A climbing kiln in front of Arita Station?

Eye-catching Building

Do you know what this is?
It is Arita’s Information Center which is located near to Arita station.
You can ask about the places you want to visit, rent a bicycle, and storage your luggage there.

You can ask about the places you want to visit, rent a bicycle, and storage your luggage there.

Can you guess what this unique structure is resembling?

What does this look like?

The answer is, the climbing kiln. It’s diagonal structure symbolizes the kilns built on the slopes of the hills in Arita.

Arita’s slope is ideal for the climbing kilns

This slope was convenient for the fire to circulate evenly around the porcelain that was placed at the tail of the elongated climbing kiln.

Today, this early style kiln is not used anymore, except for special events.

Picture: Tengutani kiln ruins ＆ a model of the climbing kiln
（K.H.）