KARATSU, Saga Pref. -- Best known for its deceptively simple pottery, Karatsu is a peaceful coastal town on a western tip of Kyushu. It's quiet year round except for summer, when holidaymakers crowd ...
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Centuries ago, during a brief span of 30-40 years, one of the classic styles of Japanese pottery was born. From the end of the Momoyama Period into the early Edo Period (late 16th-early 17th centuries ...
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Kyushu, often passed over by international visitors, is rich in crafts, history and culture. Here are four destinations to consider. Photographs and Text by Rachel Herring If I stared too long, the ...
In the early 1990s, the term bijutsu-kōgeihin, or fine art objects, brought to mind expensive pottery or porcelain prized purely for decorative purposes. Such items were usually displayed in major ...
Karatsu has been a center of pottery production for hundreds of years. Takachiho Takachiho Gorge, the area’s most famous attraction, was formed by rapidly cooling lava flows. Nagasaki City During ...
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