Saga Balloon Museum

4.0

A museum dedicated to hot air balloons situated along Chuo O-dori Street in 2 Chome Matsubara, Saga City. The museum presents the history and mechanisms behind hot air balloons and also contains exhibits on international competitions and other ballooning events held in Saga. Here visitors can view the actual Icarus 5, Japan's first successful manned hot air balloon; try a balloon flight simulator; and experience the world of hot air balloons through a super high vision, 280-inch theater screen.

Spot details

Address: Saga Pref. Sagashi Matsubara 2-2-27 Map
Area: Around Saga City Area
Phone: 0952407114
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (Admission until 16:30)
Closed: Monday (The next day if closed), New Year's holiday
Fees: [Admission fee]
[Adult]500yen
[Elementary school students-High school students]200yen
[Pre-schoolers]Free
Parking Lot: Available(60spaces)
Credit Card: Not available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

A good place to learn more about hot air balloon, it is not as easy to navigate as you would think!

Reviewed : 2024.04.05

Finishing the nice Saga beef lunch we drove to the nearby Saga Balloon Museum. Saga City was famous for hosting Asia’s largest hot air balloon festival every fall, with over 100 balloons...
History of balloon travel

Reviewed : 2019.11.07

This museum is located near Central Post Office on Chuo Odori. If you walk from JR station, it takes about 20 minutes. In this museum, you can learn the history of balloon as well as the history of...
visit if you have nothing to do

Reviewed : 2018.12.26

There is nothing much to do in Saga, hence we visited the Balloon Museum as it was advertised as one of the main tourist attractions. There wasnt many people when we were there. We had the rail...