Saga Hidden Gems
일본 도자기의 발상지. 아리타야키와 이마리야키는 17세기부터 네덜란드 동인도회사를 통해 유럽 왕실에 팔려나갔다. 요부코 아침시장의 살아있는 오징어 사시미는 더없이 신선하고 달콤하며, 우레시노온천은 '미인탕'으로 불린다. 다케오온천 본관은 일본에 현존하는 가장 오래된 공중목욕탕 중 하나다.
16 spots
일본 자기의 본고장. 아리타·이마리의 가마와 함께 바다의 신사, 오래된 온천이 있습니다.
기후와 추천 시즌
따뜻하고 습하며 초여름 장마비가 많고 겨울은 온화. 4월 하순 아리타 도자기 시장이 가장 붐빕니다.
유명한 먹거리
- 사가규
- 요부코 오징어
- 다케사키 게
- 우레시노 차
대표 명소
- 아리타·이마리 가마
- 유토쿠 이나리 신사
- 우레시노 온천
- 요시노가리 유적
Saga International Balloon Fiesta — Asia's Largest Hot Air Balloon Event
Every November, the flat alluvial plain of the Kase River outside Saga City transforms into the launch site for 100+ hot…
Sefuri-san Mountain — Hidden Beech Forest Summit
Sefurisan (1,077m), on the border between Saga and Fukuoka prefectures, is the highest peak in northern Kyushu and carri…
Nabeshima Domain Ceramics Research Center
Walk into the Saga Ceramics Research Center on a Thursday morning and you might find three white-haired men bent over a…
Hamanoura Rice Terraces — Sunset Mirror of the Sea
The Hamanoura rice terraces, on the western coast of Kyushu facing the Genkai Sea, are ranked among Japan's 100 most bea…
Saga's Okuninushi Shrine Night Trail
The path connecting Saga City's five historic shrines along the old merchant route has been maintained as a walking trai…
Kase River Firefly Festival — June Bioluminescence
The Kase River and its tributaries in the southern Saga mountains host one of Kyushu's most concentrated firefly populat…
Saga Riverine Plain — Winter Crane Flyover
The Saga Plain, particularly the rice paddy areas south and west of Saga City, hosts one of the largest concentrations o…
Ogi-Juku Post Town — Edo Period Highway Rest Stop
Ogi was a major rest stop on the Nagasaki Kaido highway — the road connecting Nagasaki to Edo used by Dutch traders maki…
Kiyomizu Shrine — Floating Lantern Festival on the River
Kiyomizu-jinja in Saga City hosts the Saga Lantern Festival (Saga-no-Nishi) in mid-August — a tradition where paper lant…
Saga Beef Kappo Dining — Japan's Hidden Wagyu Secret
Saga beef (佐賀牛) consistently ranks in Japan's top 5 wagyu evaluations — ahead of the nationally famous Kobe beef in fat…
Yoshinogari Historical Park — Japan's Largest Yayoi Settlement
Yoshinogari is the most significant archaeological site in Japan for understanding the Yayoi period (300 BC–300 AD) — th…
Saga Castle History Museum — Transparent City Origin Story
The original Saga Castle (1608) was demolished in the 1870s; the current History Museum occupies the restored Great Hall…
Saga Prefecture Art Museum — Nabeshima Collection
The Saga Prefectural Art Museum focuses on the two defining artistic traditions of Saga: the Nabeshima clan's patronage…
Saga Hot Air Balloon Museum — Year-Round Festival Archive
The Saga Balloon Festival Museum documents the 45-year history of the international event and contains the most comprehe…
Mifuneyama Rakuen — Garden in a Cliff Face
Mifuneyama Rakuen, a 500,000-square-meter garden carved into the forested slopes of Mt. Mifuneyama (sheer granite cliffs…
Saga Onsen Hizen Yumo — Scenic Mineral Spring Spa
Located 20km south of Saga City in the Sefurisan mountain range, Hizen Yumo Onsen is a concentrated cluster of three ryo…