Imari Station - Higashiyamashiro Station - Sato Station - Kusuku Station - Naruishi Station - Kubara Station - Haze Station - Uranosaki Station - Fukushimaguchi Station The main station is Imari Station. Road Expressways: There are no expressway interchanges in Imari. The closest is the Nagasaki Expressway Takeo-Kitagata Interchange. National highways: Route 202 Route 204 Route 498 Prefectural roads: Saga Prefectural Route 5 (Imari-Matsuura) Saga Prefectural Route 32 (Hatagawachi-Chikushino) Saga Prefectural Route 321 (Kurokawa-Matsushima) Sea The port of Imari is a medium size port which receives ocean ships of various types, including container ships, dry bulk ships, cruise ships...etc. . The port of Imari is also the location of the main shipyard of Nomura Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., an Osaka based shipbuilding and repair company Pottery Imari porcelain Ōkawachiyama, 'The Village of the Secret Kilns', used to be the home of the Nabeshima clan kilns, with masters such as Hatase Buemon and Sakaida Kakiemon. The Imari Pear Imari is the largest Japanese pear producing center in western Japan. The cultivation of the Japanese pear from Imari (), which originated in the Ōkawa area 100 years ago, has spread out to the Minamihata area and other areas of the city. Today, they are produced over about 350 hectares of land, and their quantity of production was about 4800 tons per year as of 2007. Ōkawa originally had little rice fields, but in 1906 this led the chairman of the Ōkawa Junior Chamber of Commerce, Takeji Fujita and 11 other people to spearhead the reclamation of forest lands and the cultivation of Japanese pears as a cash crop in Ōkawa. Since then the production and the crop acreage of Imari nashi have increased. According to the latest municipal statistics, the production is the fifth and the acreage is the third in the nation. The characteristics of Imari nashi are juiciness and crispness. Thanks to the adoption of light sensor systems for fruit sorting, only those which are of excellent quality can be selected and are shipped to Kantō, Kansai, and Kyūshū districts. Recently export to China has started and been promoted. The main brands of Imari nashi are Kosui, Hosui, and Niitaka. The most produced is Kosui, but Hosui is the most popular brand of the three. Festivals The Imari Ton-Ten-Ton Festival is held annually for three days from October 22 to 24, beginning at the Imari Shrine in Imari City. The festival