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Saga travel guide

Yutoku Inari Jinja, and the porcelain torii of Tozan Jinja. Arita, Imari and Karatsu ware, Saga beef, and the squid of Yobuko. Saga, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

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    Saga · Place · candidate to visit

    Ariakekai

    The sea with the greatest tidal range in Japan. Nori farming, and mudflats where mudskippers live.

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    Imari · Place · candidate to visit

    Okawachiyama

    The valley of the Nabeshima domain's official kiln. A barrier was set up so that the technique could not leak out.

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    Karatsu · Place · candidate to visit

    Karatsu Kunchi

    UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Fourteen lacquer-finished floats move through the town.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Kashima · Place · candidate to visit

    Yutoku Inari Jinja

    A vermilion main hall thrust out from the slope on a kakezukuri frame. It is often counted with Fushimi and Toyokawa among the three great Inari shrines of Japan.

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    Arita · Place · candidate to visit

    Tozan Jinja

    The torii, the guardian lions and the great lanterns are all made of Arita porcelain. It enshrines Yi Sam-pyeong, held to be the father of Japanese porcelain. The local industry became the material of the shrine itself: few examples show as plainly that faith and industry do not exist separately.

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    Miyaki · Place · candidate to visit

    Chiriku Hachimangu

    It preserves the okayu-dameshi, in which the year is read from the state of a bowl of gruel. First shrine of Hizen Province.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Arita Ceramic Art Museum

    Arita Ceramic Art Museum. It covers the history of the production area.

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    Koransha Akaemachi Studio

    Koransha in Arita. It shows painting techniques at its Akaemachi Studio.

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    Fukagawa-Seiji China on the Park

    Fukagawa-Seiji in Arita. It opens its factory and exhibits its manufacturing.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Saga Prefectural Art Museum and Museum

    An architecturally awarded building, holding the painter Okada Saburosuke and the province's porcelain.

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    Arita · Place · candidate to visit

    Kyushu Ceramic Museum

    The largest systematic collection of Kyushu ceramics, tracing Arita porcelain unbroken from the 1600s to now.

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    Arita · Place · candidate to visit

    Arita Porcelain

    Japanese porcelain began when a Korean potter found the right stone here in 1616; within decades it was shipping to Europe.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Genemon Kiln

    A kiln in Arita, keeping to traditional painting.

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    Hokuzan Dam

    A dam in Saga City on the upper Kase River, with water sports on the lake.

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