Shida ware is pottery fired at two kiln places located in so-called Arita Osotoyama secter consisted of Nabeshima Province and Higashiyama and Nishiyama area in Bizen Region, presently a part of Shiota Town in Saga Prefecture. In the early days only ceramic was fired but later in the mid-18th century porcelain made of Amakusa porcelain stone was also started to be fired. Main products were plates with deep-blue patterns on a white background, called sometsuke, in which various motifs of landscape, people, and nature were expressed. After Taisho Era a kilning factory built by Shida Porcelain played a central role in Shida ware production, where a lot of hakeme ceramics and some tsuke porcelains were produced. The factory was closed in 1984 and hasbeen preserved as Shidayaki Museum since then. The building has gotten high evaluation as a historic institution. The museum displays 55 large plates that Tsuji Ichido, a ceramic artist, reproduced Hiroshige’s Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido into 45-centimeter ceramic plates. Spot sale and pottery classes are also provided for the visitors.