Via Nagasaki Airport: Fly from Haneda Airport (Tokyo) to Nagasaki Airport (about 100 min), then take a Saihi bus going toward Sasebo (about 80 min). Get off at JR Haiki Station, then board a train on the JR Sasebo Line to JR Arita Station (about 10 min). To get to Imari from there, take a Matsuura Railway train from Arita Station (about 25 min).

Via Fukuoka Airport: Fly from Haneda Airport (Tokyo) to Fukuoka International Airport (about 90 min), then take a subway train to Hakata Station (about 5 min). Then take a JR special express train called Haus Ten Bosch to JR Arita Station (about 80 min). To get to Imari from there, see above.

For more information:

Arita Tourist Association
Tel: 0955-42-4111 (if calling from outside Japan,
+81-955-42-4111)

Imari Tourist Association
Tel: 0955-23-3479 (+81-955-23-3479)

International Relations Association of the Porcelain City of Arita (English & German) http://www2.saganet.ne.jp/arita/index.html

Imari-Nabeshimayaki Cooperative (in Japanese only)
http://www.imari-ookawachiyama.com/what/2004_haru.html

umakato.jp (English; information on ceramics, mainly in Saga Prefecture)
http://www.umakato.jp/english/index.html