Location List

Isolated island with a population of 700 people.

Near Karatsu Castle.

Ariake Sea has the largest dry beach.

There are 152 stairs to the gate to the main building.

Built in 1992.

The castle was burnt down in 1876 and original buildings left are only two gates.

Accommodates 25,000 people.

One of the famous grain belts in Japan.

Built in 1912.

Gravity-type concrete dam.

The park with 50,000 trees.

The station building was built in 1930.

1400-year-old shrine.

The only artificial bathing beach in Ariake sea.

Built in 1885

Inasa Shrine is an old shrine, and while its actual age is unknown, it is recorded in Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (The True History of Three Reigns of Japan) that the shrine was received by a lower 5th ...

Kiyomizu waterfall is situated upstream Kiyomizu River, which is a tributary running into Kasegawa River, and it is also known as Tamasudare Waterfall (meaning "Precious Stone Screen"). The 13-mete...

Ariake Sea has a tidal range of approximately 6 meters. The notable transformation of the water's surface into a mud flat as the tide recedes is a scene unique to Ariake Sea. From the high point of...

Ryumon Gorge, which is situated upstream of Ryumon Dam, is part of Mount Kurokami Prefectural Nature Park, and features a walking path along the gorge where hikers can enjoy a mountain stroll surro...

The Kyushu Ceramic Museum collects potteries and porcelains from all over Kyushu mainly the Hizen Porcelains. Inside the museum, the history of Kyushu ceramics and the characteristics of each era a...

Tashima Shrine of Kabeshima Island is said to be the oldest in Hizen. The Matsura pirates and fishermen of Genkai Sea would pray to the three goddesses of this shrine for rescue when they were conf...

Following Arita, the town where porcelain was fired successfully in Japan for the first time, Shiota town of Ureshino city began making porcelain in the 1700s, in the Nishiyama and Higashiyama kiln...

History of the Saga Retrokan building - 1887: First built near the present day prefectural head office as a police station headquarters - 1936: Relocated to the current site in line with the rebu...

The Arita Ceramic Fair is one of the representative ceramics and pottery festivals held during the Japanese Golden Week Holidays (a succession of holidays from April 29 to May 5). Every year from A...