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

Coffee Shop Kizo
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
With a theme to be

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

Chatei Kaikadou
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
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
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　
Nabeshima Dantsu is a special kind of carpets which used to be dedicated to the lord of the old Saga Domain in the Edo Period. Nabeshima Dantsu which is unique to Japan, is purely made with cotton. The more you use it, the better it looks and feels. It can create a relaxed or welcoming atmosphere wherever you place it. Enjoy the elegance of Nabeshima Dantsu carpets.

Nabeshima Dantsu Yoshijima Residence
Old Nagasaki Kaido Streets in Yanagi-machi, Saga City and 7 Historic Buildings in the surrounding areas include various styles of buildings from a Western style architecture built in early 20th century to a modern Japanese style architecture. Some of them also feature beautiful gardens that attract many people as great photo opportunity sites. At the old Fukuda Family’s house, one of the 7 buildings, you can join a workshop to try your hand on hand-weaving Saga Nishiki textile, the famous traditional crafts from Saga.

Saga Museum of History and Folk Culture (District)
Built back in the Edo Period (17th–19th century) in Hasuike area (current Yanagi-machi), the houses of the Morinaga Family, who was a renowned tobacco producer, consist of residential houses and storehouses, which are among the few remaining three-story storehouses from the time. The storehouses were used to store tobacco, which the founder of the Morinaga's tobacco company started producing in the Edo period by an order from the local feudal lord. “Fuji No Kemuri,” the tobacco brand produced by the Morinaga company, got a great reputation that the flavor was even better than Tengu, the tobacco brand then famous in Tokyo, and was favored by such important figures as Shigenobu Okuma. When the tobacco production was nationalized, the company switched their business to traditional kimono retailing and lasted until 1934. The storehouse was renovated after that and is today occupied by Kureha, the black tea store, and “Orimonogatari,” the shop providing traditional Nabeshima Dantsu carpet.

The Old Morinaga Residence
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
Hizen vidro is a traditional hand-made glassware which is recognized as an Intangible Cultural Property of Saga. Succeeding the traditional techniques from the late Edo Period, SOEJIMA GLASS started making glassware in 1903 in Saga and has been in the business for over 100 years now. The company produces highly unique glassware with the techniques that can only be seen in Hizen Vidro. Our product lineup includes retro glass containers for hot sake (Kanpin) made with two glass rods, simple yet exquisite cups and various other fashionable and elegant pieces of glassware.

Soejima Glassware Co., Ltd. (Hizen Vidro)
Enjoy a brewery tour and sake tasting for free　at Gallery Yamato. A great collection of sake such as a very unique shochu made from water caltrop seeds is available. Feel free to take home the water used for brewing. (Containers are also available for purchase)

Yamato Shuzo Co., Ltd.
Nao Washi (a traditional Japanese paper specially produced in this area) has a history of 300 years. All the manufacturing process from cultivating paper mulberry trees to making papers from them are still done manually today.

Nao Tesuki Wachi
Chikugo River Lift Bridge is the only lift bridge in Japan and it can be crossed during 30 minutes from 5 minutes past every hour. It is also lit up at night. At the foot of the bridge is “Bridge Station Doronpa,” a shop offering free sightseeing pamphlets and sells local specialties and craft goods.

Bridge Station Doronpa / Chikugo River Lift Bridge
This kiln has been succeeded over generations from the end of the 16th Century to the present day. The exhibition section features the works by the 14th Nakazato Tarouemon and other products from the kiln. On the site, there are also the ruins of an old historic kiln (Tojinmachi Ochawan Gama), which used to be dedicated to the local government of the old Karatsu Domain and are designated as a national historic site today.

Nakazato Tarouemon Kiln
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
It is a botanical garden located in the middle of Mt. Kagamiyama. There are hundreds of kinds of begonia exhibited and on sale. You can enjoy not only the begonia but also other beautiful flowers throughout the year but it is recommended to visit here in spring.

Ponpoko Village Begonia Garden
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
landscape paintings. After the government of the Saga Domain set up kilns that produce only gifts for the government here in the Edo Period, pottery makers here continued providing potteries to the Tokugawa Shogunate and the government officials until the end of the Edo Period. The area is scattered with old brick chimneys and 30 kilns, and you can feel the history and tradition of about 350 years alive here. The Agency for Cultural Affairs recognize stories of its culture and tradition through historical attractions or features as “Japanese Heritage”. In April, 2016, the history and landscape of Okawachiyama was recognized as “Hometown of Japanese Pottery, Hizen ～Pottery Walk with Simultaneous Emergence of Many Talents and Achievements ～

Okawachiyama Village
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
Hiryugama is a climbing kiln which was built in Kuromuta, Takeuchi-cho as a base of the pottery industry of Takeo and its cubic capacity boasts the world's largest scale. It consists of 4 pits, each of which has the depth of 8.9 meters, the width of 3.8 meters and the height of 3.4 meters; almost the size of a large bus. The length of the whole kiln is 23 meters, which allows it to burn about 120 thousand tea cups at the same time. You can also join a pottery making (pottery hand making) workshop at the adjoining factory. Every year around mid-March, an event where thousands of lanterns will be lit at the same time, is held here.

Takekoba Kiln No Mori Park, Hiryuu Kiln
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
Hizen Hamashuku developed at the mouth of Hamagawa River and prospered as a post town on Tara Kaido Highway, the sub-road of Nagasaki Kaido highway, back in the Edo Period. The townscape in which many old sake breweries still remain is referred to as “Sakagura Dori (sake brewery avenue)” and was designated by the national government as a preservation area of important traditional architectures.

Hizen Hamashuku Sakagura Dori (Sake Brewery Avenue)
The refined sake has been made with the high-quality water from Mt. Tarayama and locally-grown rice are used. As a brewery with history of over 200 years, their motto is to find a guide into tomorrow by taking lessons fro the past. They are constantly trying on new products while keeping their rich traditions.

Yano Shuzou Co., Ltd.
The sacred sake is brewed near Yutoku Inari Shrine, one of the 3 greatest Inari shrines in Japan. It has been about 30 years since this sake brewery was open to show the process of sake-making. They are the first one in Kyushu to sell local-sake soft serve ice cream and the first in Japan to serve Doburoku (unrefined sake) ice cream. Not on the refined sake but also the plum wine made with sake is popular.

Sachihime Shuzou Co., Ltd.
The Mitsutake Shuzojo is located in Kashima City's bay area called

Mitsutake Shuzojo Co., Ltd.
Located in Kashima City Hama-machi's Hizen Hamashuku Avenue, distillery tours are available. Taste-test the Sake, Amazake, fruit liquors, and nonalcoholic beverages or try the pickled food. Make a reservation with a group of ten or more to receive a guided tour and take a peak in the retro, Showa-esque room in the back.

Hizenya / Minematsu Shuzo Co., Ltd.

A storage house for sugar built in 1941 was renovated into the museum of Yokan (azuki bean jelly) in March, 1984, which was then registered as a national cultural property in 1997. On the 1st floor, you can enjoy tasting Yokan made with a traditional method and green tea and watching educational videos about the history and making process of Yokan jelly. The 2nd floor exhibits old manufacturing tools, ingredients, labels and other valuable items.

Muraoka Sohonpo Yokan Museum
Tenzan Shuzo located in Ogi city, Saga, a city known as Petit Kyoto of Kyushu, has been in sake brewery business since 1875. The warehouse from the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods have been registered as Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties.

Tenzan Shuzo Sake Brewer Company
Ochachamura is located in the city where Ureshino tea was born which is at the foot of Mt. Fudosan by the former Nagasaki Kaido and the ruins of Tawarazaka checking station. In the middle of rich nature surrounded by a carpet of green tea garden, you can purchase freshly roasted green tea and black tea at factory prices while taking a look at the process of finishing green tea products.

Ureshino Ochachamura
This spot is recommended for those who want to visit kilns but have no time to do so or who want to do some research before visiting kilns. Items of 8 kilns and trading companies are displayed and sold here. You can also enjoy a pottery painting workshop from 800 yen (shipping fee excluded) and a pottery hand-shaping experience from 2,100 yen (over 2 Hours, reservation required).

Hizen Yoshidayaki Center

Ureshino Onsen Hon-dori Arcade
It has been more than 300 years since the sake brewery had been established and the present head of the company is now 11th generation. The main building, cellar and the other surroundings are registered as national tangible cultural properties and Saga heritage. A tour around the factory is offered to visitors during the winter season. Enjoy sake tasting (500 yen for 3 types of Sake) as well. The history of Japan can be felt under the big zelkova tree in the courtyard where the shiny white wall of the cellar stands.

Amabuki Shuzou Co., Ltd.
The Zwinger Palace is authentically recreated here. In the palace, works of Arita Porcelain and Old Imari Porcelain are displayed. There is a hand-on pottery studio, restaurants, and souvenir shops in the premises. Shochu tasting is available at Munemasa brewery. Enjoy shopping for a wide range of products.

Arita Porcelain Park
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
The Kakiemon Kiln was the first kiln to develop the colorful overglaze technique, especially in red and established

Kakiemon Kiln
This long-established kiln has been producing a wide range of ceramic ware from traditional Koimari ceramics to what can be used daily. Visit the Koimari museum and join a workshop.

Gen-emon Kiln
We exhibit works of Manji Inoue, who is a pioneer of white porcelain, an expert of potter's wheel molding for Arita ware and also a Living National Treasure of Japan.

Inoue Manji Kiln
At the showroom of Iwao Taizan Kiln, custom-made Arita ware that cannot be made in any other kilns including the ones made for the new royal palace are exhibited.

Iwao Taizan Kiln
Established in 1865, Koraku Kiln is one of the traditional porcelain factories located in Arita Town. Join a studio tour to see and learn about the manufacturing process. Also, there are various workshops available to make your own masterpiece; wheel-throwing, pottery painting and over-glaze decoration with decal technique.

Kouraku Kiln
Here you can try turning the pottery wheel and make your own dish. Feel the joy of touching clay and creating ceramics. You can also paint the dish you have made and create the one and only piece of artwork. Our staff members will be there to assist everyone so don't worry, even if you are a beginner. The completed dish will be delivered to you on a later date.

Pottery Studio Rokuroza
The Arita Uchiyama Area has been selected as one of the conservation areas for historically important buildings. Though most of it were burnt down by a big fire of 1828, the area once developed with Arita Pottery and was called “a thousand houses of Arita.” Many types of buildings like Japanese traditional town house ‘Machiya’ or old western style residences from each historical period such as Edo, Meiji, Taisho and Showa stand together in the area.

Streets of Arita Uchiyama
This is where Hizen Yoshida Iroe, the colored porcelain, was started and their products are known for the warm texture and the Silk Road themed patterns. Recently, the silver-coated wares are added to its lineup.

Taniho Kiln
“Piazza” square is open to the woods and surrounded by atelier, gallery and outlet shop. Immersed in a natural setting with rich greenery, you can spend some relaxing time here.

Fukuju Kiln Gallery and Outlet Shop

Multilayered cultivation allows you to pick strawberries while standing up and it is perfect for anyone from senior to kids. The strawberries would not touch the mud and you can enjoy them clean.

Tosu Berry Forest
[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
We make tea bowls and tableware of traditional Karatsu ware and sell them at the showroom. Workshops for hand forming and overglaze painting are available upon reservation. You can observe the studio and Noborigama kiln (climbing kiln) freely. (However, only attending the factory tour is not available.)

Kyouzan Kiln
Using the same pottery clay as Arita ware, you can make your own rice bowl using a potter's wheel or paint a pottery wind-bell. We will assist you and let you do all the process yourself as much possible even if you are a beginner, so you don't need to worry. Also, there is a silverwork workshop.

Uruotto
The tourist information office at Shin-Tosu Station, which serves both for Shinkansen bullet trains and other local trains, provides tourist information of the northern Saga area and other northern Kyushu areas and also deals with souvenirs from around Tosu City and other areas of Saga. You can also rent a bicycle and a Nordic walking poles here and the rental fees for them are both 200 yen (available from 9 AM until 5 PM / rental terms apply). Make sure to drop by!

Shin-Tosu Station Tourist Information Center
Imari Tourist Information Center, Imari Hotel Information Center, Selling Imari Special Products.

Imari City Tourism Association
It is said that Shingama Kiln, the pottery manufacturer, was founded in 1830 in Arita Sarayama under the instruction of the old Nabeshima lord as a kiln that is specialized in large-sized porcelain dishes. Shingama Kiln announced the launch of the new porcelain brand

Shingama Kiln
At the farm surrounded by the great nature, you can enjoy picking fruits like blueberries as well as workshops such as a soba-making workshop, which is available all year round, that you can eat the soba noodles you made yourself from the homemade buckwheat flour. It is filled with a lot of fun. Come visit us!

Nishiyamada Farm
The office of

Roadside Station Imari Furusatomura Village
Kawakamikyo Gorge has long been appreciated as a scenic spot by the people of Saga. It is located at the foot of the mountain on the way from Saga City to Mitsuse and attracts tourists all year round. Cherry blossoms and about 600 Koinobori (carp streamers) which decorate the surface of the river are well-known spring features here. In summer, you can hear the cheerful voices of kids playing in the river surrounded by deep green. In fall, autumn leaves of mountains create a serene atmosphere. The surrounding area spotted with many tourist spots such as historic temples, shrines, Japanese gardens with seasonal flowers and gigantic stones on the hillside. Shiratama Manjuu (dumpling with sweet azuki bean paste filling) is the specialty of this area and makes a perfect souvenir. The dumpling is made from high quality rice-flour and filled with plain-sweet azuki bean jam. Many fans have and still do love its unchanging taste.

Kawakamikyo Gorge
Saga is well-known for pottery and porcelain and Imari and Arita are particularly famous for the industry. The origin of porcelain making in the area dates back to the Hideyoshi Toyotomi‘s invasion of Korea. The battle lasted for 7 years and ended when Hidetoshi died. Many warlords took Korean potters to Japan. Naoshige Nabeshima of Saga Domain was also among such warlords. In 1616, a potter, Ri Sampei is said to have come to Arita and found white magnetite in Izumi Mountain, and made the first porcelain in Japan. Many potters from Korea settled in Arita and kept absorbing new knowledge of and improving their technique and method of porcelain making. In 1646, Sakaida Kakiemon I succeeded in painting patters on porcelains with colors of red, green and yellow and created colored porcelain for the first time in Japan. As the late 17th century saw the decline of porcelain industry in Jingdezhen, which was known for the best manufacturing skills and quality of porcelains, the Dutch East India Company (VOC for short) started to come to Saga around 1650 to purchase and import the porcelains. Thus, porcelain of Arita spread in the European societies of royalties and notabilities. As the porcelain made in Arita Sarayama Area was shipped from Imari Port, the porcelain of Arita started to be called Imari porcelain or simply Imari. The Old Imari in Europe was mainly used for the purpose of interior decoration of a palace. Augustus II the Strong was especially known as a fanatic collector of the old Imari and even sold his own army to get the porcelain. He ordered development of porcelain in Meissen, which led to the opening of many porcelain kilns in the area. Old Imari have been influencing porcelain industries around the world. Porcelains of Imari and Arita, which have developed over 400 years of history, are classified into three categories; The Old Imari, Kakiemon and Nabeshima. Its variety of styles ranging from everyday dishware to art objects, white beautiful surface, the gorgeous painting, the usability and durability have attracted a lot of fans. In Saga, there are many places you can get close to their beauty.

Imari & Arita Ware

There are about 30 shops including souvenir shops, clothing shops, drugstores, bookstores, restaurants and so on to meet the demands of the locals as well as the tourists.

Ekimachi Icchoume Saga
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
You can purchase Saga's specialties and souvenirs at ANA FESTA, Muraoka Souhonpo, Takumi No Mise, Saga Koubou, and Saga Kukou Ichibankan located in SKYSHOP on the 2nd floor of KYUSHU-SAGA Internationa Airport. If you are looking for Saga's nori seaweed, Arita ware, sake or sweets, please stop by at KYUSHU-SAGA International Airport SKYSHOP.

KYUSHU-SAGA International Airport SKYSHOP
A Duty Free shop located in the International Terminal of KYUSHU-SAGA International AIRPORT. Passengers traveling through the International Terminal can make their purchases after going through immigration. Alcohol, cigarettes, cosmetics, watches, household appliances, sweets, and souvenirs are all available for sale. You will be able to carry your purchases on board.

KYUSHU-SAGA International AIRPORT　DUTY FREE SHOP
Hand-made wooden toys and other small goods available.

Asuka Koubou
Karatsu City Furusato Kaikan Arpino consists of a souvenir shop selling Karatsu's specialties (1F), Karatsu General Pottery Market directly operated by Karatsu Pottery Kiln's cooperative (2F)

Furusato Kaikan Arpino
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
Maizuru Honten Shopping Plaza is committed to encouraging “local production and local consumption” together with local producers and delivering safe and delicious products from Japan and around the world to people in the region.

Maizuru Honten Shopping Plaza
Most of the pottery pieces that are on exhibit and/or for sale are the works of Tarouemon Nakazato from Karatsu and Kakiemon Sakaida and Imaemon Imaizumi from Arita. In addition, pieces of Takashi Nakazato, Taki Nakazato, Hanako Nakazato and other young artists can be enjoyed and purchased here as well.

ICHIBANKAN
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
The gift shop located at the entrance of Taku Seibyo, which enshrines Confucius, the founder of Confucianism. We have large selection of items such as Taku City's special products, as well as lucky goods and charms from China, which are associated with Confucius who is said to be the god of learning.

Houraian
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
We mainly offer special products of Saga Prefecture and Takeo City, as well as local vegetables, fruit and flowers. There's a handmade sweets workshop, and we recommend their seasonal handmade sweets.

Takeo Onsen Bussankan

Roadside Station Yamauchi "Kurokami No Sato"
Blessed by nature, the fresh produce of the season and abundant seafood from the Ariake Sea are made available. The Senjyaichi, guided by the

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

Roadside Station Yoshinogari "Sazanka Senboukan"
Twenty-four of the major Arita porcelain makers have come together in the world's largest Arita porcelain shopping mall that is open year-round, has a large free parking lot, and complete with Japanese and Western dining options so you can enjoy shopping all day long. The Ceramics Fair in the spring and Rice Bowl Festival in the fall draw in many shoppers and make the place very lively.

Arita Será
Since our founding over 90 years ago, the Marukei Traders have amassed the largest collection of Arita Pottery ranging from daily ware to high-end pieces of art. We have a hands-on workshop for visitors to spin the potter's wheel and paint their pottery to make their own original, one-of-a-kind piece.

Marukei Traders
Chuji Fukagawa founded a studio that provides from manufacturing clay to red painting on ceramics in 1894. We started to export works to Europe after we participated in Paris Exposition and got the honorary gold medal in 1900. In 1910, our studio was designated as the purveyors to the Imperial Household Agency. Our main store's building and many objects on display at the museum have been designated properties of the Heritage of Industrial Modernization. The pieces on display in the museum on the second floor demonstrate the techniques. The showroom on the first floor includes the Milano Collection and pottery provided by the Imperial Household Agency.

Fukagawa Porcelain Co., Ltd.
Built in the Meiji Era, the Arita flagship store consists of a showroom on the 1st floor, where our products are displayed and sold, and a pottery exhibition room on the 2nd floor, where Koransha's products from the Meiji and Taisho Era are displayed. You can see inside the store with Indoor Street View of Google Maps.

Koransha Arita Flagship Store Showroom
The shop is located in the Sarayama Street Arcade in Uchiyama area where many traditional buildings stand. There are many shops nearby such as the Imaemon Kiln and Koransha, so you can take a stroll and enjoy shopping.

Ogata Touen
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 taste-test about eight types of Japanese Sake,mostly Junmaishu. This brewery enshrines the mummy of

Matsuuraichi Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.
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) ※For more information, please check on Facebook https://ja-jp.facebook.com/iroekobo/

Iroe Koubou
We are located in Hizen Kashima Station offering Kashima City's special products. Traditional toys, alcohol from local distilleries and other souvenirs distinct to Kashima City are available.

Kashima City Kanko Bussan Center
・It is the only studio specialized in handmade flower vases of Arita ware. ・We can meet the requests for any types/schools of flower arrangement. ・Vase making workshop available. (Reservation needed)

Flower Vase Kasengama Kiln
In addition to safe and reliable agricultural products, we have rice bread, steamed manju buns, miso paste, and lunch boxes made from local ingredients. Feel free to drop by.

Daichi No Ie
We offer safe agricultural products and specialty products and are looking forward to your visit.

Roadside Station Yamato "Soyokaze kan"
Shinemon the first built his kiln in 1972 (Showa 47) to make big pottery pieces, which was rare at that time. You can see rare and various pottery such as copper red glaze (crimson) made with Chinese traditional glaze and Yuteki Tenmoku.

Shinemon Kiln
This is the largest UNIQLO branch in Saga. UNIQLO proposes a new concept of

UNIQLO youme Town Saga

This is the flagship store of MODE FASHION GROUP, which have 20 boutiques around Saga. MYSTIQUE especially targets working-women in their late 20s or older. MODE STYLE is for those seeking for higher quality of life. You will find a good collection of clothes that are mainly made in Japan and the quality service here. A foreign language speaking staff is available at the store, so please feel free to contact us.

MYSTIQUE & MODE STYLE
It is the only department store in Saga that has been running the business for over 200 years. From specialties to artifact, and we have products from all over Japan. There are also product exhibitions or industrial arts exhibitions performed regularly, so not only shopping but we put effort in dispatch of the culture as well.

SAGA Tamaya
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
Our shop provides products for any kind of customers to make your living more comfortable, and the products are cheap but high quality and fashionable. It is comfortable to wear, simple, and basic casual with good quality. That is the feature of our products. Because we want families to enjoy our space, we provide not only Man's and Ladies', but also Kids', and Baby products.

UNIQLO Saga Nabeshima Branch
This store not only retails bags but also repairs old bags and hosts a small leather bag making workshop. Free Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) is available at the store.

Bag Shop Komatsuya
With a traditional technique, we produce and sell contemporary works of Arita ware. We make unique tableware that is modern, casual and elegant.

Rikyu Kiln
There are many goods available in Saga; However, we are the only one factory producing the polkadot patterned porcelain. Please feel the nostalgic atmosphere of the Showa period.

Soesen Kiln
Tsuji Seijisha has been serving as the purveyor of the Japanese Imperial household since 1664.

Tsuji Seijisha

PATISSERIE Poa Son
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 shop offers traditional Ogi Yokan (sweet azuki bean jelly) and other Japanese sweets. You can try Hojicha green tea and other samples for free. Hon'neri Yokan, which gained a high reputation in the Milano Fair in Italy, goes very well with coffee. A variety of items is available here from Yokan made with white azuki bean and priced 1,500 yen to small yokan which makes a nice portable snack and is priced 130 yen.

Muraoka Sohonpo Tojin-machi Branch
The main branch of Muraoka Sohonpo offers traditional Ogi Yokan (sweet azuki bean jelly) and other Japanese sweets. The museum has a rest space on the 1st floor and exhibition rooms on the 2nd. It has tools for Yokan making on display and shows a video, panels and photos explaining the making method and the history of Yokan. You can also try tasting Yokan and Maccha green tea for free on the 1st floor.

Muraoka Sohonpo Main Branch Yokan Museum
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)
This is a general discount store dealing with a great variety of priducts of about 80 thousand kinds including everyday supplies such as foods, cosmetics and brand fashion goods.

Don Quijote Saga Branch
Aoyama sells suites and shirts as well as shoes, fashion accessories and various other fashion goods. Cheerful staff always welcomes your visit!

Aoyama Saga Main Store
Jewelries, precious metals and crafts are on the display and sold at the exhibition hall with thatched roof built in 1916. Green tea made with well water used for sake-brewing is very popular among customers.

Hana Tagane

youme Town Takeo Branch
A traditional pottery wholesaler,

YOSHIDA SARAYA Treasure Hunting

Located on the first floor of Saga Balloon Museum opened in October 2016, Saga Koubou Balloon Museum Store provides Saga's specialties such as sweets, sake, nori seaweed, marine products and crafts. Also, many balloon-related goods are available.

Saga Koubou Balloon Museum Store

AEON SUPERCENTER Saga Branch

AEON Kouhoku Branch

AEON Saga Yamato Branch

AEON Karatsu Branch
Youme Town Saga is a large shopping complex which serves as a semi-public facility of the area. Izumi Co., Ltd. is contributing to the vitalization of the area through the development of this facility.

youme Town Saga
This is a large home appliance store located in youme Town Saga. The large collection of products, which exceeds any other stores in Saga, and the sales staff with expertise will help you find the home appliances that improve your life.

Best-Denki Saga Honten
This the largest among other UNIQLO outlets in Karatsu City. They provide “Life Wear,” which supports the life of customers. With the product lineup covering both men and women of all age range, UNIQLO can always meet you demand.

UNIQLO Karatsu Branch
Located in 15 minute walk from Takeo Hot Spring Area, you can drop by this store in a spare time. Duty free service is available (for a purcahse of 10,001 Yen or more)!

UNIQLO Takeo Branch
This kiln is producing mainly Nabeshima Celadon Porcelain handmade by the craftsmen. For the tableware, unleaded paints are used for safety. Potter's wheel experience is also available. (Reservation required)

KOSEN KILN

Imari Beef Tousai Bento
We have a collection of tableware for daily use, which is arranged to modern style while keeping the traditional style of Imari-Nabeshima ware.

Imari-yaki Seira
As for Nabeshima ware, we have Nabeshima-Seiji (Nabeshima celadon porcelain), Iro-Nabeshima (Nabeshima colored porcelain) and Nabeshima-Sometsuke (Nabeshima blue and white porcelain). Oshu Kiln produces works of art and pottery that are clear like crystals by using locally collected vessel gemstones and have designs utilizing the clear celadon porcelain, open-work technique and hand-painted Nabeshima patterns.

Oshu Kiln
This is the kiln of Imari-Nabeshima ware. Now, the 7th is the head of the kiln and the 8th is the president. We look forward to your visit.

Ogasawara Touemon
Based on the concept of

Sehyou Kiln Toubako
While taking over the traditional technical patterns as Imari Nabeshima-ware, we are making products under the theme of tradition and innovation as a challenge for new manufacturing. As a feature, we work on our fine painting while valuing the white color.

Hataman Touen
Welcome to Imari Ware Kiln, Azuchi Kiln! Azuchi kiln is a Imari Ware Kiln that has a background of being a patronized kiln to the Nabeshima Clan. We introduce our creative works with a sandy texture from the village of the secret kilns, Imari. Please enjoy the tableware that would enrich your soul.

Azuchi Kiln Showroom
We offer various kinds of original goods such as the cute tea-ware made with pottery and glass, clever kitchen goods to be used with a microwave, coffee filter and etc. Please take a look at our original useful goods that would be helpful in your daily life.

Toyo Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Kaze no Furusato-kan, with the big white statue of Sayo Hime as the landmark. The facility is located right in the center of Karatsu, Saga. First of all, please visit for a restroom break. If you have some time, visit the direct sales store of agricultural products. You will definitely find products which make you think

Michi-no-eki Kyuragi　"Kaze no Furusato-kan"
A shop that carries a selection of good products from Saga As there are full of unique products, you can get to like Saga even more. There will definitely be something that you would like to sent to someone else. Please check Instagram　：　gofuku_saga as well.

GOFUKU Local & Gift
The name of the shop is

Gallery Shop　Sagashimono
Saga's high quality liquors and carefully selected liquors of other prefectures are on sale.

Ishimaru Liquor Store
Our shop is one of the leading general reuse shops in Japan. Manga, of course! We also have over 10 thousand products of titles which are famous all over the world, such as

BOOKOFF PLUS Saga Southern Bypass shop
More than a million people come to enjoy this ceramic fair every year. About 450 pottery shops open along the street (about 4 kilometers long) stretching from Kami Arita Station to Arita Station. There will also be various events such as the local gourmet fair and the table coordination exhibition.

Apr-May: Arita Ceramic Fair
In this event, you can fully enjoy the aesthetics of Karatsu pottery, which have been loved by many tea ceremony masters and other cultural figures. Based on the theme of “the marriage between food and dish,” the event features exhibitions and sales of karatsu pottery as well as collaborative events by pottery makers and restaurants.

Apr-May: Karatsu Ceramic Fair
During this festival, the town of Okawachiyama will be filled with sounds of many attractive wind bells produced by the kilns in the area. Boshi (a container used when firing a ceramic) Lantern Festival, scheduled to be held in mid-July, is going to fill the area with fantastic atmosphere.

Jun-Aug: Okawachiyama Furin (Wind Bell) Festival
Safe quality apples are cultivated with protection covers and all other necessary cares. Biting into a whole apple is the best way to enjoy the taste. Since ripe seasons vary by the brands, apple picking can be enjoyed for a long period of season. - Apple Picking Fee: Adults 430 Yen / 4 Yrs Old up to Elementary School Children 320 Yen Takeaway 640 Yen --- 1 kg (All-You-Can-Eat Service for Unlimited Time)

Aug-Nov: Apple Picking
Nabeshima Domain Kiln Autumn Festival is held in Okawachiyama, Imari, the porcelain town nestled in the mountain where the traditional porcelain making method of the kiln once owned by the Nabeshima Clan has been handed down since the Edo Period (17th - 19th century). Expressing gratitude toward predecessors who contributed to the development of the town, a porcelain is dedicated to Nipposha Shrine and a memorial ritual for the brushes used for painting porcelains are held as part of the festival. The porcelain fair held during the festival offers porcelains and potteries at 20 to 30 percent discount and attracts a lot of visitors every year. Another great thing you must check out is the beautiful colored leaves in the Okawachiyama area, the national historic site surrounded by mountain cliffs like those you would see in Chinese style landscape paintings.

Nov: Nabeshima Domain Kiln Autumn Festival
This ceramic fair is held with a slightly different atmosphere from Arita Ceramic Fair held in Spring. It won't be as hectic. While enjoying the great hospitality of the local stores and kilns, you can stroll around the town designated as Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings. One of the greatest features of the fair is that one of the famous kilns of Arita open its door to public to show the traditional pottery production method called

Nov: Arita Autumn Ceramic Fair
Hiryugama is known for its kiln of the world’s largest size. At the holy night in February, 6000 lanterns and electric illuminations will together create a fantastic sea of light. There will also be various fun events such as stage shows, a special cafe open only on this day inside the kiln where Takeo desserts can be tasted, or exhibitions and sales of adorable potteries, etc.

Feb: TAKEO・Hiryuugama Kiln Lantern Festival
6 sake breweries in Kashima City open their doors to public at the same time and hold various events where visitors can enjoy tasting and purchasing sake (fees are charged in some parts of the event). Welcoming events are held at Hizen Hamashuku and Yutoku Monzen Shopping Street.

Mar: Kashima Sakagura (Sake Brewery) Tourism
This is the annual pottery fair held by 30 kilns of the secret pottery village registered as Japan Heritage, Okawachiyama. You can purchase the pottery at reasonable prices. There will also be an exhibition of new pottery works themed on spring and a shopping stamp rally held along with the fair. You will also be able to enjoy the scenic beauty of Okawachiyama area with cherry blossoms in full bloom at the time of the fair.

Apr: Okawachiyama Spring Ceramic Fair
This event is held during the Golden Week holidays in the village of the secret kilns, Okawachiyama, recognized as Japan Heritage. Arita Ceramic Fair is held at the same time and the village will be filled with people.

Apr-May: Okawachiyama "Imari Ceramic Fair"
In early April,

March　Cherry Blossoms of Okawachiyama
How about taking a walk in Hanyo park while enjoying the autumn leaves and finding your favorite pottery?

November　Autumn Leaves of Okawachiyama
The always available tourist concierge will provide tourism information and travel assistance regarding Saga Prefecture. Find the perfect souvenir or gift from carefully selected prefectural products. Feel free to come by and use the free Wi-Fi, cellphone charging stations or drop-off luggage.

SAGA MADO　Information Hub & Lounge
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
The souvenir shop on the 2nd floor of Kyushu-Saga International Airport that offers the products from Saga Prefecture. We sell a selection of prefectural products such as sweets, local sake, and ceramics that are unique to Saga, as well as the products that can be found only at sagair. You can also learn about Saga's sake culture at the bar.

Sagair
The farm-direct store managed by JA Karatsu. We offer fresh ingredients such as a world-class branded Saga beef, vegetables, fruit, and marine products from the Genkai Sea. The on-site restaurant offers a large variety on the menu including all-you-can-eat Lunch Buffet.

JA Karatsu Karatsu Umakamon Ichiba

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