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Zwinger Palace
Address: Toya, Arita, Nishimatsuura District, Saga 844-0014, Japan
Highlights: The Zwinger Palace is located inside the Arita Porcelain Park. It is a a full-size reconstruction of Germany's Zwinger Palace, which is a spectacular example of German baroque architecture.
There is a paid porcelain museum in its right wing. Like Arita, Dresden is famous for its local porcelain, Meissen Porcelain, produced not far from the city.
The displays inside the palace and park provide insight into the influence of Arita porcelain on European designs. In the park grounds there is a studio where visitors can try making porcelain, and tours of a sake, shochu (Japanese liquor), and beer brewery.
Opening hours: 10am to 4pm daily.
Admission fees: 600 yen. Slightly pricey but definitely worth it in my opinion! 🥰🙈
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The Peaceful Arita Town
Getting there: You may take limited express trains from Fukuoka's Hakata Station to Arita Station. The journey will take around 90minutes.
Highlights: Arita is a small town in western Saga that is famous throughout Japan for its pottery, known as Arita-yaki.
The history of Arita-yaki dates back about 400 years, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi attempted to invade Korea and brought back several highly skilled Korean craftsmen to Japan. In 1616, one of these craftsmen discovered kaolin - the mineral required to make porcelain - at the site which later became the Izumiyama Quarry. Consequently, Arita became the first place in Japan to produce porcelain.
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