Arita
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A lot of pottery and porcelain is produced in Japan and one of the oldest and most famous pottery towns is Arita, in the Saga prefecture just north of Nagasaki. On Sunday Paul and I together with Saul were taken on a tour of Arita at 08.30 in the morning by three nice Japanese ladies, one of which works at Saul's office. In "Golden Week" they hold the pottery fair and the whole town is just crammed with stalls selling pottery. From the most hideous multicoloured to the most wonderfull plain and simple designs are for sale. Personally I wasn't too impressed by it all. Didn't even take a picture. There is, however, one exception and that is the artist Tatsuya Sakamoto 坂本達哉 where Saul bought a Lapis Lazuli coloured almost translucent porcelain plate. Stunning.
Had lunch in a rococo palace that appears out of nowhere and looks somehow a little out of place here in Japan. But then again they have the Holland Village and Disneyland too. Stuffed ourselves to the max.
After lunch we did visit one more town called Hamisa, where another pottery fair took place. Must say that here I bought 4 beautiful porcelain bowls for soup or whatever takes your fancy. two shiny white ones and two dark blue ones.
Got back home at around 7.30 at night and were totally knackered.
A lot of pottery and porcelain is produced in Japan and one of the oldest and most famous pottery towns is Arita, in the Saga prefecture just north of Nagasaki. On Sunday Paul and I together with Saul were taken on a tour of Arita at 08.30 in the morning by three nice Japanese ladies, one of which works at Saul's office. In "Golden Week" they hold the pottery fair and the whole town is just crammed with stalls selling pottery. From the most hideous multicoloured to the most wonderfull plain and simple designs are for sale. Personally I wasn't too impressed by it all. Didn't even take a picture. There is, however, one exception and that is the artist Tatsuya Sakamoto 坂本達哉 where Saul bought a Lapis Lazuli coloured almost translucent porcelain plate. Stunning.
Had lunch in a rococo palace that appears out of nowhere and looks somehow a little out of place here in Japan. But then again they have the Holland Village and Disneyland too. Stuffed ourselves to the max.After lunch we did visit one more town called Hamisa, where another pottery fair took place. Must say that here I bought 4 beautiful porcelain bowls for soup or whatever takes your fancy. two shiny white ones and two dark blue ones.
Got back home at around 7.30 at night and were totally knackered.
posted by 狩人 (Hunter in Japanese) @ 5/01/2006 10:32:00 am
1 Comments:
At 7:21 pm,
Anonymous said…
Well thank the Lord. You're back publishing! I was having panic attacks. Can you believe that I forgot Koninginnedag? Shows that I must be stressed out. Well we've just had the May Day bank holiday. Usual bank holiday - it rained. Actually did quite a lot - mainly domestic chores - but met up with Simon and hit Bromptons on Saturday. Was fun. Had friends for Sunday brunch - eggs benedict made by my own fair hand - and saw Alex and Andy ( Alex used to be our cleaner) in the evening. Yesterday was a bit of a window shop and chill out day. I did some gardening and got soaked.
I like the idea of the porcelain fair. They do some nice stuff. I look forward to seeing the bowls you bought.
Back at work now. Got to go out and visit one of our candidates in Bromley. That'll be fun. Dean send his love by the way. We're off to Gran Canaria on Monday for a week. Cheap and cheerful. And hopefully warm and sunny.
Must go now.
Miss you
Chris xxx
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