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• TOSU PREMIUM OUTLETS

  4.0

  297 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Tosushi Yayoigaoka 8-1

  This outlet mall with a stylish, exotic atmosphere reminiscent of a southern Californian town features a range of 150 shops mostly dedicated to brands and fashion. With breast-feeding rooms and playgrounds, parents can feel comfortable bringing young children. The place is bulging with shoppers during the “premium outlet bargain” sale held twice a year. There are also seasonal events including illuminations.

• Yoshinogari Historical Park

  4.0

  342 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Kanzakigunyoshinogarichou Tade 1843

  These are the ruins of a large-scale moat encircled settlement from the Yayoi period and are located on the Yoshinogari hills. This historic park is made up of National land and Prefectural land

• Mifuneyama Rakuen

  4.0

  192 Reviews

  Saga Takeo Takeocho Takeo 4100

  "Due to its resemblance in shape to a Chinese boat called a ""karasen"" in Japanese, Mt. Mifune is also called Mt. Karasen. This park is situated on the mountain's western side. The park was created over a three year period as part of a villa for Nabeshima Shigeyoshi, then lord of Takeo Domain. The park is incredibly beautiful in spring when some 2,000 cherry trees and 200 thousand azaleas on the grounds bloom in profusion. The sight of colorful azaleas sprawling like a patchwork quilt under azure sky is stunning, but the scenery created when the park is illuminated at night is also magical and exceptional."

• Takeo-jinja Shrine (The Great Takeo Camphor Tree)

  4.5

  119 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Takeoshi Takeochou Takeo 5327

  This towering camphor tree is on the grounds of Takeo-jinja Shrine in Saga Prefecture. Follow the small path from the main hall through the bamboo grove and you'll find it. The seventh largest tree in Japan, it's 30 meters tall, 20 meters in diameter, and the branches spread for over 30 meters. The trunk is hollow, and the inside covers about 20 square meters. It's said to be 3,000 years old, and it's paid special respect as the shrine's sacred tree. A Shinto god known as Tenjin is enshrined in the cavity.

• Hoto-jinja Shrine

  4.0

  111 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Karatsushi Takashima 523

  Visited by great throngs of people seeking luck due to this Shinto shrine’s name, which means “to strike upon treasure,” the numerous winners of large lottery prizes who attribute their good fortune to the shrine has resulted in it become famous almost overnight as the “lottery-winning shrine.” Today, the shrine is visited by some 200 thousand people annually. A reservation is required to engage in go-kitou (a prayer ceremony). The shrine’s Hitto-mamori (which provides luck with winning in games of chance and other situations) and other charms are also popular souvenirs.

• Ureshino Onsen Wataya Besso

  3.5

  174 Reviews

  Saga Ureshino-shi Ureshinomachi Shimojuku Otsu 738

  This hot-spring inn is located in Shimojuku, Ureshino Town, Ureshino City, and is regarded as one of three major hot spring baths in Japan for promoting beautiful skin. It is said that the water from the inn's own source of Ureshino Hot Spring is beneficial in the treatment of rheumatism, nerve pain, skin diseases, women's diseases, anemia, cuts, and respiratory illnesses. The inn offers a large public bath made from natural granite and cypress, and an open-air bath and a private bath where you can hear the murmuring of Ureshino River nearby. Available for day use as well.

• ONCRI

  4.0

  153 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Sagashi Fujichoufuruyu 556

  "A hot spring hotel standing on National Route 323 Furuyu, Fuji-cho, Saga City. The baths in the hotel are filled with waters from a private source spring known for its skin beautifying properties and used for healing purposes since ancient times. These waters are said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, and frozen shoulders. 38 ° C, the hotel's bathhouse is also known for being a ""lukewarm"" hot spring in which one can soak for long periods of time in comfort. Between the men's and women's areas, the hotel's bathhouse boasts 15 different bathtubs and an adjoining natural sand bath facility (separate charge). The bathhouse is also open to non-guests."

• The Former Takatori Residence

  4.5

  125 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Karatsushi Kitajounai 5-40

  This is the mansion built as a home and for welcoming guests by the coal mine (including Kishima Coal Mine) baron, Koreyoshi Takatori. There are two large buildings on a vast plot of land of about 7613 square meters. It has modern Japanese-style building architecture with a combination of Western style rooms while also still having Japanese style as a keynote. A must-see is the reception hall for the Noh stage and 72 “Sugido-e” (painting on cedar-board doors) paintings by the painter of the Kyoto Shijyo Faction, Koho Mizuno. You can have a good tour of the mansion as there are also always tour guides stationed here. In 1998, it was designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.

• The Hamilton Ureshino

  4.0

  125 Reviews

  Saga Pref. Ureshinoshi Ureshinomachiwayagawachi 288-1

  "A hotel located in Iwayagawauchi, Ureshino-machi, Ureshino City. The hotel's bathhouse makes use of the waters of an Ureshino Onsen hot spring famous for its velvety texture and skin beautifying properties. This sodium hydrogen carbonate chloride spring is also said to treat such ailments as nerve pain, joint pain, muscle soreness, and frozen shoulders. Bathhouse facilities include a large indoor bath area outfitted with a wooden drain board floor, paper lanterns, and tile, giving it a Taisho Roman atmosphere; an outdoor bath with a pyramidal roof; and a private reservable outdoor bath constantly replenished ""kakenagashi"" style from the source spring. The hotel's bathhouse is also open to non-guests and offers bathhouse discounts with the purchase of a restaurant or beauty treatment course."