Every Place in the Catalogue
1,610 spots
Arita Porcelain Park
Little knownArita Porcelain Park recreates a Zwinger Palace-style baroque building (the model for Meissen porcelain's original home…
Saga's Okuninushi Shrine Night Trail
Little knownThe path connecting Saga City's five historic shrines along the old merchant route has been maintained as a walking trai…
Karatsu-Yaki Pottery
Little knownKaratsu-yaki is one of the five most prestigious Japanese ceramic traditions and the most closely associated with tea ce…
Saga Onsen Hizen Yumo
Little knownLocated 20km south of Saga City in the Sefurisan mountain range, Hizen Yumo Onsen is a concentrated cluster of three ryo…
Kyuragi Valley
Little knownThe Kyuragi River valley, between Takeo and Saga City, is one of western Kyushu's most intact examples of the mixed broa…
Imari Port
Little knownImari Port, on the western coast of Saga Prefecture, was the shipping point for all Arita porcelain exported to Europe t…
Saga Beef Kappo Dining
Little knownSaga beef (佐賀牛) consistently ranks in Japan's top 5 wagyu evaluations — ahead of the nationally famous Kobe beef in fat…
Higashimatsuura Peninsula Cycling Route
Little knownThe Higashimatsuura Peninsula, north of Karatsu, is a 40km circuit of dramatic coastal scenery accessible by bicycle — r…
Mifuneyama Rakuen
Little knownMifuneyama Rakuen, a 500,000-square-meter garden carved into the forested slopes of Mt. Mifuneyama (sheer granite cliffs…
Ureshino Shochu Distillery
Little knownUreshino City and its surrounding hills have been producing imo-jochu (sweet potato shochu) since the Edo period, using…
Karatsu Sea Cave Kayaking
Little knownThe Matsuura coastline west of Karatsu is a 20km arc of basalt sea cliffs, small fishing harbors, and sea caves accessib…
Saga Prefecture Art Museum
Little knownThe Saga Prefectural Art Museum focuses on the two defining artistic traditions of Saga: the Nabeshima clan's patronage…
Takeo City Library
Little knownTakeo City Library, redesigned by Tsutaya Books and architect Takato Tamagami in 2013, is consistently ranked among Japa…
Ogi City Hirado-bashi
Little knownOgi is a small castle town on the southern slopes of Mt. Tenzan, known primarily within Saga Prefecture for its cherry b…
Saga International Balloon Fiesta
Little knownEvery November, the flat alluvial plain of the Kase River outside Saga City transforms into the launch site for 100+ hot…
Saga Castle History Museum
Little knownThe original Saga Castle (1608) was demolished in the 1870s; the current History Museum occupies the restored Great Hall…
Ureshino Tea
Little knownUreshino-cha is the collective name for teas grown in the mineral-rich hills around Ureshino Onsen — a tradition establi…
Hamanoura Rice Terraces
Little knownThe Hamanoura rice terraces, on the western coast of Kyushu facing the Genkai Sea, are ranked among Japan's 100 most bea…
Niji-no-Matsubara
Little knownNiji-no-Matsubara is a 5km arc of coastline planted with approximately 1 million black pine trees — one of Japan's 'thre…
Karatsu Castle
Little knownKaratsu Castle (1608) stands on a pine-covered promontory directly above the mouth of the Matsuura River, with three sid…
Okawachiyama
Little knownOkawachiyama is a narrow valley 10km from Imari City that was deliberately sealed from the outside world in the 17th cen…
Arita Porcelain
Little knownArita is the birthplace of Japanese porcelain — in 1616, the Korean potter Yi Sam-pyeong discovered white clay suitable…
Takeo Onsen Motoyu
Little knownMotoyu, the central public bath of Takeo Onsen, occupies a building constructed in 1915 in the style of a Noh stage — a…
Ureshino Onsen
Little knownUreshino Onsen is called 'bijin no yu' (beautiful woman's water) — the sodium bicarbonate-rich water has a slippery, sil…
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