Coffee Culture, Japan Style: Tracing the History of Japanese Porcelain Exports

The Noritake Museum exhibition showcases the history of the company’s tableware. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

The origin of Arita ware is the Izumiyama Quarry, shown above, where porcelain clay was first discovered in the early seventeenth century. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

Some unusual examples of “Old Noritake” on exhibition at the Noritake Museum. (© Izumi Nobumichi)