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This Japanese style inn is located on the coastal area overlooking Yobuko Port. The view from the guest room will make you feel like you are on a floating island.
The meals featuring fresh seafood, especially live squid and Saga Beef are highly popular among our customers

Seiriki Ryokan

This inn is located on the coastal area of Yobuko. Fresh squid is delivered to our restaurant every day, and you can enjoy our savory dishes cooked with squid and other seafood of the Genkai Sea (shrimp, abalone, etc.) here.

Izumo Ryokan

It is built on a wide ground located along the slowly flowing Ureshino river. Take a moment to relax in the Ureshino Onsen, surrounded by nature. The hot spring has been designated as one of the 3 Major Hot Springs for Beautiful Skin.

Wataya Besso

This hotel re-opened after renovation in 2010. The outdoor hot spring on the 9th floor is one of the tallest spots in the Ureshino Area and the view from it is amazing.
The traditional Japanese Kaiseki dishes offered by the chief chef and the meticulous services of this hotel have gained high reputations.

Hotel Kasuien

Kanigoten is an inn located on the coastal area blessed with beautiful scenery and rich nature. It features guest rooms commanding wonderful views of the Ariake Sea and Mt. Unzen and an observatory open-air bath on the roof top. Enjoy the crab cuisines and other seafood meals, and take the time to relax in an extraordinary atmosphere away from the bustles of daily life.

Kanigoten

The hotel is located right in front of the sea. Enjoy the taste of Tara crab dishes including

Open bath filled with stars and Kani-mabushi　Hoyoso

Enjoy the delicious meals with Takezaki crabs, a specialty of the Ariake Sea , and other fresh seafood. This hotel is also known for its wide collection of sake from various regions of Saga Prefecture. It is highly recommended to order 90-min all-you-can-drink (free refill) with a sake dispenser, which was installed for the first time in Kyushu.

Ryokan Tsurusou

Hirahamasou

- Located Right by Takezaki Port
- All Rooms are Ocean View
- Rich Greenery and Fresh Seafood

Ichifukusou

Yatomisou

Private bathroom/toilet (western-style with Washlet, bidet-equipped) is available in all rooms. This is a two-story building and you can look over Unzen (the Ariake Sea). Also, the observation deck at Ruins of Takezaki Castle is located within a walking distance.
☆This hotel is well-known for their hot spring and delicious crab dishes.

Umezakitei

This place was created as the first dormitory guesthouse of Saga in April 9th, 2017.
This is a warm hand-made guesthouse where you can enjoy DIY works such as wall painting with your friends.
We also have a bar where you can enjoy Saga's sake at night.

Saga International Guesthouse HAGAKURE

We use fresh seafood from the local Genkai Sea. The squid types change depending on seasons, so delicious squids can be enjoyed all year round. The guesthouse feels just like home, so please relax and enjoy.

Fisherman Guesthouse Daikei

It is a cozy restaurant that has only counter seats. Most of the ingredients used for the menu are locally produced. Reservation holders are given priority. Please contact for arrival time.

Kakou

This restaurant offers Saga beef and other Japanese black beef of 4th grade or better in quality. It is open every day from 11 AM, and on weekends until 5 AM the next day. So you can visit here almost anytime to enjoy grilled beef cuisines. All dining rooms are private and some are equipped with TV.

HANAMORI KIWAMI

Here you can enjoy authentic Korean dishes made by Korean owner chef. You can drop by here casually just by yourself.

Myeongdong

Our motto is to provide seasonal and local foods cooked in a delicious way!

Torigiku

This is a long-established restaurant founded in 1882. It had the honor of receiving a visit by the Empror Hiorohito in 1949. Enjoy the Japanese dishes created with the skills developed through the history of over 130 years in the authentically Japanese style building.

Yoryutei

This restaurant serves fish from the Genkai Sea and the Ariake Sea, as well as various kinds of Japanese dishes.
* Telephone Reservation is required in advance.

Hizenmae Kyosushi

Baisao (1675 - 1763), one of the historical figures from Saga, is known as the founder of Sencha tea ceremony.
He is said to have set the direction of Kyoto culture by serving tea to people from all social classes during the Edo Period, when the caste system was still present in Japan's feudal society.
Hizen Tsusentei exhibits the articles and documents left by Baisao. There is also a cafe space, where visitors can enjoy looking at Arita sencha teaware and taste Ureshino tea and the specialty sweets of Saga.
Here you can learn the master's virtue of a true tea ceremony: recreating a new world inside one tea pot.

Hizen Tsusentei

The restaurant is often chartered for concerts on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Please contact the restaurant and check whether it's open before visiting.

Restaurant & Cafe Romanza

On the top floor of Saga Prefectural Government Office, you can taste Saga's local ingredients while enjoying the panoramic view of Saga Plain.

Saga's Restaurant Shino

This is a slow-food restaurant serving dishes made with ingredients carefully produced in Saga by selected producers such as Mr. Katsuhiko Takedomi, who was the first to receive the

Saga Retrokan

The Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Saga Prefectural Museum, Saga Castle History Museum, and parks are all located within a five minute walk from this noodle restaurant. We are serving udon noodles, soba noodles and rice bowls that children, elders, and international customers can all enjoy.

Noodle Restaurant Issey

Here you can enjoy the beautiful view of the castle moat and savor the dishes prepared with meticulous care.
Enjoy the dishes that are pleasing to your eyes and tongues.
There is also a tatami mat room (for 4 up to 20 people) (reservation is needed / special room fee applies).

Japanese Restaurant Kusu

With a theme

Chinese Restaurant Taikanen

With a theme of

Restaurant Lotus

Saga Beef Restaurant Kira Main Branch

Ingredients here are produced locally. Vegetables and rice are delivered from the contract farms. Rice is purchased unmilled and only the necessary amount is milled when cooked.
They also have a rich collection of local sake including the rare brands.

Mushokusaiko Oseso

With the idea of

Yakiniku Ryouma

With delicious foods and delicious liquor, happy time passes by slowly. Here you can enjoy the seasonal delicacies and spend wonderful time with your beloved one. All the staff here is looking forward to your visit.

Restaurant Chateau Bunga

At Saga Kawakamikyo Gorge, our special Shiratama Manju has been passed down since our shop was established in 1882.
This manju is simply made with rice and red beans and it's been loved by people for over 130 years.
Please enjoy the relaxing time while looking over Kawakamigawa River and Hizenichinomiya's Yodohime.

Shiratama Manju The Original Yoshinoya

This soba restaurant is located amids the rich natural surroundings of the Sefuri Mountains. The soba noodles we serve are made with domestically grown buckwheat and delicious underground water, and we have gained high reputations for their rich flavor and pleasantly firm texture.

Mitsuse Soba

This restaurant stands on a lofty hill with a panoramic view of the Yobuko Port. You can enjoy dining in a relaxing atmosphere here.
The live squids caught and delivered from the port everyday are crystal clear, sweet, and delicious. It can be fried, grilled with salt, and cooked in various other ways.

Isaribi

Overlook the magnificently large dam from the restaurant decorated with Japanese cedar which engulfs you with the scent of the forest as you enjoy your meal.
The menu is comprised of salads made with produce from local farms and steamed dishes that are reminiscent of the mountain range. Saga beef, pork, and chicken steaks, grilled and deep fried foods are readily available. The smoothies made with spinach and parsley are exceptionally popular.

Restaurant Fuju

Allergen-free noodles, tempura, deep-fried chicken and other menus here are all made with rice flour. You can visit here with your family and enjoy dining without worrying about any contamination in flour.

II・MENTEI

At the room where you can overlook the Chikugo River, You can enjoy Japanese dishes of fresh fish delivered everyday from the market.
From mid May through July, a full-course of Etsu, which can only found in the Chikugo River in Japan is available here.

Tsudaya

You can enjoy fresh seafood and rare fish caught by the chefs themselves in the Ariake Sea.

Mutsugorotei Maruzen

Fresh catches from the Ariake Sea and the Genkai Sea are brought in and we offer delicate Japanese cuisine that looks beautiful.
When making a reservation, please share your detailed preferences and we will do our best to fulfill your every request.

Shiwa

Based in Karatsu and blessed with abundant seafood, this restaurant serves Edomae-style sushi by adding a delicious twist to local fish. Besides local fish, here you can also enjoy delicious fish from Hokkaido and other places around Japan. All kinds of seasonal side dishes that go particularly well with sake are also available.

Sushi Restaurant Tsukuta

A family-run restaurant.
To promote locally produced products, we mainly use seafood from Karatsu and vegetables grown in our neighboring area.

Original Italian Cuisine KEYAKI

The interior of the restaurant is bright, and all the seats are sunken kotatsu style. Yobuko squid, Saga beef and other specialty dishes of Saga are served.

Genyou

Thanks to the wine saver equipped, this wine bar serves 40 different kinds of fresh wine in glass. With a reservation made by the day before, a set meal including 6 dishes, bread and coffee is provided for 1,900 Yen. A la carte menus are also available.

Dining Wine Bar bonito

Here you can enjoy about 40 kinds of Japanese sake at a low counter with relaxing chairs. The interior space is themed on a traditional town house in Kyoto. You can select your favorite sake cup to enjoy sake. They also serve several kinds of bio wine.

SAKE-bar MACHIYA

We hope to serve you our delicious cuisine including our fresh squid and fish sashimi.
The ocean view from the second floor is amazing!

Shiojino

Uomata is a long-established restaurant which was founded about 70 years ago. The most popular dish here is a course meal with a variety of dishes made with natural abalone from the Genkai Sea. The rice bowl topped with natural abalone and sea urchin of Karatsu is also popular here.

Uomata

Cakes here are made with an abundant of eggs from the free range chickens raised in the shop’s own factory. Made with no additives, they are safe and healthy. You can also enjoy a tea time here while looking at the Japanese garden.

Patisserie Tamagoiro (Tamagoiro No Cake-ya San)

Kabeshima is a restaurant known for panoramic view of the Genkai Sea and beautiful nature in addition to the great seafood. While looking over the view, please enjoy the beautiful sound of wave and fresh seafood to your heart's content.

Kabeshima

The restaurant

Underwater Restaurant Manbo

This restaurant is the birthplace of

Kawatarou Yobuko Branch

It is a Japanese BBQ restaurant located 5 minutes away from Tosu IC by car.
We serve Saga beef and fresh agricultural and livestock products. At our restaurant you can enjoy the

Saga Beef Restaurant Kira Tosu Branch

This is a long-established restaurant in Karatsu with a history of over 50 years old. The restaurant provides fish cuisines, in which you can enjoy the true deliciousness of fish.

Restaurant Kitamura

This restaurant aims to provide a fine moment that customers feel good to be Japanese while enjoying the freshness of seasonal foods with all five senses. They welcome customers with authentic Japanese dishes and atmosphere, as well as a spirit of the Japanese sword mounting, “Habaki”.

Japanese Cuisine Habaki

Homemade Udon Restaurant in Taku City Bussan Kan (souvenir shop)

Noodle Factory Kouki

Curry and rice has been the long time specialty of this restaurant since 1971, and the curry and rice with Tonkatsu (pork cutlet) on top is the most popular dish here.

Amour

Open Kitchen

Steak House Tsujikawa

Tempura served at the counter is light and crispy outside and you can taste the flavor of the season and the nature from the inside.

Basara

This French restaurant is 2 minutes away on foot from Imari Station. Dishes and desserts here are all hand-made. Our specialty dishes cooked with a variety of local ingredients like the Imari beef are recommended. Also, ducks, lambs, foie gras and other French ingredients are all cooked carefully by following the fundamental ideas of French food cooking.

French Cuisine Bouillon

Here at this restaurant directly managed by the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives, you can enjoy Imari beef at reasonable prices. Imari Konegi (small green onion) rice bowl and Hamburger steak are among the popular menus here.

Restaurant Rural

This chicken restaurant is famous for yakitori (grilled chicken and vegetable skewers) and chicken rice as their best menus. Locally grown vegetables and other ingredients are mainly used so you can enjoy the taste of the local. You can relief the fatigue of travel and restore your energy in the private room.

Drive-in Tori

Takeo' s signature food. You can either eat-in or take-away Takeo Burger.

TKB AWARDS Takeo Burger

Okkasan No Ichizenmeshiya is a self-served style delicatessen shop. You can casually drop by here casually and take home the

Okkasan No Ichizenmeshiya

This is a chanpon noodle restaurant founded in 1949. Enjoy the wonderful taste of crisp vegetables and homemade noodles mixed in a pork bone soup, which hasn't changed in 60 years.

Ide Chanpon

This is an all-you-can-eat style restaurant serving safe and reliable vegetable dishes made with freshly picked local vegetables and without any additives.

Nanana

This coffee shop sells in-house roasted coffee beans and serves coffee. You can also purchase souvenirs of Takeo.

Coffee Shop Kizo

Our restaurant has been loved by the locals for the past 86 years . Our Champon Noodle with simple but rich flavored soup made with Wakakusu Pork bones is delicious. The kaiseki course meal is popular as well.

Kappou Chuoh

This restaurant offers hand-made dishes made with local ingredients.

Denden　

This restaurant serves its original dishes created by making full use of local ingredients of Takeo. There is also a course with Jidori chicken and horse sashimi, the specialties of Kyushu.

Konomi

KiHako is a shop adjoined to Ryokan Yoshidaya, which is filled with joyful products from Ureshino, Saga, and other areas of Japan and overseas to bring you precious moments. Here you can find many adorable daily goods, Japanese sweets hand-made by a confectioner and various other items that enhance the joy of your life.

cafe & shop KiHaKo

This is a restaurant that mainly serves Saga beef in both Shabu-shabu (thin slices of meat boiled in hot water) and Yakiniku (indoor BBQ) styles. The meals served during lunchtime are reasonably priced from 2,000 yen. For every customer who dines at our restaurant will receive a 50% off coupon for entering public hot baths.

Restaurant Saga Gyuhinkan

The old Japanese inn was renovated into a café with a retro atmosphere. Please spend a relaxing time.

Ureshino Cafe

This restaurant resides in an old house located on a shore. One of the popular menus here is the mille-feuille set meal. The rice cooked served for lunch is polished carefully with mortar and pestle. Then, the most luxurious way to eat the rice is to cook it with a special steel pot and furnace.

Suisya

The thick and juicy hand-made Hamburg Steak and corn soup pot pie are recommended here. There are also beef steaks, beef tongue and other menus.

Restaurant Gyumaru

Enjoy our seasonal dishes cooked with seasonal vegetables and fresh fish.

Kappou Hachiya

This restaurant is directly managed by a long-establish Kanzaki Somen Noodle company that produces

Kanzaki Noodle Factory Hyakunenan

Established in 1920, we've been particular about using seasonal ingredients and you can taste the authentic cuisine made for each ingredient such as locally caught Japanese grenadier anchovy or Etsu, blowfish from Shimonoseki, tuna fish from Tsukiji market and crabs from Hokkaido.
We are looking forward to welcoming you with the seasonal tastes at the east of Saga Plain, Home of Creek.

Seasonal Cuisine Uoki

One of the long-standing ramen shops serving Kurume ramen/Tonkotsu ramen. It is the birthplace of the

Taiho Ramen Yoshinogari Branch

Enjoy our original curry and rice in the retro and rock'n roll atmosphere!
Check out our website for the latest information
http://facebook.com/wspice.jp

W Spice

This Japanese restaurant offers authentic Japanese style dishes without any over-the-top arrangement. As the restaurant is also a shop dealing with potteries, the restaurant is filled with features attractive for pottery fans.

Japanese Restaurant Yasuna

This restaurant is serving the dishes that let you enjoy the fresh seasonal seafood, meat and vegetables, at reasonable prices.
Also, a wide collection of shochu and local sake is available.

Rakuen

This “fisherman’s restaurant” is only accessible by ferry (pickup service available). The best feature here is the dishes made with local fish.

GYOSANJIN

With a theme to be

Arita Terrace

This seafood restaurant is run by a fisherman who catches Takezaki crabs and farm Takezaki oysters himself. It is open all year round and you can enjoy Iwagaki oysters, crab sashimi, peeled crab tempura and Agemaki clams in summer and Takezaki oysters, Takezaki crabs, scallops, Hiougi clams, crab rice and oyster rice in winter. In addition to them, various kinds of seafood are available to be grilled wildly in the charcoal fire.

Takezaki Kaisan

We offer dishes featuring local ingredients and some of them cannot be found anywhere else.

Shunkoubo Takezaki

You can enjoy set meals with local fish from the Ariake Sea as well as Takezaki crabs and Takezaki oysters cooked on a charcoal grill. Because it is directly run by the local fisheries cooperative, fresh seafood from the Ariake Sea is available.

Ryoshi No Yakata

We provide fresh seafood delivered every morning and saga beef and other meat dishes.
Special tongue meat shabushabu is especially popular. All dining rooms are private and feature a sunken table. Counter seats are also available.

Kirin

You can enjoy foods and drinks served in Arita ware. The Cake Set is served in the valuable Old Imari ware owned by The Kyushu Ceramic Museum.

Cafe Terrace AYA

Please enjoy the real eel with a delicious secret sauce that we are proud of.

Eel Specialty Restaurant AJI

Founded in 1973, Hiuraya has been supported by people inside and outside of Saga Prefecture. In this historical place, Karatsu, please enjoy our bold but delicate dishes made with seafood nurtured in the angry waves of the Genkai Sea and other seasonal ingredients.

Hiuraya

Established in 1921, this restaurant of freshwater fish has been loved by the locals. We serve

Ryusuitei

Caravan is a restaurant filled with a homey atmosphere and any first-time customers can feel relaxed and at-home like repeaters. It was featured in “Michelin Guide Fukuoka / Saga 2014.” In the Japanese themed modern atmosphere, Saga beef will be cooked on the griddle right in front of you.

CARAVAN

This restaurant has been in business for 29 years now on a backstreet off the main downtown area of Imari. 9 kinds of hot pot including duck meat hot pot and offal hot pot can be served all year around. Orion beer directly delivered from Okinawa and local sake selected by a local sake expert are also on the menu here.

Fukuyoshi

All of the fish used here are fresh. For vegetables, some special ones are delivered from all around Japan and the other great ingredients are picked locally.
There are about 20 kinds of Japanese Sake which is from the sake of Saga especially picked by the Sake Sommelier to the ones from other parts of Japan.

NIJIHARE

This is a long-established tofu restaurant with a history of 60 years. Not only Onsen Tofu that is specialty of Ureshino Onsen but also variety of sweets such as Hirakawaya parfait made with Kure Tofu, Soya soft ice cream, Tofu dumplings and so on are very popular too.

Saga Hirakawaya

Yococho is the place where Ureshino Hot spring's specialty

Souan Yococho

You can enjoy fresh fish meals at Ryumonkyo surrounded by a lot of nature.
We recommend that you should eat “Koi (carp) No Arai,” or sashimi. Our carps were raised in pure water so that they have less fat. They don’t have the bad smell at all, so it is very easy to eat and hard to get tired of them. And all the dishes are Arita ware, and we provide you a place like a hiding spot and blissful moment.

Ryusenso

There are many great ingredients throughout the year in Karatsu.
We are especially proud of selection of seafood and by applying various kinds of cooking methods to bring out the best characteristics of the ingredients, we create

Y'S KITCHEN

Hanabishi is a long-established Japanese restaurant in Karatsu. We use fresh fish from the Genkai Sea, and also seasonal ingredients of Karatsu, and pull out the best potential of the ingredients on the dishes we serve.
We can also provide special moments for any occasions including an engagement party, celebration, pre-wedding get-together, Buddhist memorial service, meeting with your clients, family, relatives and friends. Please feel free to use our service.

Japanese Restaurant Hanabishi

Dishes made with vegetables delivered from the nearby farms and pesticide-free rice are served. They also offer a variety of desserts and drinks. You can enjoy some peaceful time in a relaxing atmosphere.

cafe TRES

The soup made out of well-cooked pork in high temperature and high-pressure tastes very mild and has been loved among many people regardless of age or gender.

Marukou Ramen Center

After you take in the hot spring of Sazanka no Yu surrounded by great nature, please enjoy eating delicious food made with carefully selected seasonal ingredients picked locally.

Rikyutei

This Japanese Izakaya-style restaurant where you can taste the whole

Shokusou Ichiba GENKI Jirushi

There is plenty for fresh seafood of Karatsu available. In addition to

Yamashige

Founded in 1838, this long-established restaurant has been serving freshwater fish. Karatsu ware　such as the ones made by the 13th Nakazato Tarouemon, are used to serve crabs and sweetfish from the Tamashima River. All rooms are private and you can enjoy dining in a relaxing atmosphere. Listed on Michelin Guide.

Amegen

There are 13 counter seats and 45 low-table seats in a large dining space. The interior is black-themed and has a relaxing atmosphere.

Yakitori Kachigarasu

We are serving Japanese sweets, fresh vegetables, coffee, Japanese tea (Matcha) and curry.
Wi-Fi is available.

Chatei Kaikadou

Enjoy seafood delivered fresh from the market. Listed on Michelin Guide.

Yuan Ikko

This bright restaurant with natural atmosphere is very welcoming. There is a great selection of wine from all over the world and various kinds of alcohol drinks. Whether you casually drop by and have a sip or drink a lot, you can spend a relaxing time.

Ekimae Wine Restaurant BIBI

Steakhouse Restaurant Sho

LINCOTTO is a café/dining residing in a renovated 250-year-old house. Here you can enjoy fresh pasta for lunch, pancake for tea time, and fine dishes and wine for dinner.
Their fresh sparkling wine is popular♪

LINCOTTO

Imaritei

This tofu shop was founded back in the Edo Period and used to dedicate its products to the lord of the local domain.

Tofu here is made with carefully selected soy beans from a contract farm. “Zarudofu,” the most popular product here, is made with a special method and has a very richly condensed flavor of tofu.

Kawashima Tofu Shop

Here you can enjoy authentic Indian curry with 100% no-additives, home-made sweets, chai and others.

There are special dishes made with carefully picked local ingredients such as Aritadori chicken keema curry and pasta with squid from the Genkai Sea. For dinner time, the Asian-Ethnic Course is available (Reservation required for the course)

Chaka Theka Shokudo

Enjoying grilled oysters while looking over the scenic view of the Genkai Sea is just superb! When the weather is clear, you can even see as far as Omuta, Kumamoto and Unzen.

Daifukumaru

Kiwi Parfait, Kiwi Pie, and 100% pure Kiwi juice using 4 pieces of Kiwi are much recommended.
In addition, we prepare sweets, light meals, coffee and so on. You can enjoy the open and relaxing atmosphere.

kiwi cafe SUCUREST

With our motto

Koishige

People visit here for various purposes such as business meeting, party, family gathering and etc. The restaurant offers a wide variety of delicious made with carefully selected ingredients mainly from Saga and other areas of Kyushu.

Ureshino Sushi

This is a perfect place to visit for special occasions to treat your loved ones. You will be able to spend some luxurious and relaxing time here. This restaurant (kitchen and dining space) is also available for rental. (Reservation required)

DINING YASUNA ZUI

This café is annexed to the gallery of Kosen Kiln in Okawachiyama. Surrounded by the relaxing green and trees, please spend a relaxing time while having a piece of hand-made cake and a cup of coffee with

Cafe Kosen

This tempura restaurant started its business in 1974. Anyone from young couples, seniors and families can visit here and enjoy seasonal taste of tempura. “Torikodon,” a variety of locally unique egg and chicken cuisines, and tempura seiromushi have long been established as popular items here since the foundation.

TEMPURA EBINA

Beee+marche&cafe is a cafe in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture where you can enjoy salads and fruits based on the concept

Beee+ Marche & Cafe

Kasuga Branch School abolished in April, 2002. We felt that it was such a waste not to use this school surrounded in rich natural environment, and it should be utilized somehow. This is how the idea started. After having many twists and turns, this school change into a cafe called

Bunko Café haruhi

This restaurant has various faces; the beautiful Japanese-style garden, authentic Italian cuisine prepared by the chef who was trained in Italy, the pleasant customer service provided by the owner who is specialized in hospitality, the tableware that represent the region and many kinds of exciting events.
Please make a reservation prior to your visit.

TrattoriYa Mimasaka

We provide products suitable for souvenirs such as towels made in Japan and serve delicious coffee that you can drink from Takeo Ware.
We are waiting for your visit.

Cafe and Shop Nakamuraya　

We are the Nishikoji Nabeshima family, a branch family of Ogi Nabeshima Domain.
The founder is Motoatsu who is the second son of Naoyoshi Nabeshima, the second load of Ogi Domain. We passed on Yagyū Shinkage-ryū (the oldest Japanese schools of swordsmanship) until the end of the Edo period.
This place is now used as a cafe and gallery.

Gallery & Cafe Ogi Nabeshima House Ten

We use our special

Hidamari

It is a fashionable cafe located within the premises of

Denden Cafe

At Saga Beef Yakiniku

Saga Beef Yakiniku Matsuzo

The store serves grilled Saga Beef on Shichirin (Japanese char-coal grill).
From Fat meat to lean meat of Saga Beef, a wide variety of alcohols are also available. Saga's local sake is available as well, so please enjoy Saga as much as you can. The location is very close from Saga Station, there are counter seats so customers coming alone are also welcomed.

Charcoal-grilled Yakiniku　gyu-gyu

A Shichirin Yakiniku restaurant where you can enjoy Saga Beef at a reasonable price. Just like the name,

Shichirin Yakiniku Gyusho Saga Station South Gate Shop

Prefectural Office is the place where Saga is made to be better and more interesting. Being such an important place to Saga Prefecture, a lot of local ingredients are used to cherish

CAFE BASE

Warm sunlight shines through the large windows as the greenery of the park spreads widely outside.
Holding a cup of coffee in one hand, you can enjoy reading or viewing the outside scenery. Please take it easy and enjoy a comfortable time.

café pangaea

The Prefectural Library with 50 years of history, which is located in the North of the castle's interior area. This is an area where a lot of people are working or studying, so we hope to be a place where people can take a rest. At the park in the South side, there are slides, a fountain and green lawn area spreads widely, so it is recommended to bring take-outs, lunchboxes or drinks for a picnic.

days kitchen

With

JONAI SQUARE　CAFE

Cafe in an old house which was renovated from a house built 100 years ago.
Wi-Fi, power supply and PC (Mac) are prepared so everyone can use. Please feel the nostalgic atmosphere, take it easy and enjoy a comfortable time.

Craft Cafe　Conekuri-ya

All types of tea selected by CREHA are grown organically. They are all products of the highest quality grown from the will of tea farmers to pursue products with good flavor and good scent.

Japanese Black Tea Specialty Shop　CREHA

Domestic meat are used for food at Nomado. Ingredients are from Saga, Fukuoka and everything are cooked by hand, as we do not use frozen ingredients. Please enjoy food that are cooked through a lot of effort in a calm atmosphere.

Nomado

This is a Japanese restaurant on the 11th floor of Saga Washington Hotel Plaza, which is located close to JR Saga Station. Here you can enjoy dining while looking at the wonderful panoramic view from the floor. You can enjoy dishes made with locally grown ingredients such as Saga beefshabu-shabu and sukiyaki.

Ginza Haccho

This hidden restaurant located 5 minutes away on foot from Saga Station, serves delicious dishes for reasonable prices. Enjoy dining in the relaxing atmosphere.

BISTRO souffles

This is a museum exhibiting the works of Hayama Yuki, who is a potter and a writer. There is also a cafe inside the museum.

The building was built at the old mine site with a building material imported from Austria, called CLT.
In the vicinity, there is a spot where you can look over the strange-shaped stone of Chimachibo Park which is the designated park of the prefecture.

YUKI HAYAMA STUDIO GALLERY & Cafe516

Close to JR Saga Station! Cafe De Paris, the restaurant on the 1st floor of Saga Washington Plaza, offers party meals and course meals including Saga beef teppan-yaki course and it is perfect for any kinds of occasions. You can also visit here just for some drinks at dinner time!

Cafe de Paris

Chronicle Terrace is a foot spa & bar surrounded by rich nature. (Located in Ryokan Yoshidaya) Customers who are not staying in Yoshidaya are always welcome. It can be a perfect meeting place. You can visit here to read books, enjoy cocktails and chatting with your friends. Please enjoy the time as you like.

Foot Spa & Salon CHRONICLE TERRACE

The Soba Kaido (The Soba Road, the area spotted with many soba noodle shops) of Mitsuse allows you to enjoy authentic soba noodles in the laid-back atmosphere of the countryside away from the bustle of the city.

Mitsuse Soba Kaido

Kameichi Hisatomi, the founder of the footwear store Hisatomi Shoten moved to the present location of this old building in 1921 and opened an office for his footwear wholesaling business here. The building used to have a factory in its backyard where they were manufacturing Japanese footwear. With the business expanded to reach the Korean market, his company became one of the major footwear manufacturers / retailers in the prefecture. The wooden sigh board with the name of the office written in old style from right to left (opposite to the way Japanese letters are commonly written today) is proudly displayed inside the store still today and reminds visitors of the old history of the store. Currently, the building is tenanted by Konekuriya, the handcraft cafe, on the first floor, and the photo studio Harenohi on the second floor and some other art-related stores and allows you to casually browse around pieces of artworks.

The Old Hisatomi Residence

The morning market of Yobuko is counted as one of the three major morning markets in Japan. About 40 street stalls on weekdays and about 60 on weekends and public holidays will be lined up selling fresh and dried seafood, vegetables, fruits and other items.

Yobuko Morning Market

Hado Cape is located in the northeast edge of the Higashi Matsuura Peninsula sticking out into the Genkai Sea. At the finish point of Kyushu Olle Karatsu Course, there are lines of food stalls serving grilled turban shells,

Hado Cape

This Japanese style restaurant primarily serves fresh soba noodles and tempura. It is adjacent to Taiheian Distillery Museum where you can learn about the distilling culture. Saga's best Sake are on display, available for purchase, and available to taste-test. Visitors can try their hand at making hand-made soba noodles.

Taiheian Distillery Museum

This facility exhibits and sells the pottery from 23 kilns of Imari Ware, also there is a café where you can pick your favorite one out 50 kinds of coffee cups and enjoy a coffee break. Show this screen to the staff and get 10% off on pottery.

Imari Nabeshima Ware Exhibition Hall

Takeo City Library and History Museum were renovated and re-opened in 2013. One of the characteristics here is that a library and a bookstore were combined in one place. Not only can you rent books out of 240,000 books, but also you can purchase newly published books at the adjoined Tsutaya book store. It is a great place for bookworms. Takeo Kids' Library also opened on October 2017.

Takeo City Library and History Museum

The birthplace of the Kogyo Daishi Kakuban Shonin, the founder of the Shingi Shingon sect, who revived the Shingon sect and the beliefs of Mt. Koyasan. The temple attracts many worshipers as a temple of prayer and a temple of flowers. Inside the temple grounds, there's the largest burial mound in the prefecture, Onizuka Kofun, which is a designated historic site in Saga prefecture, and is open to the public.

Tanjoin Temple

A theme park operated by Fukagawa Seiji Co., Ltd. which has dedicated vessels to the imperial family and its branch families.
The founder of the company Chuji Fukagawa's special collection, such as Big Vase which received a Gold award at the Paris Expo 1900 , is worth seeing.
You can exploit the outlet shop for porcelain, participate in the painting workshop, and step foot into the restaurants and tea room where professionals introduce to you the ways to use vessels.

China on The Park

[Orange Picking in Limited Seasons]
This orange farm is located on a hill 200 meters above the sea level, which is surrounded by rich nature and commands a great view of the Genkai Sea.

With great care paid to the natural cycles, soil and plant root, the farm keeps delivering safe fruits with fresh seasonal taste to its customers.

Harimo Fruit Farm

It is like a relaxing and peaceful living room of the town where you can casually drop by.
This facility is a community base in the area adjacent to JR Taku Station of JR Karatsu line.
The facility has the bouldering area, library, lounge, playroom for kids and conference rooms.
Free Wi-Fi is available in all areas at the facility.

Aiparet

Locally grown chicken is cooked in 5 different ways; grilled, marinated, braised, steamed and fried, and served in Arita porcelain ware. Each restaurant in Arita area offers their unique dishes to entertain your eyes, mouth and heart. Available at 4 restaurants in Arita town.

Aritayaki Gozen

Useum Saga

The office of

Roadside Station Imari Furusatomura Village

Fuji Shakunage No Sato is a direct-sale store selling agricultural products of Fuji-cho, a mountain village surrounded by Mt. Tenzan and the Sefuri Mountains. You can find freshly milled rice and fresh vegetables here. There is also a restaurant where you can have a meal while enjoying the view of a dam lake.

Dam Station Fuji Shakunage No Sato

There are about 15 shops including souvenir shops, clothing shops, drugstores, bookstores, restaurants and so on to meet the demands of the locals as well as the tourists.
Easy access since it is conveniently located inside Karatsu Station. Visit here if you are looking for a place to purchase Karatsu souvenirs and enjoy shopping and dining.

Ekimachi Icchoume Karatsu

Many tourists stop by here on their way to seeing Saga's famous Nagoya Castle Ruins and the Hado Cape. Also, there is a restaurant serving Ika no Ikizukuri, or live squid sashimi, Momoyamatei Kaishu, and people from all over Japan are visiting here.

Roadside Station Momoyama Tenkaichi

The largest outlet in Kyushu has been powered up even more with an addition of 19 new stores, including 2 stores appearing for the first time in Japan's outlet, and 8 more stores appearing for the first time in Kyushu.
You can enjoy one whole day of shopping in streets as if you have come overseas with various brands lining up, from high-end brands within the country or overseas to sports brands, accessories, etc.

Tosu Premium Outlets

It`s a community facility aimed at revitalizing the Imari city. On the first floor, there are spaces available for box galleries and workshop spaces where the citizens of Imari City and surrounding can sell and purchase handmade products. In the entrance there is a cafe called

Imari Machinaka Ichibankan

Roadside Station Yoshinogari is located beside Route 385 at the prefectural border with Fukuoka.
At the store

Roadside Station Yoshinogari "Sazanka Senboukan"

The sweet Mikan (mandarin orange), seafood from the Ariake Sea, and Takezaki Oysters in the winter are Tara's signature products.

Roadside Station Tara "Tarafukukan"

You can feel the essence of each season with hand-painted dishware and the exquisite location where you can overlook Mt. Kurokami. We serve lunch in our original dishware upon reservation. (Reservation required: only on the 10th of odd-numbered months)
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Iroe Koubou

We offer safe agricultural products and specialty products and are looking forward to your visit.

Roadside Station Yamato "Soyokaze kan"

At Marine Center Osakanamura, we sell fresh fish caught in Karatsu as well as our special products made in our in-house factory like dried fish and squid dumplings.
This is a unique and fun shop where you can purchase many kinds of marine products and local specialties.
Also, at the restaurant on the 2nd floor, Tairyo-tei, you may enjoy fresh seafood from the Genkai Sea till your heart is filled.

Marine Center Osakanamura Village

This service area adjoins Kinryu Highway Oasis. They sell not only Saga local cuisine but also other cuisine of neighbor prefectures such as Nagasaki or Fukuoka. There are restaurants and bakeries and Kinryu special melon bread is very popular.

Kinryu Service Area (Outbound Line)

This small parking area provides various dishes such as ramen noodles, udon noodles with meat, curry and rice, and is loved by many truck drivers for its homey atmosphere. Kishikawa Manju, the popular traditional sweet bun you can get here, is available only in a limited number. Don't miss it out!

Taku Nishi (West) Parking Area (Inbound Line)

Imari Beef Tousai Bento

This is a 45 year-old Yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant mainly serving Saga Beef. It's a perfect place to casually enjoy the luxurious taste of Saga Beef. A variety of side dishes are also available.

Meigetsukan Main Branch

A nursery school which had not been used for about 10 years was renovated into this French restaurant where you can enjoy French cuisines including party courses. All dishes here are prepared with care mainly with local ingredients. Sit back and enjoy exauisite dishes at the spacious and relaxing dining space.

Fujitakaiwa

Held every year during New Year's holidays, this traditional market has a history of over 300 years. People buy edible Crucian carp (Funa) here to serve it to the gods as New Year’s offering.

Jan: Funa (Crucian Carp) Market

Live squid sashimi of Yobuko is transparent and has the melt-in-your-mouth texture. It is sweet in taste. You can enjoy the leg part in 2 ways; grilled with salt or fried (tempura).

Ikizukuri Live Squid Sashimi

Takezaki crab is a kind of blue crab. To enjoy the natural flavor of the crab meat, we recommend boiling it in salted water. If you are a Japanese sake lover, you might enjoy

Takezaki Crabs

Taste of the matcha green tea you can have at cafe

Chaen Kaigetsu [Olle]

At the parking lot of the Hado Cape Beach, the last destination of the Karatsu Olle Course, there are small stalls lined up. Those stalls are run by the local women serving the turban shells grown in the rough sea of the Genkai Sea and grilled right in front of you. The taste gets sweeter as you chew them. You may also enjoy overnight-dried squid, abalone and oysters (Dec thru March).

Turban Shell (Sazae) Grill Stalls [Olle]

With large doors and windows, bare concrete walls and simple indoor industrial design, the concept is

LIFT COFFEE

This is a home-roasted coffee and curry shop.
Despite being a small shop with only 11 seats, customers can happily talk with each other and many information about Saga can be get as well.

Stool coffee

Italian cuisine that is made with local ingredients of Saga and home-grown vegetables. Course menus are mainly served, including stewed honeycomb tripe, tagliata with beef sirloin, etc. Most dishes are simply seasoned so that the natural flavors of the ingredients in food is brought out.

ilsorriso

Roast beef, which can also be another name for Kuraoka-tei, is an original dish made by the owner who used to be a chef on a ship and knew everything about the world's cuisine. Fresh seafood purchased from the best production area of each season is also available. Courses are available from 4,000 yen.

Kuraoka-tei

The owner's choice course using seasonal seafood and vegetables of Saga is popular.
For reservations up to the day before, 4,000 yen ~ 10,000 yen
For order on the day, 2 choices of 5,000 yen and 8,000 yen
A la carte order is also avaialble.

Nonakano

Started in 1958.
Enjoy the traditional taste of the France-based European curry in the retro space.

Restaurant Shirayama Bunga

Oshitori is a shop that sells tofu and tofu skin used in Ume no Hana's kaiseki-ryori (multi-course cuisine). Purchase ingredients at great, direct to consumer prices. The most popular item is fried tofu skin.
At the buffet style restaurant Hotaru, try from fifty dishes at an antique Japanese home.

Ume no Hama Kanzakimura

A sake bar directly connected to the platform of JR Hizenhama Station. You can enjoy Kashima's local sake while watching the train through the window. The staff who are familiar with Hizen Hamajuku and sample sake will entertain you.
JR sightseeing trains stop depending on the day of the week, so it is also recommended for railway lovers.

HAMBAR

Surrounded by 2,000 coffee cups, this is a restaurant where you can enjoy your meal while feeling the uniqueness of Arita, a pottery village. When you order hot drinks, it is also attractive that you can choose your favorite from the cups lined up in the store.

Gallery Arita

Our restaurant has oysters, udon noodles, bread & cafe, and you can enjoy udon noodles while you cook oysters in a little different way with other restaurants.

Hizenya

There are seven types of guest rooms with different tastes, such as Sukiya-style guest rooms, modern Japanese-style guest rooms, Scandinavian-style guest rooms, and guest rooms with open-air baths.
There are three private hot springs with different tastes, such as Hinoki-no-Yu, Sakura-no-Yu, and Sugi-no-Yu.
In addition to the four seasons kaiseki cuisine, we also have Saga beef steak plan, Saga beef shabu-shabu plan, tempura plan, spiny lobster plan, blowfish hot pot plan, etc.

In 1993 and 1994, received the Grand Prix of the Japan Onsen Ryokan Award.
In 1999, appeared in

Ougiya

Onyado KAISYU