Saga

Saga is best known within Japan for Saga Castle, the former seat of the Nabeshima rulers of Saga Domain. The city stands on the Saga Plain, north of the Ariake Sea, whose broad tidal flats shape Kyushu’s low-lying coast. At the castle site, the reconstructed Honmaru Palace houses the Saga Castle History Museum and recalls the domain’s important role in Japan’s late Edo-period modernization. Each autumn, the Saga International Balloon Fiesta brings competitive hot-air balloons to the Kase River area, adding a major contemporary event to the city’s calendar. Saga is also a useful base for exploring a prefecture associated with pottery traditions and the Ariake coastline. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Saga and Saga Prefecture.

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