Karatsu City

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Karatsu City is an atmospheric port town woven by the beautiful sea of the Genkai Sea, rich greenery, and deep history. The grand "Karatsu Castle" soaring on the coast is the city's symbol, and the grand panorama from its castle tower brings deep emotion to visiting travelers. Also, the vast landscape of "Nijino Matsuraba," one of Japan's three major pine groves, is a superb view spot where you can experience Japan's traditional natural beauty. Traditional Karatsu ware and rich marine bounty, including Yobuko's fresh squid, also fascinate food lovers from all over the world. Spending time in Karatsu, where you can meet different Japanese charms with every step through historical townscapes, beautiful terraced rice fields, and vibrant festivals, will bring calm and intellectual moments.

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Trip in hidden Kyushu⑤ - Great seascape and landscape in Karatsu～(SAGA)

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Karatsu Tourist Association

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Karatsu City

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Karatsu City

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Beautiful Place but not known

Karatsu City

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Karatsu Adventure Travel by E-bike Cycling

Karatsu City

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Karatsu City

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Karatsu City

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Karatsu City

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Saga Prefecture

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Saga Prefecture

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Saga Prefectural Tourist Federation

SAGA/Discover a whole new Japan (Karatsu,Genkai)

SAGA/Discover a whole new Japan (Karatsu,Genkai)

Saga Prefectural Tourist Federation

Karatsu City

Address: 2935-1 Shinkomachi, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture
Website: https://www.karatsu-kankou.jp/
Operator: Karatsu Tourist Association

Karatsu City Spots List

Sayohime-iwa

Sayohime-iwa is an extremely emotional, historic superb view spot where an old, painful Japanese legend sleeps, quietly standing within the beautiful nature of Karatsu City. It serves as the stage for the "Japan's Top Three Tragic Love Legends," a romance-filled story where Princess Sayohime grieved her separation from her beloved warrior general departing for the Korean Peninsula so intensely that she hand-waved from the cape until she turned into a single sturdy stone, and its historical story deeply shakes the visiting traveler's heart. The rich nature and silence surrounding it make you completely forget urban hustle, offering the best place...

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Matsuura Riverfront Green Area Walking Trail

Matsuura Riverfront Green Area Walking Trail

Matsuura Riverfront Green Area Walking Trail is a peaceful, open, and beautiful walking path spreading along the Matsuura River beautifully flowing through Karatsu City, where fresh waterfront nature and beautiful greenery comfortably harmonize. On the river surface, the blue sky and surrounding mountains are beautifully reflected like a mirror, offering the best location arranged to leisurely enjoy walking and cycling while feeling the refreshing river breeze. In this environment completely cut off from the digital business and noises of modern cities, walking while listening to the pleasant murmur of water and the singing of wild birds gently loosens mind-body tension,...

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Omura Shrine

Omura Shrine is a highly prestigious ancient shrine standing solemnly within the rich, beautiful mountains of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a sacred atmosphere. The precinct features venerable giant trees and beautiful shrine pavilions showing a dignified, solemn appearance, and stepping inside completely clears away urban noise and the digital world's busy speed, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Protected carefully since ancient times and faithfully worshiped by local people, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin traditional Shinto faith and the heart of careful living while respecting nature...

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Wind-viewing Hill Park

Wind-viewing Hill Park

Wind-viewing Hill Park is located on a hill on Kabeshima Island in Yobuko Town, Karatsu City, and true to its name, it is a beautiful park full of openness where you can enjoy absolute superb views while comfortably feeling the sea breeze. From the observatory in the park, a 360-degree grand panorama overlooks the magnificent "Yobuko Ohashi Bridge," the beautiful blue ocean of the Genkai Sea, and the surrounding green islands, deeply shaking the visiting traveler's heart. The peaceful scenery where the white windmill, the symbol of the park, turns makes you forget daily busyness, bringing broad peace to the...

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Karatsu Tenmangu Shrine

Karatsu Tenmangu Shrine

Karatsu Tenmangu Shrine, located near the center of Karatsu City, is an ancient shrine filled with a prestigious and sacred atmosphere, enshrining Sugawara no Michizane, highly famous as the god of learning. Beautiful shrine pavilions conveying the weight of history and lovely stone cattle statues, said to be the messenger of god, stand in a row within the precinct, and stepping inside completely clears away modern digital business and noises, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Protected carefully since ancient times and worshiped by numerous examinees and travelers, this place is an excellent spot to...

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Kakarashima Island

Kakarashima Island

Kakarashima Island is a heart-healing, mysterious, and hideaway-like island with untouched rich great nature and a slow flow of time, accessible by regular boat from Yobuko Port in Karatsu City. The island's surroundings are embraced by highly transparent, beautiful emerald green ocean, and simply strolling along the coastline releases you completely from busy daily lives, granting deep inner peace. The island is also highly famous as a cat island where numerous lovely cats live, and their free, relaxing figures soothe travelers' minds. Tasting fresh marine bounty and touching the unpretentious warm kindness of local people, enjoy a special travel experience...

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Murozono Shrine

Murozono Shrine

Murozono Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine standing solemnly within the rich, beautiful mountains of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a sacred atmosphere. Venerable giant trees and moss-covered stone lanterns telling long historical stories stand in a dignified manner within the precinct, and stepping inside completely clears away urban noise and digital daily busyness, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Long protecting and gently watching over the daily life and safety of local people since ancient times, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin traditional Shinto faith and the...

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Torigoe Inari Shrine

Torigoe Inari Shrine

Torigoe Inari Shrine is a sacred ancient shrine quietly standing on a beautiful hilltop surrounded by rich nature, enshrining the god who oversees safe travel and abundant harvests. Simply stepping inside through the beautiful torii gates leading to the precinct completely clears away the digital speed and bustle of modern cities, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Long protected carefully by local people since ancient times, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the simple yet gentle traditional faith culture of Japan and the spirit of careful living in harmony with...

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Tenjin Shrine

Tenjin Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine quietly standing within the peaceful and beautiful countryside landscape of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a sacred atmosphere. The precinct is wrapped in fresh trees, where historical shrine pavilions stand in a dignified, solemn appearance, and stepping inside completely clears away urban noise and the digital world's busy speed, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Long protected carefully by local people since ancient times, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin traditional Shinto faith and the heart of careful living with nature...

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Takashima Hizen Ohashi Bridge Observatory

Takashima Hizen Ohashi Bridge Observatory

Takashima Hizen Ohashi Bridge Observatory, located in Hizen Town, Karatsu City, is a superb viewpoint full of wonderful openness, overlooking the magnificent "Takashima Hizen Ohashi Bridge" that connects Saga Prefecture and Takashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture. The grand panorama of the beautiful blue ocean of Imari Bay, the massive and beautiful white bridge crossing over it, and the countless lush islands floating in the sea deeply shakes the visiting traveler's heart. Throughout the surroundings, a pleasant breeze blows, making it the best location to leisurely stand while looking at the beautiful view and feeling the refreshing sea breeze. Completely forget...

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Matsuura Riverfront Park

Matsuura Riverfront Park

Matsuura Riverfront Park is a beautiful natural park spreading along the vast riverbed of the Matsuura River beautifully flowing through Karatsu City, where fresh waterfront nature and beautiful greenery comfortably harmonize. The vast site features a beautiful lawn square and well-maintained walking trails, offering the best environment arranged to leisurely enjoy walking and picnicking while feeling the refreshing breeze blowing across the river surface. In this environment completely cut off from the digital business and noises of modern cities, spending time while listening to the pleasant murmur of water and the singing of wild birds gently loosens mind-body tension, naturally...

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Irohashima Observatory

Irohashima Observatory

Irohashima Observatory, located in Hizen Town, Karatsu City, is one of Saga Prefecture's premier, absolute grand panorama observatories, overlooking the full view of "Irohashima Islands," where countless green islands float beautifully on the wave-calm Imari Bay, so numerous that they can be counted as "I-Ro-Ha-Ni-Ho-He-To...". The scenery of the blue sea, the fresh green of islands, and the wide sky seen from the observatory gives a deep emotion to travelers from all over the world as if wandered into a beautiful monochrome ink painting. Completely cut off from urban noise, taking a deep breath while feeling the refreshing breeze in...

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Warabino Terraced Rice Fields

Warabino Terraced Rice Fields

Warabino Terraced Rice Fields are a superb view spot where the traditional wisdom of Japanese agriculture breathes, designated as one of Japan's "Important Social and Cultural Landscapes," featuring stone-walled stair-like water fields weaving artistic beautiful curves along the slopes of Mt. Hachiman in Ouchi Town, Karatsu City. The contrast between the stone walls, praised as the pinnacle in Japan, and the beautiful terraced fields changing expressions in each season shows a perfect harmony, allowing you to feel with your skin the nobility of careful living and the wisdom of people who have brought rich harvests by utilizing great nature's slopes....

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Karatsu City Historical Folk Museum

Karatsu City Historical Folk Museum

Karatsu City Historical Folk Museum is housed within a beautiful, modern Japanese-Western style wooden building built in the Meiji period, serving as an intellectual cultural spot where you can deeply learn Karatsu's rich history and industrial culture that once flourished through the coal industry. Within the solemn, Western-style architectural design, precious folk artifacts conveying the passion and lifestyle wisdom of the people who supported this land are exhibited, comfortably stimulating the visiting traveler's intellectual curiosity. The building itself is a beautiful work of art telling historical stories, and spending time quietly tracing historical footprints away from urban noise provides an...

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Kashibaru Wetland

Kashibaru Wetland

Kashibaru Wetland is a mysterious, life-filled, and hideaway-like natural sanctuary harboring the rich ecosystem of a precious high-moor upland marsh, spreading near the summit of Mt. Nanayama in Karatsu City, also praised as the "Oze of Kyushu." In the vast wetland, rare and beautiful marsh plants and insects move dynamically in each season, and you can feel great nature's Providence with your skin while slowly walking along the well-maintained, beautiful wooden pathways. The silent space where only the singing of birds, the sound of wind, and the whisper of water echo makes you completely forget daily busyness just by looking...

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Sogo Reibyo no Fuji

Sogo Reibyo no Fuji

Sogo Reibyo no Fuji (The Wisteria of Sogo Reibyo) is a highly renowned wisteria master site located in Karatsu City, spreading within the quiet precinct of a historic mausoleum, fascinating people with its absolute beauty in spring. From the beautifully maintained massive wisteria trellis, pale purple beautiful wisteria flower clusters hang down like a shower, filling the entire precinct with gorgeous, gentle aromas and vibrant colors, giving visiting travelers a deep emotion as if wandered into a fantasy world. The solemn atmosphere of historical buildings and natural colors show a perfect contrast, and spending time looking at beautiful flowers in...

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Hachimangu Hoshika Shrine

Hachimangu Hoshika Shrine

Hachimangu Hoshika Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine standing solemnly on a hill near the beautiful coastline of Karatsu City, filled with old history and a sacred atmosphere. You can overlook the beautiful ocean from the precinct, and stepping inside completely clears away the digital speed and bustle of modern cities, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Long protected and faithfully worshiped by local people as the god who protects safety at sea, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the traditional Shinto faith of Japan and the spirit of careful...

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Kinsho-ji Temple

Kinsho-ji Temple

Kinsho-ji Temple is a prestigious ancient temple associated with the famous Edo period dramatist Monzaemon Chikamatsu, located in Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and the scent of history. Within the precinct, historical architectural structures and a beautiful Japanese garden spread out with delicate designs throughout, and stepping inside completely cuts you off from urban noise, letting you feel a calm time flowing by. Touching the traditional Japanese landscaping beauty that skilled craftsmen have carefully preserved and the good old spiritual culture allows you to quietly enjoy a stroll, gently clearing away daily busy schedules and travel fatigue while bringing...

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Kagami Shrine

Kagami Shrine, located in Karatsu City, is a highly renowned ancient shrine filled with a prestigious and sacred atmosphere, said to hold an old history of over 1,600 years. The solemn precinct where magnificent shrine pavilions and venerable giant trees stand in a row makes you feel your mind beautifully washed and purified from the deep core upon entry. Filled with the deep prayer energy of numerous people since ancient times as the god of amulet blessing, health, and safe childbirth, it is an excellent spot to experience with your skin traditional Shinto culture and the gentle spirit of faith....

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Yusuge-no-sato

Yusuge-no-sato is a peaceful, hideaway-like natural spot embraced by the gentle great nature of Karatsu City, where the beautiful summer yellow flower "Yusuge" blooms in pride within the rich green mountains. The scenic element where a yellow carpet of delicate and mysterious Yusuge flowers spreads, opening their petals in the evening and closing the next morning, conveys the traditional beauty of Japanese seasonal transitions, deeply healing the visiting traveler's heart from the deep core. In this place completely cut off from busy modern schedules and urban noise, the time spent leisurely strolling around while sensing nature's breath gently loosens mind-body...

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Masuda Shrine

Masuda Shrine, quietly standing in Yobuko Town, Karatsu City, is a highly prestigious shrine with a unique history story, enshrining a "police officer" as a divine god, the only one of its kind in Japan. Built to honor the noble spirit of patrol officer Keitaro Masuda, who sacrificed his own life to protect local people from a cholera epidemic during the Meiji period, the precinct is still filled with energy of deep gratitude for his high aspirations and passion today. Stepping inside wraps you in a solemn and sacred atmosphere, making it an excellent spot to touch the depth of...

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Chaen Kaigetsu

Chaen Kaigetsu is a prestigious Sukiya-style renowned teahouse located in a beautiful location near Karatsu Castle, where you can deeply learn the traditional Japanese culture of "Chado" (tea ceremony) with all five senses. Gazing at the beautifully maintained, silent Japanese garden while tasting authentic, highly fragrant matcha green tea brewed by the host dressed in kimono alongside beautiful seasonal wagashi sweets will become a supreme luxury of your travel time. Rather than just drinking tea, touching the "Ichigo-Ichie" (once-in-a-lifetime) spirit and the sophisticated spatial design cleared of waste lets you touch the essence of Japanese hospitality, ensuring a supreme cultural...

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The Great Rhododendron

The Great Rhododendron

The Great Rhododendron (O-Shakunage) standing in the rich mountains of Karatsu City is a venerable giant tree, serving as a highly sacred natural work of art worthy of being a national natural monument, conveying the grand scale of great nature's life force to the present day. In spring, large and beautiful, vibrant pink and white flowers bloom in pride to cover the entire tree, radiating an overwhelming presence within the deep green forest, deeply shaking the visiting traveler's heart. Standing before this historic Great Rhododendron and breathing the pure air deeply into your lungs while listening to the singing of...

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Tashima Shrine

Tashima Shrine, located on Kabeshima Island floating off the coast of Yobuko, Karatsu City, is a sacred ancient shrine said to boast the oldest history in Saga Prefecture, gathering global attention as a supreme sanctuary protecting maritime safety. Within the solemn precinct overlooking the grand ocean, there are ruins full of historical romance, such as the "Sayohime Rock," where a legendary princess is said to have turned into a sturdy stone from grieving her separation from her beloved master samurai, and stepping inside lets you feel a divine atmospheric flow that beautifully cleanses the heart. In this place where the...

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Minato-no-Tategami-iwa

Minato-no-Tategami-iwa

Minato-no-Tategami-iwa is a pair of massive basalt odd rocks reaching a height of about 30 meters, carved away over a long time by the rough waves of the Genkai Sea, soaring along the coastline of Karatsu City. Their appearance stands with dignity like a sacred guardian deity protecting the sea, and the dynamic, overwhelming modeling beauty created by great nature directly transmits the life force of Earth and the weight of history to visiting travelers, bringing deep emotion. The time spent strolling while feeling the beautiful blue ocean, white waves, and the refreshing sea breeze completely makes you forget urban...

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Sukinohara Pasture

Sukinohara Pasture

Suginohara Pasture is a superb view pasture boasting an absolute openness that spreads at the northernmost end of Kabeshima Island off the coast of Yobuko, Karatsu City, where the contrast between the endless blue ocean and green grass is beautifully beyond words. The pastoral, rich landscape where cows leisurely graze their food on the vast green earth ticks a peaceful time completely cut off from the busy modern society of Japan, deeply healing the visiting traveler's heart from the deep core. The tip of the cape opens to the great ocean of the Genkai Sea, and the time spent strolling...

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Wakamiya Shrine

Wakamiya Shrine

Wakamiya Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine standing quietly near a beautiful, peaceful coast of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a solemn atmosphere. The precinct is wrapped in lush trees, where the scent of the tide and sacred air comfortably harmonize, and stepping inside completely clears away urban noise and digital busyness, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Long protecting and gently watching over the daily life and safety of local people, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the simple, gentle Shinto faith of Japan and the heart...

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Kitahata Koyou-no-Mori Park

Kitahata Koyou-no-Mori Park

Kitahata Koyou-no-Mori Park is an intellectual cultural nature park fusing the romance of pottery culture and natural healing, preserving and maintaining old kiln ruins that are the absolute starting point of Karatsu ware history alongside beautiful great nature. You can closely inspect the ruins of prestigious climbing kilns where artisans once poured their passion to burn fire, allowing you to learn in detail about the depth of Japanese careful craftsmanship history. Well-maintained walking trails spread through the lush green park, offering the best environment to enjoy a leisurely stroll while looking at seasonal grass and trees. Deeply touching historical stories...

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Hachiman-dake Prefectural Natural Park

Hachiman-dake Prefectural Natural Park

Hachiman-dake Prefectural Natural Park is a vast, beautiful natural park centered around the majestic Mt. Hachiman, soaring around 764 meters high, where rich alpine flora and the natural beauty of each season develop dynamically. From the observatory at the summit, an absolute 360-degree grand panorama overlooks the beautiful blue ocean of the Genkai Sea, Karatsu Bay, and the endless spreading Saga Plain, with its overwhelming openness blowing away daily small worries in an instant. Walking slowly at your own pace along well-maintained trekking courses embraced by the singing of wild birds purifies mind-body clutter, bringing a comfortable sense of fulfillment....

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Shiraito-no-taki Waterfall

Shiraito-no-taki Waterfall

Shiraito-no-taki Waterfall is an exceptionally elegant and beautiful masterpiece waterfall flowing within the lush green, beautiful mountains of Karatsu City, where, true to its name, pure water flows down gracefully like multiple layers of thin white silk threads. Surrounded by deep green trees, the sacred space completely shuts out urban business and noise from the moment you step inside, letting its rich negative ions and clear air deeply loosen travelers' hearts from the deep core. Walking along the riverfront散策路 (sansokuro) while listening to the pleasant murmur of water melts away daily stress and body tension, bringing supreme healing. Immerse yourself...

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Mikaeri-no-taki Waterfall

Mikaeri-no-taki Waterfall

Mikaeri-no-taki Waterfall, located in Ouchi Town, Karatsu City, is a magnificent masterpiece waterfall boasting one of Saga Prefecture's premier, overwhelming落差 (rakusa/drop) and dynamic beauty, selected as one of "Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls." Especially in early summer, thousands of colorful hydrangeas bloom all at once to fill the surroundings of the waterfall, weaving a breathtaking, mysterious landscape with the intensely flowing white water splashes, fascinating travelers from all over the world. True to its name, signifying that it is so beautiful that you cannot resist "turning back to look at it" upon leaving, the rich water sounds and negative ions gently...

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Mt. Kagami

Mt. Kagami is a beautiful mountain with an altitude of about 284 meters, soaring within the streetscape of Karatsu City, serving as a highly renowned scenic spot where you can enjoy Saga Prefecture's highest peak of superb views that overlooks the magnificent "Nijino Matsubara" and the beautiful open ocean of Karatsu Bay from the summit observatory. The entire summit area is a flat, beautiful natural park, where the best environment is perfectly arranged to enjoy leisurely walking while looking at beautiful spring cherry blossoms, azaleas, and mountain nature changing its appearance in each season. In this history-romance-filled place that has...

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Botan to Midori no Oka

Botan to Midori no Oka

Botan to Midori no Oka (Peony and Green Hill) is a beautiful natural park spreading over rich green hills in Hizen Town, Karatsu City. Especially in spring, thousands of colorful flowers like large peonies, Chinese peonies, and hydrangeas bloom all at once, filling the park with gorgeous aromas and vibrant colors, deeply healing the visiting traveler's heart from the deep core. Walking along the walking trails where peaceful air flows at your own pace, the power of fresh trees fills your body, and you can feel daily stress gently melting away. Wrapped in the beautiful natural healing power, enjoy a...

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Azame-no-se

Azame-no-se is a waterfront nature park full of natural healing, where a rich water environment and Japan's rustic里山 (Satoyama) scenery comfortably fuse along the Kyuragi River flowing through Karatsu City. It is a place that local people have carefully maintained to protect the natural ecosystem, allowing you to experience the flow of pure water, beautiful seasonal plants, and the movement of living creatures entirely with all five senses. Away from busy city schedules, the time spent leisurely strolling along the lush riverfront while listening to the pleasant murmur of water gently loosens mind-body tension, bringing supreme healing. Wrapped in Earth's...

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Suwa Shrine

Suwa Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine standing quietly within the rich nature of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a solemn atmosphere. Venerable giant trees solemnly soar within the precinct, and stepping inside completely shuts out the digital busyness and noises of modern city life, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that beautifully cleanses the heart. Protected carefully by local people since ancient times, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the traditional Shinto faith and the spirit of careful living in harmony with nature in Japan. In the silence where only the...

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Karatsu Shrine

Karatsu Shrine, located in the center of Karatsu City, is the general tutelary shrine of Karatsu boasting an ancient history since the Nara period, filled with a prestigious and sacred atmosphere. It serves as the base for the grand traditional festival "Karatsu Kunchi," which is held every autumn and registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, filling the precinct with the festival's excitement and people's deep prayer energy. The solemn shrine pavilions and the beautiful white torii gate show a dignified appearance, and stepping inside completely clears away urban bustle, letting you feel your mind beautifully washed. In this place,...

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Former Oshima Residence

Former Oshima Residence

The Former Oshima Residence was the estate of Kotaro Oshima, a businessman who greatly contributed to Karatsu's modernization, serving as an extremely prestigious historical building gathering the peak of Meiji period prominent Japanese architectural technology and traditional Japanese aesthetics. The beauty of the sophisticated Japanese-style rooms and the wood-structured architecture with delicate designs throughout are masterfully crafted, letting you feel the high-end, quality lifestyle of the time close at hand just by stepping inside. The view of the beautiful Japanese garden built to harmonize with the building is also brilliant, and the time spent slowly appreciating the beautiful architectural beauty...

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Dabyaku Terraced Rice Fields (Irino Terraced Rice Fields)

Dabyaku Terraced Rice Fields (Irino Terraced Rice Fields)

Dabyaku Terraced Rice Fields (Irino Terraced Rice Fields) are a superb view spot where traditional Japanese agricultural wisdom breathes, featuring artistic beautiful curves woven by overlapping water fields along the slopes near the coastline of Genkai Town. The contrast between the blue ocean of the Genkai Sea spreading below and the terraced fields changing expressions in each season shows a perfect harmony. Especially at dusk, the water surface dyes in madder red, deeply shaking the hearts of travelers from all over the world with its breathtaking, mysterious landscape. Feel with your skin the nobility of careful living and the wisdom...

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Hotaru-bashi

Hotaru-bashi (Firefly Bridge) is an emotional, beautiful bridge standing in a place surrounded by the rich greenery and pure mountain streams of Karatsu City. True to its name, in early summer, countless wild "fireflies" releasing gentle light dance around in the beautiful darkness of the night, giving visiting travelers a fantastic, deep emotion as if wandered into a fantasy world along with the pleasant murmur of pure water. In this place completely cut off from the digital busyness and noises of modern cities, spending time quietly watching the art of light while feeling the cool night breeze gently melts away...

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Spring

Myoken Shrine

Myoken Shrine is a sacred ancient shrine filled with old history and deep silence, quietly standing within the beautiful mountains of Karatsu City. Venerable giant trees that have layered centuries stand in a row within the precinct, and stepping inside completely shuts out urban noises, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that beautifully cleanses the heart. Said to enshrine the god of stars, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the simple yet deep traditional faith of Japan that has been carefully protected by local people. Quietly putting your hands together in the silence where...

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Nishinohama

Nishinohama is a vast, beautiful coast where the calm, beautiful white sand beach of the Genkai Sea and the blue ocean comfortably harmonize, spreading near the base of Karatsu Castle. From the coastline, you can gaze at mysterious islands floating in the distance, and the time spent slowly walking along the sand beach while feeling the refreshing sea breeze gently clears away daily busy schedules and travel fatigue. At dusk, the sky and ocean are dyed in a beautiful orange color, and simply standing quietly while listening to the murmur of waves brings deep peace and tranquility to the heart....

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Machigiri Waterwheel

Machigiri Waterwheel

Machigiri Waterwheel is a valuable active waterwheel quietly standing within the peaceful rural landscape of Karatsu City, conveying the wisdom of Japan's good old rich daily life to the modern era by milling local specialty rice using the power of pure water. The quiet rhythm of the waterwheel slowly turning and making wooden sounds along with the water flow deeply heals the visiting traveler's heart from the deep core, letting you feel a calm time completely cut off from modern busy digital society. It harmonizes perfectly with the surrounding beautiful mountain greenery and peaceful田園 (Den-en) scenery, making it a hideaway-like...

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Karatsu City Uzumemon-no-Yakata

Karatsu City Uzumemon-no-Yakata

Karatsu City Uzumemon-no-Yakata is an intellectual cultural facility built by replicating the traditional samurai residence style of the Karatsu castle town, allowing you to deeply learn Karatsu's prestigious historical culture and traditional performing arts. Within the beautiful wood-structured Japanese architecture, exhibitions and events for traditional arts like the history of Karatsu Kunchi, tea ceremonies, and Noh theater are regularly held, richly stimulating travelers' intellectual curiosity. Spending time strolling while looking at the well-maintained beautiful Japanese garden offers an intellectual and heart-enriching adult cultural experience to touch Japan's sophisticated aesthetic sense and spirit of hospitality away from urban bustle.

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Yama Shrine

Yama Shrine is a sacred ancient shrine quietly nesting within the rich, beautiful green forest of Karatsu City, filled with deep silence and a solemn atmosphere. The precinct features venerable giant trees and moss-covered stone steps showing a solemn appearance, and stepping inside completely clears away urban speed and noise, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Enshrining the god of mountains and respecting great nature's blessings, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the simple yet deep Shinto faith spirit of Japan. In the silence where only the singing of birds...

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Sarutahiko Shrine

Sarutahiko Shrine

Sarutahiko Shrine is a sacred ancient shrine quietly nesting within the rich nature of Karatsu City, enshrining the god who oversees safe travel and the opening of one's path in life. Moss-covered stone monuments and historic shrine pavilions stand quietly in a row within the precinct, and stepping inside completely shuts out the digital busyness and noises of modern city life, letting you feel a divine atmospheric flow that cleanses the heart. Protected carefully by local people since ancient times, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the simple yet deep traditional faith culture of Japan...

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Kagamiyama Azalea Garden

Kagamiyama Azalea Garden

Kagamiyama Azalea Garden is a superb natural park located at the summit of Mt. Kagami overlooking Karatsu City, beautifully harmonizing vibrant flowers and lush greenery. Especially in spring, tens of thousands of vivid azaleas bloom all at once, beautifully dyeing the entire summit area with a bright pink and red carpet, giving visiting travelers a deep emotion beyond words. From the observatory, you can overlook the magnificent ocean of Karatsu Bay and the vast grand view of "Nijino Matsubara" at the same time, and its absolute openness gently clears away daily small worries. Wrapped in the beautiful natural healing power,...

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Nature
Spring

Garan-no-taki Waterfall

Garan-no-taki Waterfall

Garan-no-taki Waterfall is a hidden, beautiful waterfall tucked away within the deep, beautiful mountains of Karatsu City, surrounded by mysterious silence and a lush, great nature environment. The figure of pure water flowing down with a cool sound from the depths of the forest where rich green trees grow is beautiful, and the rich negative ions spreading around gently loosen travelers' hearts from the deep core. In this space completely cut off from urban noise and speed, spending time while listening to the pleasant murmur of water purifies mind-body clutter, naturally recovering your inner energy. Feel Earth's life force with...

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Hata Hachiman Shrine

Hata Hachiman Shrine

Hata Hachiman Shrine is a prestigious ancient shrine filled with old history and deep silence, standing within the peaceful and beautiful countryside landscape of Karatsu City. Venerable giant trees solemnly soar within the precinct, and stepping inside lets you feel a divine atmospheric flow that beautifully cleanses the heart. Protected carefully since ancient times as the emotional core of local people, this place is an excellent spot to experience with your skin the traditional Shinto faith of Japan and the spirit of careful living while thanking nature's blessings. In the silent environment where only the singing of wild birds and...

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Metaki Waterfall

Metaki Waterfall

Metaki Waterfall is a secret hidden masterpiece waterfall known to those in the know, featuring an elegant, sophisticated water flow that quietly stands within the lush green mountains of Karatsu City. In perfect contrast to the wild surrounding nature, the pure water flowing down gracefully like thin white silk threads evokes the world of traditional Japanese aesthetics, "Wabi-Sabi," gently healing the visiting traveler's heart. In an environment completely shut out from urban hustle and digital daily busyness, spending time while taking a deep breath and listening to the cool river murmur melts away daily stress. Wrapped in the mountains' quiet...

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Uomidai Park

Uomidai Park, located on a hill along the coastline of Karatsu City, is a superb view park full of wonderful openness, overlooking the beautiful blue ocean of the Genkai Sea and the wide sky. Derived from history where local fishermen once searched from here for schools of fish in the sea, the grand panorama spreading to the horizon deeply shakes the visiting traveler's heart. Throughout the park, a pleasant breeze blows, making it the best location to enjoy leisurely walking and picnicking while looking at the coastline nature that changes its expression in each season. Completely forget urban noise to...

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Kannon-no-taki Waterfall

Kannon-no-taki Waterfall

Kannon-no-taki Waterfall, located in Nanayama, Karatsu City, is a magnificent masterpiece waterfall representing Saga Prefecture, selected as one of "Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls," combining overwhelming dynamic power and solemn beauty. The figure of pure water flowing down intensely from a height of about 45 meters is brilliant, and the roaring sound echoing throughout the deep green forest along with rich negative ions wrapping your entire body deeply loosens travelers' hearts from the deep core. Right next to the waterfall, a Kannon temple hall long gathering thick faith quietly stands, showing the perfect harmony of natural modeling beauty and a sacred...

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Kinugashiyama Sakura Park

Kinugashiyama Sakura Park

Kinugashiyama Sakura Park is a beautiful hilltop park surrounded by rich, beautiful nature while being near the center of Karatsu City, designed to calmly adjust your mind and body. True to its name, in spring, beautiful cherry blossoms bloom to fill the park, and the pink colors weave a perfect contrast with the surrounding greenery and blue sky, fascinating travelers from all over the world like a beautiful masterpiece painting. From the hill, you can overlook Karatsu's beautiful streetscape and the ocean, allowing for a comfortable stroll within the peaceful time flowing by. Away from urban business, spending time looking...

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Spring

Handomigashita Kiln Site

Handomigashita Kiln Site

Handomigashita Kiln Site is a very important climbing kiln ruin representing old Karatsu ware, sleeping in a place embraced by the rich great nature near the boundary of Karatsu City and Imari City. The massive kiln structures that supported the development of Karatsu ware, featuring a powerful yet rustic taste at that time, have been preserved, conveying to the present day the passion for craftsmanship where artisans breathed soul into fire and earth. Strolling slowly through the ruins wrapped in the deep forest's silence while thinking back to historical stories stimulates intellectual curiosity while bringing deep inner peace away from...

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Nijino Matsubara

Nijino Matsubara

Nijino Matsubara is a magnificent, grand scenic spot counted as one of Japan's top three pine groves, stretching for about 4.5 kilometers like a rainbow arc along the beautiful coastline of Karatsu Bay. Said to have begun in the Edo period when the first lord of the Karatsu Domain planted it as a windbreak forest, about one million splendid black pine trees still weave a perfect contrast with the blue ocean and white sandy beach today. Stepping inside the pine grove wraps you in the pleasant murmur of the sea and the refreshing scent of pine, and simply strolling through...

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Kagami-yama Observatory

Kagami-yama Observatory

Kagami-yama Observatory, located at the summit of Mt. Kagami soaring in Karatsu City, is a superb view spot offering one of Saga Prefecture's premier, overwhelming grand panoramas that overlooks the magnificent "Nijino Matsubara" and the beautiful open ocean of Karatsu Bay spreading below. The scenic elements of the blue sea, the endless green pine forest, and the distant islands seen from the observatory are views of breathtaking beauty, deeply shaking the visiting traveler's heart. There is a well-maintained road to the summit, allowing you to enjoy a comfortable stroll while feeling the rich nature. Completely cut off from urban noises,...

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Hado Cape

Hado Cape is a beautiful cape protruding into the Genkai Sea at the northwestern end of Karatsu City, serving as an absolute premier nature resort that comfortably harmonizes the emerald green beautiful ocean and the wide sky, fascinating travelers from all over the world. From the white "Undersea Observation Tower" standing on the coastline, you can closely observe the underwater temperature and the lovely figures of wild fish while wearing clothing, stimulating your intellectual curiosity. Especially the sunset viewed from here is selected as one of "Japan's Top 100 Sunsets," and the orange world where the horizon and sky dissolve...

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Nanatsugama

Nanatsugama is a magnificent sculptural beauty of great nature designated as a national natural monument, featuring seven mysterious caves lined up along beautiful cliffs with columnar jointing that have been carved away over a long time by the rough waves of the Genkai Sea. Boarding a sightseeing boat and looking up closely at its dynamic, overwhelming modeling beauty from the sea directly transmits the life force of great nature and the weight of Earth's history, deeply moving visiting travelers. Above the cliffs, well-maintained walking trails and observatories spread out, offering the best location to enjoy leisurely walking while looking at...

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Oura Terraced Rice Fields Observatory

Oura Terraced Rice Fields Observatory

Oura Terraced Rice Fields Observatory, located in Hizen Town, Karatsu City, is a superb view spot where the traditional Japanese landscape is condensed, offering an overlook of beautiful rice fields overlapping in multiple stairs against the backdrop of the blue ocean of Imari Bay. Especially during the water-filling season in spring, the sunset reflects on the water surface to make the entire terraced fields glow in golden colors, and its harmony with small islands floating in the sea fascinates travelers from all over the world with its breathtaking, mysterious beauty. You can feel with your skin the wisdom of people...

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Karatsu Castle

Karatsu Castle beautifully soars atop Mt. Mitsushima protruding into the Genkai Sea, also called "Maizuru Castle" (Dancing Crane Castle) because its elegant figure resembles a crane spreading its wings. From the majestic castle tower, an absolute 360-degree panorama overlooks the beautiful ocean of Karatsu Bay and the vast greenery of "Nijino Matsubara," deeply striking the hearts of visitors. The castle is surrounded by beautiful stone walls, cherry blossoms, and stunning wisteria flowers in early summer, showing the perfect harmony of traditional castle architecture and seasonal natural beauty. It is a prestigious spot where you can think back to samurai history...

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Mt. Hachiman

Located in northern Saga Prefecture, Mt. Hachiman is a beautiful mountain highly popular among hiking enthusiasts, offering majestic natural beauty and an overwhelming grand panorama from the summit. Standing on the summit, soaring around 764 meters high, grants a 360-degree overlook of the blue waves of the Genkai Sea, Karats Bay, and the distant vast Saga Plain, with its absolute openness blowing away daily small worries in an instant. Strolling slowly along the mountain paths embraced by seasonal alpine flora and the singing of wild birds purifies the mind and body of clutter, bringing a comfortable sense of fulfillment. It...

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