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Kagamiyama Onsen Chaya Bijin no Yu

4.0

18 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saga Pref. Karatsushi Kagami 4733

"A hot spring bathhouse situated along the Karatsu Bypass in Kagami, Karatsu City. The facility's outdoor bath, indoor bath area, barrel bath, private reservable bath, and other baths are constantly replenished ""kakenagashi"" style from a source spring welling up 1,600 meters underground. Containing an abundance of iron and radon, the waters of this spring are said to have a powerful skin beautifying effect. The bathhouse also has a teahouse where visitors can enjoy meals created based on the concept of local production for local consumption, and a shop selling local specialty products from Karatsu and the surrounding area."

手軽な料金で利用できますし、手ぶらでいっても大丈夫です。唐津観光で汗だくだったので最高でした。少し小腹がすいたら、温泉後に食事もできるのでオススメです。地元の方も結構利用されていますよ。
Nakatomi Memorial Medicine Museum

4.0

16 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Pref. Tosushi Kounoemachi 288-1

This museum is in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, and was built in 1995 to commemorate the 145th anniversary of the founding of Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, as Tashiro Baiyaku. This museum is dedicated to pharmaceutical and medical history, and stands out for its two story building, designed by an Italian sculptor. Its displays include a recreation of the end of the 19th century British pharmacy, and materials from Tashiro Baiyaku.

JAFカードで入場料が１００円割引になります。外観もいいですが、館内展示も工夫されています。薬草園はイマイチでしたが、敷地自体は整備されていて気持ちがいいです。江戸時代の薬問屋が再現されていたり、薬ができる過程が実際に使われていた道具とともに説明されていたので、時代小説好きの私には小説の世界が理解できてとても面白かったです！昔の薬のラベルの展示では、そのデザインがお洒落で目をひきました。
Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Pref. Tosushi Kyoumachi 812

This playing field in Tosu City, Saga Prefecture is famous for being the home ground for pro soccer team Sagan Tosu. The three-tiered stadium can hold 25,000 spectators, and is the first in Japan to use a pure iron frame. The field is natural grass, and the stand supports are all designed after a bronze sword excavated from a city archaeological site. From February 2019, it became known as Ekimae Fudosan Stadium.
Tosenkyo Onsenkan Toshoka

4.5

13 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saga Saga-shi Fujicho Kami Kuma no Kawa 180-1

A hot spring establishment at Kumanokawa Onsen on the Kase River in Fuji Town. Relax in the natural hot spring rising from the quiet site in the mountains while taking in the seasonal scenery. Kumanokawa Onsen boasts some of Japan's highest radon content and has long been a popular location for therapeutic hot spring treatment. At 500-liters per minute, this day-use bathhouse has the most abundant flow of water in western Kyushu.

Toshoka is one of bathing facilities in Kumanogawa Onsen (hot spring). As I didn’t visit other house, I cannot compare, but Toshoka is clean, modern and very relaxing. Although the entrance is a...
Aritakan (Exchange Plaza of Traditional Culture)

4.5

13 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Nishimatsuura-gun Aritacho Kobira 1-1-1

"The world's only porcelain karakuri dolls are performed, and Arita porcelain ware is sold, seasonal exhibitions are held, and tourist information is provided. 10 dolls, including Princess Manjuhime and Minamoto no Tamecho, perform the folk tale ""The Extermination of the Serpent on Mount Kurogami"" in a Kabuki style. Various other exhibitions are also held."

It is an information center near Sueyama Shrine. It is free. On the first floor, some porcelains are displayed. There are also automatons, but this exhibit is not free. On the second floor, there is...
Kinshoji Temple

4.0

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Karatsu-shi Nishideramachi 511

An ancient temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. According to temple tradition, it was founded by Emperor Go-Nijo in 1302. A monument with a hair from the Edo-period joruri and kabuki playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon is on the grounds beside the main hall. There is also a tradition that he studied there as a child.

Before I went there, I hadn’t expected much. But there were actually many interesting things to see in this temple. The main attraction is the grave of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, a famous scenario writer...
Saga 21 Seiki Kenmin no Mori

4.5

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Saga-shi Fujicho Fujise 724-4

"A green resort area with a rich natural environment formed by forests and lakes, located around the Kitayama Dam, with a BBQ area, lakeside campsites, athletic facilities, etc. The Forest Study Exhibition Hall displays trees from the Kitayama area and offers nature crafts using natural wood chips, twigs and other materials. There is also a ""Wild Bird Forest"" where bird watching can be enjoyed, a lawn area, and an observatory."

古湯温泉に泊った時、１時間位の空き時間で利用しました。ここは山の中に施設や公園が複数点在しており、私達家族は北山森クラブという木の実で簡単な工作ができる所を利用しました。同施設には他にも木で作ったピタゴラスイッチみたいな遊び道具もあり、家族３人（うち１人は3歳）とも楽しめました。
Saga Prefectural Shinrin Park

4.5

3 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Pref. Sagashi Kubotachoutokuman 1897

A park located in Oaza Tokuman, Kubota-cho, Saga City. It is equipped with sports facilities such as the Midorinomori Prefectural Baseball Stadium, which is also prepared for professional baseball games, an archery range and tennis courts, a field with playground equipment, a lawn area, and an outdoor stage. In the park, visitors can observe seasonal flowers and wild birds, and also play with water at the Seseragi Hiroba (babbling stream area) in summer.

街中から車で10分くらいで行くことができます。広々とした敷地内には水遊びができる池や遊具、菖蒲園などがあります。公園内の至る所にテントでくつろぐ子供連れの家族がいます。自動販売機やトイレももちろんあります。
Enichi-san Kodenji Temple (Soto School of Zen Buddhism)

4.0

12 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Pref. Sagashi Honjoumachi Honjou 1112-1

Located around 25 minutes' drive from the Saga Yamato Interchange on the Nagasaki Expressway, the Kodenji Temple is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Soto school of Zen Buddhism that was founded by Nabeshima Kiyofusa, the father of Nabeshima Naoshige, the first lord of the Nabeshima domain. During the lordship of Nabeshima Katsushige, the Nabeshima family donated additional temple buildings and land to the Kodenji Temple, which became the Nabeshima clan's family temple; the commemorative steles and votive lanterns of each successive lord of the Saga domain are neatly arranged within the temple precincts. The temple's Dainehan-zu (Painting of Nirvana) is one of only two such paintings in Japan, and is only put on display once a year, on April 19-20 during the Shakado Ceremony. Kodenji Temple is also famous as a place to view plum blossom; one particular Rose Plum tree called the Reitoku-kotobuki Plum is said to be around 400 years old, and has been designated by the city government as a Natural Monument.

家内と一緒に数十年ぶりに梅の木を見に行きました。佐賀だけでなく日本の近代化にも大きく貢献した賢主鍋島家代々の墓所に何十本も植えられている梅の木は、3月のこの時期綺麗に咲いて訪問者を迎えてくれます。静かでゆっくりとした時間を過ごすにはとても良いお寺です。
Ryokan Yoshida Ya

4.5

10 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Saga Ureshino-shi Ureshinomachi Iwayagawachi Ko 379

コロナ禍ですが記念日旅行を企てました。夕食は別邸のカウターでシェフ自ら！と言った感じの特別職を選びました。お風呂は離れにありますので、これもソーシャルディスタンスを保てますし、朝食もビュッフェスタイルではなく、個室でのお膳料理。完璧ですね。離れの部屋も2階建てで風呂付きです。連泊したくなるような居心地でした。もちろん夕食も素晴らしく美味しかったです。カウンター越しに見える景色は桜の木の様な...
Yutoku Museum

3.5

13 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Kashima-shi Furueda Otsu 1855

A museum on the precincts of Yutoku-jinja Shrine, one of Japan's three main Shinto shrines dedicated to the deity Inari. It exhibits Yutoku Inari Shrine treasures as well as local historic and ethnic materials, arts, and crafts. Items you can view at the permanent exhibition include artifacts from Yutokuin Shrine, armor of the former Kashima clan's feudal lords, art swords, ceramics, paintings, and Kashima nishiki fabric. In addition, special exhibits on various themes are held year-round.

祐徳稲荷神社の本殿と、山の一番上にあった奥の院を参拝して、駐車場に向かうと、駐車場横に、祐徳博物館がありました。この博物館は、祐徳稲荷神社所蔵のお宝はもちろんですが、鍋島藩の歴代藩主が用いた鎧兜・美術刀剣などが展示されています。特に、鎧兜は１０体ほど並んでいて、圧巻でした。
Imari Nabeshima Gallery

3.5

12 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Imari Shintencho 622-13 Imari Sta. 2F (Matsuura Railway Side)

The gallery is located on the second floor of Imari Station, and opened in 2002 as a station museum specializing in pottery, which is rare in Japan. The museum is located on the Matsuura Railway side and exhibits 163 pieces of Nabeshima ware and 129 pieces of Ko-Imari pottery, changing them one by one.

This gallery is located on the second floor of Matsuura Railway Imari station. The entrance costs ca.$3, but it is worth. Some masterpieces of Imari ceramics are compactly displayed. It is neither...
Saga Ekimae

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Saga-shi Ekimae Chuo
Yoka Shrine

4.0

9 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Saga-shi Yokamachi 2-50

The shrine is said to have been founded in the reign of Emperor Kinmei, and its deity is Toyotamahime-no-mikoto, the grandmother of Emperor Jinmu, who is said to be the princess of the Dragon Palace. The 1,400-year-old camphor tree is designated as a natural monument of the prefecture.

６世紀に造立されたと伝わる地域でも最古級の神社です。肥前鳥居と石造反橋は国の重要文化財でこれも造られてから400年近いそう。鍋島氏以前の戦国大名にも崇められていた神社はその格を感じる境内でした。
Hizen Yoshida-Yaki Pottery Hall

3.5

10 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Ureshino-shi Ureshinomachi Yoshida Tei 4525-1

A facility dedicated to Hizen Yoshida ware where you can experience making ceramics by hand and painting them. Hizen Yoshida ware is said to have originated with Yoshida Zaemon Iemune in 1577. It is often used for items like rice bowls, teacups, sake cups, teapots, and earthenware bottles. The hall exhibits and sells the leading work of the pottery studios around the ceramic district of Yoshida Saraya.

This place, the capital of Saga Prefacture, is a place full of pottery things. Will come back again to see great pottery
Jukaen

4.0

9 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Saga-shi Yamatocho Umeno 244-11

The garden was built on the former villa of the Nabeshima family. 30,000 azaleas and 10,000 rhododendrons bloom in the spring, and the autumn leaves turn the entire area a brilliant red, making it a beautiful sight in any season.

We drove a long way and the park was closed. Suggest to get your hotel concierge to call your touring places before going. It seems that they were closed for maintenance. It’s a beautiful park to...
Nakazato Tarouemon Tobo

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Pref. Karatsushi Chouda 3-6-29

The Nakazato family is the only family to maintain the traditions of ancient Karatsu and today, this Karatsu ware ceramics studio continues to be operated by the 14th head. Visitors can tour the studio’s gallery where Karatsu ware is displayed and sold as well as the Tojin-machi Ochawangama kiln, a nationally designated Historic Site. From 1734 through the Taisho period, the Tojin-machi Ochawangama kiln was used for official purposes by the local government. An eight-minute walk from the South Exit of Karatsu Station.

唐津市の広い道から入った静かな唐津焼の工房。車にナビがないとちょっと行き着けないようなところですが、私たちが言っている時も探してくる人が多い工房です。 14代目がおられました。 2階に上がると入口があり、靴脱ぎで履物を置いて中に入りますと作品が並んでいます。買いやすい工房のものが並んでいます。その建物か池をまたぐ廊下を過ぎると何代にもわたって作られてきた作品が並ぶ部屋があります。お値段も...
Maruko Ramen Center Kiyama Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Saga Pref. Miyakigunkiyamachou Kokura 1642

A ramen restaurant situated along National Route 3 in Kokura, Kiyama Town, Miyaki County, Saga Prefecture. The restaurant's ramen consists of the establishment's own original straight, medium fine noodles combined with a light, 100% tonkotsu broth made with pork bones stewed at ultra-high pressure in a short time with underground Kiyama spring water. The restaurant also accepts orders for takeout starting from a single saving of ramen and also sells only noodles, only broth, and a five savings of ramen and donburi rice bowl combo.
Hataman Touen

4.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Saga Imari Okawachicho Okawa Uchiyama Otsu 1820

The directly-managed store has a manufacturing plant and showroom, and offers a wide range of Imari Nabeshima ware, including the Cuir Design, which has a beautiful leather-like texture and luster, and the Leger Series, which is made of a special ceramic clay that allows light to penetrate through the ware. The company also offers factory tours for those who wish to visit.

数ある大川内山の窯元の中では個人的に一番好みの焼き物を製作されています。透かし彫りや鍋島・青磁などモヨギ色が素晴らしい上絵の具の陶磁器がありますが、今でも製作されているかはわかりませんが、昔に素晴らしいと思ったのは上絵具の白盛で焼かれた梅の作品が素晴らしかったです。風鈴まつりでは店舗入口上に伊万里焼の風鈴が飾られていました。
Arita Ceramic Art Museum

3.5

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Saga Nishimatsuura-gun Aritacho Odaru 1-4-2

This art museum that opened in 1954 was the first official museum in Saga Prefecture. The exterior is that of a stone warehouse, and it has a two-story wooden interior. The building itself has been designated as part of the Important National Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings in Arita Uchiyama. It showcases Arita ware dating from the Meiji period to the early Showa period including the work of various kilns and pieces handled by wealthy merchants. Some of these are Important Cultural Properties of Saga Prefecture.

蔵を改造して展示場にしてあり、美術館自体に歴史を感じます。有田の陶磁器産業の変遷がわかりやすく展示してあり、勉強になりました。駐車場あり、入場料120円でお安いので、一度は立ち寄ってみるといいと思います。

Tosu / Yoshinogari Around Saga City Karatsu / Yobuko / Genkai Arita / Imari Takeo Ureshino Kashima / Tara

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Saga Areas

Away from the fast-paced cities of mainland Japan, Kyushu’s Saga prefecture offers quaint towns and cities known for their traditional crafts, particularly ceramics. Rich in kaolin (a type of clay), Saga became the homeland of Arita ware, a delicate, decorative porcelain that is now celebrated worldwide and can be discovered in the towns of Arita, Imari, and Karatsu.