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Ceramics culture in Karatsu, Imari and Arita

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Hamanoura (Photo: Hamanoura(Saga) – kanegen / CC BY 2.0)

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Saga Top 10

  1. Saga International Balloon Fiesta
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    Saga International Balloon Fiesta

    Saga City
  2. Arita Ceramics Fair
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    Arita Ceramics Fair

    Arita
  3. Karatsu Kunchi Festival
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    Karatsu Kunchi Festival

    Culture
  4. Mifuneyama Garden Autumn Light-Up
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    Mifuneyama Garden Autumn Light-Up

    Activities
  5. Arita Autumn Ceramics Fair
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    Arita Autumn Ceramics Fair

    Arita
  6. Yūtoku Inari Shrine
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    Yūtoku Inari Shrine

    Culture
  7. Saga Airport
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    Saga Airport

    Saga City
  8. Top 10 Experiences in Saga
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    Top 10 Experiences in Saga

    Saga City
  9. Naked Garden Saga
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    Naked Garden Saga

    Saga City
  10. Arita Ceramic Fair
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    Arita Ceramic Fair

    Arita

Upcoming Saga Events

Ushio Bairin Plum Festival
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Ushio Bairin Plum Festival

Late Feb - Early Mar

Taking place annually from mid-February to early March, the Ushio Bairin Plum Festival welcomes spring's arrival in a spectacular..

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Where to eat in Saga

Fuunoki Shokudo
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Fuunoki Shokudo

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

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Gallery Arita 7
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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 beautiful Arita..

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Places to stay in Saga

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Latest Saga Reports

Two Stars 4047
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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 beautiful..

Takeo Jinja
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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

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 km²

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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