This year, a special exhibition of Old Imari attracted visitors to the hometown of the porcelain, Arita, in southwestern Japan. But a closer look at the collection reveals that some ceramics are ...

Craftspeople in the western Japanese prefecture of Hyogo are busy making porcelain figurines of snakes, the Oriental zodiac symbol for next year. A pottery studio in the Izushi district of Toyooka ...

ARITA, Saga Prefecture--Visitors to the Arita Porcelain Park here can learn more than just about the long history of Arita ware and how the area became the birthplace of Japanese porcelain.