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Ceramics culture in Karatsu, Imari and Arita

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  1. Hydrangeas at Mikaeri Falls
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    Hydrangeas at Mikaeri Falls

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  2. Saga International Balloon Fiesta
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    Saga International Balloon Fiesta

    Saga City
  3. Hiking Mt. Kana
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    Hiking Mt. Kana

    Saga City
  4. Carp Streamers in Rural Saga
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    Carp Streamers in Rural Saga

    Saga City
  5. Arita Ceramic Fair
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    Arita Ceramic Fair

    Arita
  6. Yūtoku Inari Shrine
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    Yūtoku Inari Shrine

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  7. Arita Ceramics Fair
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    Arita Ceramics Fair

    Arita
  8. Below Mikaeri Falls
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    Below Mikaeri Falls

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  9. Kashima Gatalympics
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    Kashima Gatalympics

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  10. Kiyomizu Waterfall
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    Kiyomizu Waterfall

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Where to eat in Saga

Gallery Arita 7
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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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Places to stay in Saga

Kotobukiya Ryokan
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Kotobukiya Ryokan

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For those travelers coming to Japan and wish to explore its traditions and culture, staying in a ryokan is a unique opportunity..

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Fuunoki Shokudo
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Fuunoki Shokudo

Kim B

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

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Streets of Arita

Kim B

Arita, in Saga Prefecture, is a city with strong roots to the pottery industry. Wandering the streets is a great way to get a feel..

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Top 10 Experiences in Saga
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Top 10 Experiences in Saga

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Sandwiched between Nagasaki and Fukuoka Prefectures on the island of Kyushu, Saga is best known for its stunning ceramics from Arita,..

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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 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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