Arita, Saga
Arita
有田町 | |
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UTC+9 (JST) | |
Phone number | 0955-46-2111 |
Address | 2202 Tachibe, Arita-chō, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga-ken 849-4153 |
Website | Official website |
Symbols | |
Flower | Prunus serrulata |
Tree | Ginkgo biloba Quercus glauca |
Arita (有田町, Arita-chō) is a
Geography
Arita is located in the western part of Saga Prefecture, bordering Nagasaki Prefecture from its southwest to western sides. About 70% of the town is forest and mountains.
Neighbouring municipalities
Nagasaki Prefecture
- Sasebo
- Hasami
Climate
Arita has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Arita is 15.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1801 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 5.7 °C.[2]
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Arita is as shown below. [3]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1940 | 19,003 | — |
1950 | 24,419 | +28.5% |
1960 | 24,579 | +0.7% |
1970 | 23,231 | −5.5% |
1980 | 23,495 | +1.1% |
1990 | 23,413 | −0.3% |
2000 | 22,314 | −4.7% |
2010 | 20,929 | −6.2% |
2020 | 19,010 | −9.2% |
History
The area of Arita was part of ancient
Following the
Government
Arita has a
Economy
The economy of Arita is overwhelmingly based on the ceramics industry, notably production of Arita ware, and on tourism.
Education
Arita has four public elementary schools and two public junior high schools by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture also operates a special education school for the handicapped.
Prefectural high schools
- Arita Technical High School
Municipal junior high schools
- Arita Junior High School
- Nishi-Arita Junior High School
Municipal elementary schools
- Arita Elementary School
- Arita Chūbu Elementary School
- Magarikawa Elementary School
- Ōyama Elementary School
Other schools
- Arita College of Ceramics
Transportation
Railways
- JR Kyushu - Sasebo Line
- ■ Kami-Arita - Arita
- Matsuura Railway- Nishi-Kyūshū Line
- Arita - Midaibashi - Kurogō - Zōshuku - Nishi-Arita - Ōgi - Yamadani - Meotoishi
Highways
Twin towns – sister cities
- Meissen, Germany
Friendship city
- Jingdezhen, China
Local attractions
- The Kyushu Ceramic Museum houses large exhibits of old and modern style ceramics.
- The Porcelain Parkis a ceramic centered theme park, and is modeled on the Zwinger Palace in Germany. Ceramic ware from the heyday of Arita are on display in the gallery.
- Arita Kan (有田館) has an exhibition of modern art porcelain, 400 different cups for coffee or tea and a theatre with computerized puppets made of porcelain.
- "China On The Park" dates back to the end of the last century when the Fukugawa factory was chosen to provide the Imperial household with porcelain. This large and modern style facility contains a factory, galleries, shops and a restaurant.
- Tozan Shrine has a porcelain archway and other items of porcelain which, at other shrines, are usually made of stone. This shrine was and still is particularly revered by Arita's ceramists.
- Rokuroza (ろくろ座), located near Kami-Arita Station, is a place where one can learn how to make pottery.
Pottery
- Kakiemon
- Imari porcelain
Notable people from Arita
- Kakiemon Sakaeda, The 1st Kakiemon
- Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, a Living National Treasure in Japan
- Imaizumi Imaemon XIII, a Living National Treasure in Japan
- Tsuji Hitachi
- Ryuzan Aoki
- Manji Inoue, a Living National Treasure in Japan
See also
- Japanese pottery
- Yi Sam Pyong(Yi Sam-p'young; 1579–1655)
- Hakuji
- Karatsu ware – Produced in Saga. The most produced pottery in western Japan. Believed to have started in the 16th century. Greatly influenced by Korean potters.
References
- ^ "Arita Town official statistics" (in Japanese). Japan.
- ^ Arita climate: Average Temperature, weather by month
- ^ Saga Prefecture population by municipality
- ^ 《arita-mangekyo.jp》, Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ "姉妹都市・友好都市・団体のご紹介". town.arita.lg.jp (in Japanese). Arita. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
External links
- Media related to Arita, Saga at Wikimedia Commons
- Arita official website (in Japanese)