SAGA

Enjoy famous hot springs, seafood, and other grilled dishes in the ambience of continental culture

Saga Prefecture, located in the northern part of Kyushu, has had deep interactions with the Asian continent since ancient times and from which it has been imbued with a rich continental culture. Experience first-hand the "Ruins of Yoshinogari", which boasts being the largest settlement site of the Yayoi Period, or visit the "Arita ware" kilns of Arita with their 400-year-old history, the place where porcelain was first produced in Japan. Other musts are the Ureshino hot springs, claimed to be one of the three best spas in Japan for skin beautification; a visit to the morning market at Yobuko if you want to taste the local delicacy of cuttlefish filleted while still alive; and Imari ware, as popular as Arita ware, is another

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