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Arita Ceramics Fair
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Arita Ceramics Fair

Mandy Bartok

The town of Arita, the birthplace of porcelain in Japan, holds an annual ceramics fair during Golden Week.

Arita Apr 29th - May 5th Free
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  1. Arita Ceramic Fair
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    Arita Ceramic Fair

    Arita
  2. Top 10 Experiences in Saga
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    Top 10 Experiences in Saga

    Saga City
  3. Arita Ceramics Fair
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    Arita Ceramics Fair

    Arita
  4. Yamanaka Campground in Mitsuse
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    Yamanaka Campground in Mitsuse

    Saga City
  5. Saga Station
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    Saga Station

    Saga City
  6. Saga International Balloon Fiesta
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    Saga International Balloon Fiesta

    Saga City
  7. Saga Prefecture
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    Saga Prefecture

    Saga City
  8. Yūtoku Inari Shrine
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    Yūtoku Inari Shrine

    Culture
  9. Hiking Mt. Kana
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    Hiking Mt. Kana

    Saga City
  10. Carp Streamers in Rural Saga
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    Carp Streamers in Rural Saga

    Saga City
  1. Fuunoki Shokudo
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    Fuunoki Shokudo

    Food
  2. Streets of Arita
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    Streets of Arita

    Arita
  3. Top 10 Experiences in Saga
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    Top 10 Experiences in Saga

    Saga City
  4. Takeo City Library
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    Takeo City Library

    Culture
  5. Gallery Arita
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    Gallery Arita

    Arita
  6. Galaxy Glaze Showroom
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    Galaxy Glaze Showroom

    Arita
  7. Tozan Shrine
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    Tozan Shrine

    Arita
  8. Arita Porcelain Lab
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    Arita Porcelain Lab

    Arita
  9. Karatsu Kunchi Nighttime Parade
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    Karatsu Kunchi Nighttime Parade

    Culture
  10. Arita Cafe & Gallery 'Saredo'
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    Arita Cafe & Gallery 'Saredo'

    Arita

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Gallery Arita

Kim B

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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Café Notch
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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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Takeo City Library
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Takeo City Library

Kim B

Takeo City Library has modern architecture, books for sale, and even a Starbucks on site. Behind the main library building there's..

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Galaxy Glaze Showroom

Kim B

Arita is a hub for pottery, and if you're after some unique pieces the Galaxy Glaze Showroom is a must visit. The pieces are..

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Tozan Shrine

Kim B

Arita, in Saga Prefecture, is home to one of Japan's most unique shrines. Tozan Shrine is decked out in pottery, including a..

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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 sq. km

The smallest prefecture in Kyushu, Saga 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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