arita huis（アリタハウス） — Restaurant in Arita

If you have to stay in Arita for the night, this would be one of the quiet comfortable options to go for. The rooms are built out of containers, and the decor is a little more on the "industrial" side, but the rooms are comfortable, with ensuite bathrooms and all the usual amenities provided. Breakfast is western, but with Japanese attention to detail. Rooms are not exactly cheap but the hotel is located right smack in Arita Sera, where all the pottery shops are congregated, for those who want to roll out of bed to do pottery shopping. Not much else. So, recommended just for a...

If you have to stay in Arita for the night, this would be one of the quiet comfortable options to go for. The rooms are built out of containers, and the decor is a little more on the "industrial" side, but the rooms are comfortable, with ensuite bathrooms and all the usual amenities provided. Breakfast is western, but with Japanese attention to detail. Rooms are not exactly cheap but the hotel is located right smack in Arita Sera, where all the pottery shops are congregated, for those who want to roll out of bed to do pottery shopping. Not much else. So, recommended just for a...

This place confused me. When I tried to go there for lunch with a friend the place was almost empty with only a group of 6-7 business people in the restaurant. We got told to put our names on a wait list even though there was no one ahead of us and no one waiting after us. We then waited to be seated for ten minutes staring at an empty restaurant. We ended up leaving. I would suggest any one going up to Arita Porcelaine shops either have lunch before or go into Arita to find...