The Arita Porcelain Park is a small theme park located in Arita

Arita

Arita is a Japanese name. It can also refer to:*Arita, Saga, a town in Saga Prefecture, Japan*Arita , a film by Shunji Iwai*Arita is a kind of Japanese Porcelain.*A brand name from Ritek....

 town, Saga Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The Porcelain Park is a recreation of a traditional German village, and is located just on the outskirts of Arita on the road to Hasami. Most stunning is the reproduction of the “Zwinger

Zwinger

The Zwinger is a palace in Dresden, eastern Germany, built in Baroque style. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court....

,” a famous palace in the German city of Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

. Inside the palace are impressive permanent exhibition of both European porcelain in one wing and Arita-yaki

Imari porcelain

Imari porcelain is the name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū. They were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga between latter half of 17th century and former half of 18 th century, Japanese as well as the...

 in the other. Behind the palace lies a European style garden. There is also a large ancient kiln

Kiln

A kiln is a thermally insulated chamber, or oven, in which a controlled temperature regime is produced. Uses include the hardening, burning or drying of materials...

which can be visited. The theme park also houses various stores selling both traditional Japanese and European-style products.

External links

Arita On-Line: http://www.arita.or.jp/index_e.html

ANA's Destination Guide: web link

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