and see lots of porcelain dolls!

Date: March 12, 2016 (Sat.)
Meeting point: In front of Shougai-Gakushu 生涯学習 Center (free parking lots available) If you will reach Arita by train, please wait in front of JR Arita Station where you will be picked up and brought to the meeting point
Time: 10:00 ~ approx. 16:30pm

Tour Highlights:
★A visit to the Kyushu Ceramics Museum with its temporary Hinamatsuri exhibition
★Enjoying Japanese special Hinamatsuri lunch
★Visiting the Arita-kan, where we will see a mechanic puppet play in a kabuki style theatre and the world’s biggest hina dolls made of porcelain
★Exploring the hina dolls in Arita Town
★Painting our own porcelain cup or plate

Participants: Any English-speaking foreigner living in Japan is welcome to participate! (up to 20 people)

Participation fee:
1500 Yen This fee will include transportation, lunch and the experience to paint either a tea cup or a plate (*postage fees for having the cup or plate sent to your home need to be paid separately when painting at the studio).

How to participate: Contact the CIR (Manuel Sadowski) at Arita Town Hall, Commerce, Industry & Tourism Division via E-Mail, telephone, fax or Facebook (FB-name: Arita Cir)

Registration deadline: March 4th, 2016 (Friday)

Notice:
At the time of registration,

1) please state whether you are vegetarian or not (in case you are a vegetarian, please specify what you can eat and what you definitely cannot eat), so that lunch can be prepared in an appropriate way.
2) for the porcelain painting, please indicate whether you would like to paint a plate OR a tea cup
3) please let us know whether you would like to come to Arita by car OR by train.

Furthermore, once you registered, please let us know as early in advance as possible if you cannot make it to Arita on the day, the tour will be carried out.

CONTACT INFORMATION　

DIVISION FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS in Arita
(Office：Division for Commerce, Industry & Tourism, Arita town hall）
MAIL: [email protected]
TEL: 0955-46-2500
FAX: 0955-46-2100

15/02/2016

Hello everybody, greetings from Arita! :)
The ARITA HINAMATSURI ENGLISH TOUR 2016 will take place on March 12th, begin and end time will be about 09:30 – 17:00!!Beginning and end time for the tour might change slightly, but I will let you know about this together with all other details which will follow later.

01/11/2015

Arita x Culinary experience

Dining Out Arita, the latest installment of the Dining Out events, brings top chefs and local artisans together to host a unique pop-up dinner.

14/10/2015

★Arita Autumn Porcelain Tour 2015☆　
☆please also see the poster attached★

From November 15th (Sunday) to 23th (Monday), the „Arita Autumn Porcelain Festival“ will be held in Arita town, Saga prefecture. Together with this event, Arita’s Coordinator for International Relations will give a Porcelain Tour through Arita
in English. During this time, the giant ginkgo tree in Izumiyama, which is a designated national historical site, as well as the autumn leaｆs, will reach their best time to be viewed and you
can enjoy them through an unhurried walk.
You are most welcome to participate in this event!

■Time and Day: November, 21st 2015 (Saturday)

■Meeting Point: Shōgai Gakushū Center (If you come by train,
you will be guided to the meeting point from JR Arita Station)

■Meeting Time: 9:00 am (The tour will end around 17:00)

■Tour Content:
○visiting a traditional kiln (includes seeing how firewood will
be put into it)
○visiting the Izumiyama Quarry (where the first china clay in
Japan has been discovered) and walking to Arita’s 1000 year
old giant ginkgo tree “Ōichō”
○viewing plenty of historical porcelain works
○trying to paint porcelain on an Arita ware plate (or tea cup)
○eating Arita’s local dish

■Participants: English speaking foreign residents in Japan
(up to 20 people)

■Fee for participation: 1.500 Yen (fees for lunch and porcelain painting experience are included) BUT: The postage (in Yen) for the porcelain painting experience needs to be paid in advance
after painting. Therefore, these costs will be paid extra by the participants individually.

■How to register: Please call, send an email or fax to the CIR (Manuel Sadowski) of the Division for Commerce, Industry & Tourism in Arita town hall until Friday, November 13th, 2015.

IMPORTANT REMARKS:

At the time of registration,
1) please state whether you are vegetarian or not (in case you
are a vegetarian, please specify what you can eat and what
you definitely cannot eat), so that lunch can be prepared in
an appropriate way.
2) concerning the porcelain painting, please indicate whether
you would like to paint a plate OR a tea cup
3) please let us know whether you would like to come to Arita
by car OR by train.

Furthermore, once you registered, please let us know as early
in advance as possible if you cannot make it to Arita on the day, the Arita Autumn Porcelain Tour 2015 will be carried out.

(Contact details）
Host: International Relations Association of the
　　Porcelain City of Arita（Office事務局：Division for
Commerce, Industry & Tourism, Arita town hall）
Mail: [email protected]
TEL: ０９５５－４６－２５００
FAX: ０９５５－４６－２１００
Facebook: Please send a message to “Arita Cir”

04/08/2015

Next calendar year will herald the 400th anniversary of porcelain production in the town.

24/04/2015

ARITA CERAMICS FAIR

From April 29 (Wed.) to May 5 (Tue.) the old town of Arita turns into one giant ceramic market. The streets are lined with hundreds of stalls selling porcelain and earthenware goods of all kinds at bargain prices, dancers in colourful yukata perform the town’s famous sara-odori (plate-dance) and numerous foodstands offer snacks and local foodstuff.

Parade Schedule (Route: Izumiyama Rotary → Arita Station)
April 29, Opening Parade (Start Time: 9:30)
May 3, Sara-Odori Parade (Start Time: noon)
May 4, Bagpipe Band Parade (Start Time: 14:00)
May 5, Samurai Warrior Parade (Start Time: 10:00)

Don’t miss the Arita Ceramics Fair, which is our town’s biggest event of the year attracting more than one million visitors from Japan and abroad!

14/04/2015

Due to heavy rains and winds, the blooming time of Arita’s sakura was very short this year. All the more it is a delight to see some less popular but equally beautiful alternatives in full bloom. Mid-April is the time of rhododendrons, azalea and yae-zakura, a relative of the famous sakura – and you can see them all at Yamada Shrine in Nishi-Arita.

Also, don’t miss sipping a nice cup of green tea during the Rhododendron Festival at Yamada Shrine on 18th April (Sat.)!

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30/03/2015

Spring in Arita!

27/03/2015

What to do in Saga in spring... :)

Late March and early April are the peak times for cherry blossoms. Asahi ga Oka in Kashima and Ogi Park are highly recommended, but there are plenty of other places to check out. Just get out, see ...