She had experience as a designer for a South Korean electronics manufacturer. After attending a Japanese language school, she enrolled at Saga University. For five years she worked on modeling and casting in Arita’s ceramics department of the Regional Design Course, including graduate school at the university.In January she opened the Gallery Maison de Arita on a street full of pottery shops and kilns. The first floor of the three-storey reinforced concrete building houses contemporary works and pieces from famous potteries. There is also a coffee bar on the same floor. The second floor is used to exhibit the works of new artists and for workshops.