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Ceramics culture in Karatsu, Imari and Arita

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Arita

Arita

One of the things that Saga prefecture is best known for is its pottery, and one of the cities at the heart of Saga’s inspire...

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Saga City

Saga City

The capital of the Saga Prefecture may be synonymous with the rice paddies which surround the area, but if you are curious en...

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Ogi

Ogi

Just a 15 minute train ride from Saga City there is the more rural town of Ogi, getting away from the hustle and bustle of ci...

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Upcoming Saga Events

Arita Autumn Ceramics Fair

Arita Autumn Ceramics Fair

Kim

The Arita Autumn Ceramics Festival is designed as an event where visitors can appreciate the charms of Arita in various ways ...

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Arita Hina Pottery Festival

Arita Hina Pottery Festival

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The Arita Hina Pottery Festival has been running for almost 20 years now, and visitors can explore a variety of traditional h...

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Where to eat in Saga

Fuunoki Shokudo

Fuunoki Shokudo

Kim

Fuunoki Shokudo is a home style cooking restaurant, with both Japanese and Western style offerings available. Across the stre...

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Gallery Arita 7

Gallery Arita

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At Gallery Arita in Saga Prefecture, you can enjoy your coffee with a unique spin. The cafe is adorned with walls of beautifu...

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Café Notch

Café Notch

Tristan Scholze

Café Notch brings together home cooking and healthy local products in a beautiful log cabin set in a mountainside village.

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Places to stay in Saga

Central Hotel Imari

Central Hotel Imari

Senén Germade

Central Hotel Imari, situated next to the JR and Matsuura stations, is a perfect base to visit the popular porcelain towns of...

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Latest Saga Reports

Two Stars 4047

Two Stars 4047

Guillaume Doré

The Two Stars 4047 is a scenic train that run between Takeo onsen and Nagasaki. Enjoy the slower travel while riding a beauti...

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Takeo Jinja

Takeo Jinja

Guillaume Doré

Located near the city library, Takeo jinja is a quiet shrine known for it’s old camphor tree and married couple cypress.

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About Saga

Saga
Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Kyushu
Island Kyushu
Capital Saga
Population 849,788
Area 2440.64 sq. km

The smallest prefecture in Kyushu, Saga Prefecture (佐賀県, Saga-ken) is the perfect getaway from the more-populated nearby areas of Fukuoka and Nagasaki.

Travel through time at the Yoshinogari Ruins, while Karatsu Castle and Yutoku Inari Shrine, one of the three largest Inari shrines in Japan, are also places of note.

Saga is also famous for its quirky events; a popular event held in early November (often coinciding with Karatsu Kunchi, another famous festival) is the Saga International Balloon Fiesta, one of the largest hot air balloon competitions in the world. The Kashima “Gatalympics” in May and/or June involve competitions done on mudflats, resulting in pretty much everyone being covered in mud.

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